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Bring out the dancing bacon: Wild Catastrophic Theatre party brings back the craziness of the 1990s

By Joel Luks

05.01.13 | 10:18 am

Who in their right mind would want to miss a party that pledges to include dancing bacon? When theater pundits Jason Nodler and Tamarie Cooper met in the spring of 1993, who knew that their col ...

Calendar Closeup

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — late-night cattle rave included

By Joel Luks

04.24.13 | 1:37 pm

Oy. What a week coming up. Houston groups dish quite an extensive menu of delicious options. My favorites include a melange of art and wine, haute design, love for nature, a wild dramatic party, a ...

Iconic Building Saved

An iconic arts building is saved: Houston's humble dance barn gets a new dramatic future

By Nancy Wozny

04.15.13 | 1:06 pm

I parted with both my childhood home and the home I raised my own children in within a period of six months, so you bet I have something to say about the process of saying farewell to a set of trea ...

Catastrophic Theatre presents Marie and Bruce by Wallace Shawn

11.22.13 - 12.14.13

The Catastrophic Theatre's love of Wallace Shawn is well documented by its hit productions of Our Late Night and The Designated Mourner. Shawn, best known for his character roles in such films

Catastrophic Theatre presents The Pine by Mickle Maher

09.20.13 - 10.12.13

Mickle Maher has become familiar to Catastrophic fans through the production of three of his plays: The Strangerer, Spirits to Enforce and There Is A Happiness That Morning Is. Set in the

Catastrophic Theatre presents Tamarie Cooper is Old As Hell

07.11.13 - 08.24.13

Tamarie Cooper is back with the next installment of her series of super-popular, original musicals, but this time there's a problem. At the end of the opening number, The Theatre Police arrives

Catastrophic Theatre presents There Is A Happiness That Morning by Mickle Maher

05.10.13 - 05.25.13

Catastrophic Theatre's 2011 sold-out run of Maher's beautiful ode to love, sex and the poetry of William Blake is an extraordinary romantic comedy, told almost entirely in verse.

Catastrophic Theatre presents Waiting for Godot

03.22.13 - 04.20.13

Beckett's most enduring work features Vladimir and Estragon, two hopeless tramps, waiting day after day for a mysterious someone who never arrives. While waiting, they while away the time with

Catastrophic Theatre 20th Anniversary Gala

Last Concert Café

04.27.13

In the spring of 1993 Jason Nodler, Tamarie Cooper and a group of friends got together to put on Nodler's musical play, In the Under Thunderloo, in a punk rock club — and they have b

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After years without a home, Catastrophic Theatre plans move to familiar Houston arts space

By Tyler Rudick

12.11.12 | 4:35 pm

After five seasons of challenging, hilarious, irreverent, dark and consistently-engaging productions, the long-itinerate Catastrophic Theatre announced Tuesday that it will be p ...