3400 Main, Suite 285 Houston, Texas 77002 For immediate release: Ph. 713-522-2723 March 14, 2016 Contact: Paul Brockman, Managing Director [email protected] Jason Nodler 713-­‐522-­‐2723x3 Artistic Director Paul Brockman Managing Director The Catastrophic Theatre presents Tamarie Cooper Associate Director Thom Pain (based on nothing) Board of Directors by Will Eno Caroline Starry LeBlanc President April 1st to April 24th, 2016 Mark Johnson William Kennerly Lise Liddell Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. & Sundays at 5 p.m. Paul Menzel Brad Moore Performances at 14 Pews, 800 Aurora Street Lauren Reeder All tickets Pay-­‐What-­‐You-­‐Can and available at Lelia Rodgers Edward Sanchez www.catastrophictheatre.com Tim Thomson Mark Yzaguirre Advisory Board Bill Arning Frank Black Gregory Boyd Susan Choi Lisa D'Amour Shaila Dewan Dan Dubrowski Karen Farber Daniel Johnston Rich Levy Mickle Maher Kenn McLaughlin Photo: George Hixson Daryl Morey Jim Parsons Emily Todd Charles Isherwood in his review in The New York Times wrote: “"Is there such a Rebecca Udden thing as stand-­‐up existentialism? If not, Will Eno has just invented it...It’s one of Dominic Walsh those treasured nights in the theater ghts – treasured ni anywhere, for that matter Michael Zilkha – that can leave you both breathless with exhilaration and, depending on your sensitivity to meditations on the bleak and beautiful mysteries of human experience, in a puddle of tears. Also in stitches, here and there.” About the Play Something has happened to Thom Pain—something mysterious involving love and heartache and the end of childhood and electrocution and a swarm of bees. Will Eno’s surprising, intermittently hilarious, and ultimately devastating one-­‐man show—a kinalist for the 2005 2ulitzer 2rize for Drama—brings the audience faceC0oCLace with one of the most original and compelling characters of the twentyC\irstC$entury American theatre. ote As David C of Timeout New York put it: “Will Eno… is one of the few writers who can convert discomfort and outright agony into such pleasure.Y Much of the playWs fascinating power act comes from the f that the main character seems to both love and hate his audience. Then as6ed about Thom 2ainWs seemingly antagonistic relationship with being onstage, Eno answered1 Q_It] will only be possible for him to get offstage when he is done doing what he came to do. And that thing he came to do is a mystery. 5ut, in a few words, it is to have proven his eEistence to himself, and to the world. To have stated abere I was.W And, abere is what it felt li6e.W And maybe, abere e, is how we all ar and maybe should not be.WY Simultaneously acerbic and poetic, wounded and humane, Thom 2ain is a truly unforgettable character. [& About the Production Catastrophic's production of Thom Pain (based on nothing) is being presented at 14 Pews (800 Aurora St.e, a former church that has been converted into a kilm and performance space. Catastrophic artistic director Jason Nodler, assisted Greg by Dean,&Hirects George Parker dDetroit, Paradise Hotele&9/&0his singula#&0heatrical&;Eperience. Lighting design is by Dustin Tannahill. This was the one that led The gew hor6 Times to call Eno Qa Samuel 5ec6ett for the ion Stewart generation.Y fet your minds run wild with that notion for a while [& About the Playwright Till Eno was a 2ulitzerC<rize kinalist is in 2005 for h oneC7"n play Thom Pain (based on nothing)=&be has been commissioned by the Royal gational Theatre, is a belen Merrill 2laywriting Fellow, a kuggenheim Fellow, an Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow, and was awarded the kirstC;ver Marian Seldeslkarson manin Fellowship by the Theater ball of Fame, as well as the Alfred bodder Fellowship at 2rinceton. Till is now 50CFearsC.ld and lives in 5roo6lyn, gew hor6. — The Catastrophic Theatre 3400 Main, Suite 285 b.3ston, Zn 77002 A13CD22C*A23 www.catastrophictheatre.com.