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Catastrophic Theatre’s Tamarie Cooper Goes Back to School

Nancy WoznyJuly 15, 2015

In the Bayou City, we know that it’s summer when the curtain rises on Tamarie Cooper’s annual extravaganza at Catastrophic Theatre. ...

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From Doomsday to Hell

Nancy WoznyJuly 6, 2013

Another Hilarious Romp from Tamarie Cooper Tamarie Cooper has been entertaining summer theater audiences for over a decade with her hilarious spectacles mixing dance, music and outrageous theater, sourcing her own life as material. She co-founded The Catastrophic Theatre with Jason Nodler in 2007. For ten years her “Tamalalia” series [...]...

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Acting in Texas: Brittny Bush

Emily HyndsMay 14, 2018

Brittny Bush is an actor working in Houston, TX, also her hometown. ...

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The Big Surround: Nancy and Tarra talk Immersivity on Texas Stages

Tarra GainesFebruary 21, 2018

Since we (Nancy Wozny & Tarra Gaines) have an ongoing conversation on what defines an immersive performance, we decided to share some of our adventures and to make some of our endless road trip banter public....

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Jane Austen, Trailer Park Boys & a Rhinoceros: Holiday Stages in Texas

Tarra GainesOctober 23, 2017

As a curmudgeonly connoisseur of holiday performing arts, I’m always on the lookout for the innovative, quirky or simply new shows to devour like Christmas candy each most-wonderful-time-of-the-year...

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The ACTX Top Ten: July & August 2017

Nancy WoznyJuly 5, 2017

Arts + Culture Texas Magazine's top ten picks for performing and visual arts events happening across Texas in July and August 2017....

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Brandon Weinbrenner Directs Native Gardens at Main Street Theater

Zachary DossMay 8, 2017

Brandon Weinbrenner, Resident Assistant Director at The Alley Theatre since 2013, has also directed at 4th Wall Theatre Company and The Landing Theatre Company. In May, he directs Karen Zacharias’s Native Gardens, commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse, at Main Street Theater. ...

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A Storied Snow White comes to Catastrophic Theatre

Tarra GainesMarch 22, 2017

Once upon a time—a strange, tumultuous time called the 1960s—there lived a storyteller named Donald Barthelme....

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Design in Texas: Ryan McGettigan

Julie HermanJuly 11, 2016

Set designer Ryan McGettigan’s bold designs have graced the stages of many of the theater companies in Houston....

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The ACTX Top Ten: July/August 2016

Nancy WoznyJuly 6, 2016

Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in July and August 2016....

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A Hunchback, a Queso Fountain and a Whale: Spring/Summer Season Standouts

Nancy WoznyAugust 3, 2015

The Spring/Summer season has come and gone, and there were plenty of outstanding performances and events, way more than can fit into this space. ...

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The ACTX Top Ten: Summer 2015

Jennifer SmartJuly 7, 2015

Our top ten picks for arts + culture events across Texas in July and August 2015....

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