Stray Cat Theatre
Ninth life: Season 9 Unleashed
Curtain is 8PM Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; 2PM Sundays.
September 24 – October 9, 2010
Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute
Directed by April Miller
Does this play make me look fat?
The Southwest premiere of the latest from provocateur Neil LaBute. A love story about the near impossibility of love, REASONS TO BE PRETTY introduces us to Greg, who really, truly adores his girlfriend, Steph. Unfortunately, he also thinks she has a few physical imperfections, and when he casually mentions them, all hell breaks loose. A hopelessly romantic drama about the hopelessness of romance, REASONS TO BE PRETTY has been celebrated as "…some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere these days…a fresh take on the eternal matter of achieving adulthood."
December 3 - 18, 2010
Learn to be Latina by Enrique Urueta
Directed by Ron May
We're experiencing ethnical difficulties.
Hanan is a promising young pop singer, and she has a record label dying to record her...well…until they find out she's Lebanese. Not to worry, they say: Hanan can still be a star—as long as she learns to be Latina! In this fiercely funny comedy, cultural identities and the music business are poked with some very, very sharp sticks. Critics call it "Screamingly funny!” and claim “Latina delivers a serious message about racial stereotyping in the pop music industry through zany, stylized theatrics.” Think "Behind the Music" meets "Glitter" meets "South Park". Don't miss what is sure to be one of the most blistering, outrageous comedies to play the Valley this season…if not…ever.
*Please Note -- This play contains strong adult content.
March 25 – April 9, 2011
Octopus by Steve Yockey
Directed by Ron May
Eight arms...one insatiable appetite.
After young couple Kevin and Blake engage in an adventurous and hastily planned night of group sex with the older, more “experienced” Max and Andy, they are left trying to salvage their relationship from a pummeling mix of jealousy, betrayal, telegrams from a soaking wet delivery boy and a ravenous sea monster from the ocean floor. This universal love story rendered through a post-modern gay lens slips from domestic comedy into a darkly fantastic fable examining the role and depth of commitment in relationships and what it really means to say the words “I love you.” “A fiercely imaginative and finely tuned new voice... [Octopus'] tentacles tickle the funny bone, awake the mind and tug on the heart.” - San Francisco Chronicle
*Please Note -- This production contains nudity and adult content.
May 20 – June 11, 2011
Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party by Aaron Loeb
Directed by Ron May
You're totally invited.
Hailed BEST OF THEATRE 2009 by Backstage, a huge critical and audience hit at the NY Fringe Festival and in San Francisco, and enjoying an Off-Broadway run this fall, Stray Cat proudly brings this razor-sharp satirical smash to the Valley. In this new comedy of politics and political values, Honest Abe's hometown puts a teacher on trial for asking "Was Lincoln gay?" Told in three acts - with the audience selecting the order – (no, we’re not kidding) - we see the events surrounding the "Trial of the Century" through the eyes of the prosecution, the defense and the big city reporter. “One of the most provocative and interesting plays of the year.” – Talkin Broadway
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