Category: stray cat theatre
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columbinus
Credit: John Groseclose Phoenix’s Stray Cat Theatre is at it again, putting cutting-edge shows on stage affordably but with exceptional quality. Their current show, columbinus, is a haunting docudrama that blends The Laramie Project with elements of The Real World. Credit: John Groseclose Without seeming glib, columbinus begins simply, bringing together 8 high school students…
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In Tom Cruise’s Crosshairs
“A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN’S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT”Stray Cat Theatre, Tempe Performing Arts CenterTempe, AZ Stray Cat Theatre delivers an unusual holiday show ever so cleverly. “A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant” looks at the Church of Scientology and its wealthy founder, L. Ron Hubbard, as a funny and very satiric parody of the Nativity.…
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Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy
On Friday night I caught the opening performance of Stray Cat Theatre’s production of Fata Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. A spoof of the 1987 film of roughly the same name, the quick play (clocking in at just over an hour) tears through all the high points of the original—steamy elevator sex, the suicide attempt, the…
Charles Jensen | Writer 