Capital T Theatre
Presents
boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Directed by Mark Pickell
Starring: Katherine Catmull, Brad Price, and Katy Taylor
May 31-June 23
Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
Running time 1 hour 15 minutes no intermission
Hyde Park Theatre
511 West 43rd St
Austin, Texas 78751
Tickets are $15-$30 sliding scale and can be reserved by calling 479-PLAY or visiting
www.capitalT.org
About the Show
"Sex to Change the Course of the World"—A grad student's online personal ad lures a
mysterious journalism student to his subterranean research lab under the pretense of an
evening of "no strings attached" sex. But when a major global catastrophic event strikes the
planet, their date takes on evolutionary significance and the fate of humanity hangs in the
balance. Will they survive? What about the fish in the tank? And who is that woman pulling
levers and playing the timpani?
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb tackles our fascination with myths about the origins (and end!) of life with
this clever, sharp-witted doomsday comedy.
Cap T is proud to present this explosive comedy by the same playwright and director of the
ferociously funny smash hit HUNTER GATHERERS. Directed by Mark Pickell (Austin Critics
Table Award Best Director 2010, 2011) and starring the amazing Katherine Catmull (B Iden
Payne Best Actress HAPPY DAYS) as Barbara, Brad Price (B Iden Payne Nomination HUNTER
GATHERERS), and introducing Katy Taylor in her Austin stage debut as Jo.
About the Playwright
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb – Playwright
is a San Francisco-based playwright whose works
include boom (TCG’s most-produced play 200910), T.I.C. (Trenchcoat In Common), Hunter
Gatherers (2007 ATCA/Steinberg New Play
Award, 2007 Will Glickman Prize), Colorado,and
Multiplex. His work has been seen Off-Broadway
and at theaters across the country including at
Ars Nova, SPF, Woolly Mammoth Theatre,
Seattle Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville,
Cleveland Public Theatre, Brown/Trinity
Playwrights Rep, Wellfleet Harbor Actor’s
Theatre, Dad’s Garage, and in the Bay Area at
Encore Theatre, Killing My Lobster, Marin Theatre
Company, Impact Theatre, and The Bay Area
Playwrights Festival. He is under commission
from South Coast Repertory and American Conservatory Theater, and is a Resident Playwright
at the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco. He holds a degree in Theater and Biology from
Brown and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He likes to
promote himself online at www.peternachtrieb.com.
About the Cast
Barbara – Kathy Catmull
Katherine Catmull last collaborated on Capital T’s 2007
HAPPY DAYS playing Winnie, a role for which she won the B
Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Since then,
she has appeared in BODY AWARENESS and CIRCLE
MIRROR TRANSFORMATION for Hyde Park Theatre in
2010, as well as in her own short play, “Wool and Water,” in
FronteraFest 2009. In all, for her acting Katherine has
received six B Iden Payne Awards and thirteen nominations,
as well as one Austin Critics Table Award and seven
nominations. Her voice acting can be heard in the online
games WIZARD 101 and DC UNIVERSE ONLINE. Katherine
is also a playwright whose short play “Pizza Apostrophe” was
published in NEW MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN BY
WOMEN. Her middle-grade novel SUMMER AND BIRD (Dutton Juvenile/Penguin) will be
published this October.
Jules – Brad Price
Boom marks Brad’s second appearance with Capital T. It
also marks his second appearance in a Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
play as he played Tom in Last Fall’s HUNTER GATHERERS
(B Iden Payne Nomination Outstanding Supporting Actor). He
is a recent transplant from Los Angeles where he was/is cofounder and ensemble member of Furious Theatre Company.
Acting credits with Furious include: THE PAIN AND THE ITCH
(West Coast Premiere), GRACE (West Coast Premiere),Â
THE SHAPE OF THINGS (L.A. Premiere), SCENES FROM
THE BIG PICTURE (U.S. Premiere), MOJO (West Coast
Premiere), THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD,
IMPROV STUNT SHOW SPECTACULAR. Credits with
other theatres include: THE IMAGINARY MAN (staged
reading), FESTEN (staged reading) and ANOTHER PART OF
THE FOREST (staged reading) at Pasadena Playhouse;
INTO THE WOODS; LEND ME A TENOR; BOYS LIFE; THE
FOREIGNER; BRILLIANT TRACES; THE KUNTUCKY CYCLE. Brads can also be seen in the
feature film Pure Shock Value.
Jo – Katy Taylor
Katy is elated to make her Austin stage debut with Capital T’s
production of boom. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she is
most recently a transplant from Las Cruces, New Mexico
where she served as an AmeriCorp volunteer over the last
two years teaching theatre at Alma d’arte, an arts integration
charter high school. Her time in the desert also afforded her
the opportunity to work under the direction of Mark Medoff as
Iris in THE IRIS INCIDENT and Nicole in SANDPIPER.
Additionally, she’s appeared as Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT,
First Witch in MACBETH, and Evelyn in THE SHAPE OF
THINGS. Directing credits include Patricia Loughrey’s DEAR
HARVEY (Rio Grande Theatre) and Nicky Silver’s FREE
WILL AND WANTON LUST (Baldwin-Wallace College). Katy
has also worked as a stage manager for American Place
Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, and Project in Motion. Katy will be appearing in Hyde Park
Theatre’s MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno in September.
About Capital T
Named “Company of the Year” for 2009 by the Austin Theatre Examiner, Capital T Theatre has
quickly established itself as one of the leading young theatre companies in Austin. In its brief six
year history Capital T's 17 productions have been nominated for over 75 awards and the plays
have been met with both critical and box office success. Every year at least one of Capital T’s
productions have been nominated or won an award for outstanding production from the B Iden
Payne Awards and/or the Austin Critics Table Awards.
Capital T Theatre was founded in October 2005 when theatre artists Tal Lostracco and Mark
Pickell sought opportunities for ambitious young artists to present their work in Austin. Since
the success of their first production of Edward II, Capital T has fully produced 17 plays in
Austin including: A Brief History of Helen of Troy by Mark Schultz, La Dispute by Marivaux,
Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle, Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, i google myself by Jason
Shafer, Blackbird by David Harrower, The Bird and The Bee by Al Smith and Matt Hartley,
Killer Joe by Tracy Letts, I ♥ Walmart an Original Script, Sick by Zayd Dohrn, Dying City by
Christopher Shinn, Bug by Tracy Letts, Hunter Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Spirits
to Enforce by Mickle Maher, A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard, and Precious Little Talent
by Ella Hickson. note: bolded text denotes nomination or win for best production by BIP and/or Austin Critics Table Awards.
High Resolution Photos can be found at http://capitalt.org/wp/press
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