Mark Rutkowski
Written by Jason Tremblay, MFA in Playwriting candidate
Directed by Jonathon Morgan
Performances: October 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 2006 at 8:00 PM
October 15 & 22, 2006 at 2:00 PM
Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
Tickets: $16 adults, $13 UT faculty & staff, $10 students available at the PAC Ticket Office, online at www.utpac.org or by phone at 477-6060. Get Tickets.
Media and Resources:
- Cast List
- Director Information
- Feature on MFA Playwright and Katrina Author Jason Tremblay
- Playwright Information
- Press
- Scene Renderings by Lisa Laratta
- Synopsis
Play synopsis: The story follows a young girl named Katrina, tasked with leading her elderly Aunt Beulah and neighbor Mr. Thibeaux to safety as the hurricane hits. As the city lays ravaged by the storm, Katrina begins a journey to get name back, aided by the people, spirit, and music of New Orleans.
The production is one of the first theatre productions in the country to address the events surrounding hurricane Katrina. Live, New Orleans-style music inhabits the entire performance, fusing music and theatre into a seamless celebration of the people and spirit of New Orleans.
While the play is focused on youth, it is a story that will connect with people of all ages. Particularly poignant for those with a personal connection to New Orleans or hurricane Katrina, the play should speak to anyone who has struggled, or anyone who has hoped when odds were against them. Rather than an exercise in pitying the victims of hurricane Katrina, this should be an experience that people can rally around - inspired to resurrect one of America's most treasured cities.
Playwright: Jason Tremblay, MFA in Playwriting candidate
Jason Tremblay was born in Arkansas and studied at Arkansas State University. He currently lives in Austin, Texas where he is an MFA Playwriting candidate at the University of Texas. Recent national productions include: Chicken and Ice Cream by the Moonwater Theatre Company (Fort Worth), Hosers by the Boulder Acting Group (Colorado), The Cleaning Lady by The Flying Leap Players (Minnesota), and West Texas Honey Bee Blues by the Offstage Theatre (Virginia). In Austin, his work has been presented by Rm 120 Theatre, Chick n' Dude productions, Austin Scriptworks, Fronterafest (Best of Fest), Out of Ink, and Fusebox. He has also completed commissions for Austin Scriptworks and the LMDA and his play Reelfoot Rift was named a finalist for the Bay Area Playwriting Festival in San Francisco. Most recently his new play The Virgin W/ 10,000 Arrows was presented in New York at New Dramatists as part of the David Mark Cohen New Play Festival under the direction of Obie award winner Robbie McCauley.
Jonathon's work as a playwright and director has been seen in New York, London, Liverpool, and now Austin.
Jonathon is the former Artistic Director of RED Productions (UK), and has been fortunate enough to work at or with Jump Ship Rat, the Unity Theatre, the Joanna Lumley Theatre, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, Sennheiser Theatre, Blackbox Theatre, Blue Theater, Championship Theatre, play!theatre, Present Company Theatorium, Los Kabayitos and the Vortex - to name a few. He graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Now a full-time Austinite, Jonathon is a Co-Artistic Director of the Yellow Tape Construction Company, and a theatre/arts writer for Austinist.com.
- Hannah Robinson as The Apparition
- Carole Metellus as Beulah
- Philip Smith as Big Daddy
- Keisha Wright as Katrina
- Alex Cogburn as Stalebread
- Jim Hancock as Mr. Thibeaux
- Lindsey Verrill as Musician
- Joe Klaus as Musician
- Ed Kliman as Musician
- Joe Woullard as Musician
KUT's Julie Moody reports on "Katrina"
The Daily Texan article, 8/30/06
