Stuart is a high school student who has decided to make a movie, with graphic violence, extreme sex and the walking dead. It’s “a kind of vampire overlord thing,” says actor Josh Morrison, who plays Craig, the latest love interest of Stuart’s mom and the man who’s about to move into Stuart’s home and disrupt his life even further. In Catastrophic Theatre’s world premiere of The Blackest Shore, by playwright Mark Schultz, the story of a young man who’s trying to find himself is told in terms both graphic and violent, but with a love story as well, Morrison says.
“He lives with his mom and something terrible has happened to him,” says Morrison, who describes his own character as “a good guy who’s a little rough around the edges.” While Morrison says he doesn’t expect audience members to scream in terror, he says there are “some really big gasp moments.”
None of the characters are really bad people, Morrison says, but the play shows how circumstances can really change people’s lives.
Morrison says the play — one of two Mark Schultz works that Catastrophic will present this season — has a general audience appeal. “It’s about young men finding their voices in the world.” Other cast members include Candice D’Meza, Elizabeth Marshall Black, John Gremillion, Zachary Leonard and Gabriel Regojo. Directed by Jason Nodler, assisted by Kyle Sturdivant.
8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Through March 7. 1119 East Freeway. For information, visit catastrophictheatre.com or call 713-522-2723. Pay-what-you-can.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Starts: Feb. 13. Continues through March 7, 2015
This article appears in Feb 12-18, 2015.
