As budding playwrights go, Kathy Ng got off to something of a late start. “I didn’t do any theater until I got to Brown [University as an undergrad],” says the author of Beautiful Princess Disorder now on stage at Catastrophic Theatre. Surrounded by what she describes as “a robust theater landscape,” Ng says she got
BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS DISORDER by Kathy Ng is many things, including beautiful, weird, funny, sad, touching, and completely random. It is extremely well-acted by a trio of actors, and the design is next-level impressive. Director Jason Nodler unleashes an amazing world premiere from Catastrophic Theatre, continuing their legacy as one of the nation’s most important producers
There are plays that feel grounded in reality, and then there are plays that rocket-launch themselves into parts unknown. Beautiful Princess Disorder, the world premiere from playwright Kathy Ng (she/they) at The Catastrophic Theatre, belongs unabashedly to the latter. Billed as “a fuzzy-edged sibling drama for the only child,” the production opens the gates to a