Catastrophic Theatre

See Schedule OThe Catastrophic Theatre produced without pause throughout the pandemic, beginning our 2021/2022 season with a third installment of The Drama Squad in an open-air warehouse space at Houston's The Orange Show. We returned to live indoor performance in late 2021 with Sarah Kane's poetic magnum opus 4.48 Psychosis. Our third production, Suzan-Lori Parks' play The Book of Grace, centered on domestic abuse in a Texas border town. The remainder of our 2021-22 season featured world premiers from core artist Afsaneh Aayani and co-artistic director Tamarie Cooper. Aayani's autobiographical Innominate was a bold and intimate portrait of an Iranian immigrant that blended theatre, dance, poetry, film, and live original music. The 27th installment in Cooper's series of wildly popular original musicals, Tamarie Cooper's Live In-Person Sticky Sweet Summer Show, was our season's final production. The Catastrophic Theatre reached over 5,000 people and employed 160 artists during our 2021-22 season. The Theatre also continued its community engagement projects, working with Yes Prep SE students, the Art Car Parade, and a neighborhood art project.