A masked mother and daughter walking down Welch Street happen upon the commotion just about the time a pint-size Edgar Allen Poe removes his cat’s eye with a penknife. The puppet Poe is an eerily gorgeous creation: his face a blueish hue with asymmetrical red-rimmed eyes and cavernous creases that create a haunted topography for
What did actors do in Elizabethan times when the plague hit and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was closed? Not like they could stream their work online or invite audiences to a Zoom show. Highly unlikely they were sitting at home baking banana bread. This is what Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Catastrophic Theatre, Tamarie Cooper was
The Catastrophic Theatre and Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) announce a free two week virtual run of Leap and the Net Will Appear by playwright Chana Porter, directed by Tara Ahmadinejad, from August 21 – September 3. Catastrophic produced the rolling world-premiere of the play in conjunction with New Georges Theatre in New York City