My latest project…directing the world premiere of Devin Burnam’s new play The Catastrophe Club for Sea Dog Theater.
THE CATASTROPHE CLUB
by Devin Burnam
directed by Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy
Featuring:
Cassandra Nwokah*, Dan Kublick*, Sue Kim,
Rachel Towne*, Stewart Walker*
* Actors appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association
Produced by Sea Dog Theater, Janelle Garcia Domig and Christopher Domig
Assistant Director Katie Cundari
Press Representative Alton PR
REVIEWS
TheaterScene.net — Darryl Reilly
Reaching a polished and wistful conclusion, and with its site-specific presentation, it sustains its 90 minute length with interest.
Director Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy mines the piece’s humor, intensity, and suspense through (her) energetic staging.
...Rachel Towne makes for an ideal Ruth...Dan Kublick, Cassandra Nwokah, Stewart Walker and Sue Kim all deliver appealing and animated performances as the four friends.
The Catastrophe Club is a literate and provocative theatrical work uniquely presented.
Round the World Stage — Tami Shaloum
...intelligently written by Devin Burnam, and capably directed by Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy...
The actors give masterful performances…I admire theater that plays with time and non-linear structures. The ones that do it well make us think about and question our reality. The Catastrophe Club does so with ease and to great effect.
Front Row Center — David Walters
It is a true ensemble experience with all the actors dancing, with clarinet accompaniment, through a heartfelt script by Devin Burnam that delves into the foibles of a dying existence that knows it’s too late to go back.
Opplaud — Andrew Andrews
I enjoyed the performance, and the actors were well-cast and delivered their lines convincingly. The script itself is smart and full of philosophical witticisms…Sea Dog Theater’s production of Devin Burnam’s The Catastrophe Club is anything but a disaster! (4 out of 5 stars)
Photography by Jeremy Varner