The Tamarie Cooper Show - Tamarie’s Back

TAMARIE’S BACK!

The Catastrophic Theatre presents the world premiere of
THE TAMARIE COOPER SHOW written, directed and choreographed
by Tamarie Cooper. June 19 - July 19 at Stages Repertory Theatre

Perhaps no other person in Houston theatre history has shared more - or more intimate or embarassing - details of her life on stage than Tamarie Cooper.  And Houston audiences love her for it.

The Tamarie Cooper ShowWith her spectacularly popular Tamalalia series, Tamarie has spoken, sung and danced about her high hopes, her irrational fears, her wacked out dreams, her love life, her sex life, her unfortunate dating history, her unfortunate drug history, her love of bacon and her ass.

But a lot’s changed since the last time you saw Tamarie - she’s not the cocktail queen of regrettable hookups anymore.  She got married, she bought a house and now she’s contemplating motherhood. The Tamarie Cooper Show finds the 37-year-old Tamarie embarking on a brand new adventure as she tries, in her inimitable fashion, to negotiate her new-found domestic bliss.

In this world premiere musical extravaganza, Tamarie plays herself and she shares the stage with Catastrophic favorites Kyle Sturdivant as her husband Zach and Walt Zipprian as her dog Rue.  Daniel Adame, Noel Bowers, Tiffany Couser, Jaime Flowers, DeWitt Gravink, Christian Holmes, Richard Lyders, Jennifer Mathieu, Karina Pal-Montano, Charlesanne Rabensburg, Brandy Robichau, Karen Schlag, Jenni Rebecca Stephenson and Cary Winscott round out the cast.

The Tamarie Cooper Show features new songs by Anthony Barilla, Kevin Blessington, Tamarie Cooper, DeWitt Gravink, Jennifer Mathieu, Keith Reynolds and Cary Winscott with musical direction by John Duboise and vocal direction by Chris Bakos and Cathy Power.  The orchestra features Chris Bakos, Kevin Blessington, John Duboise, Andrew Lienhard, Jeff Miller, Lisa Nixson, Cathy Power and Kirk Suddreath.

The show is designed by the Catastrophic/Stages dream team of Jodi Bobrovsky (set), Kirk Markley (lights) and Chris Bakos (sound).

All About Tamarie

Tamarie Cooper has been performing her entire life.  Originally trained in dance, she began working in theatre at HSPVA and helped to found the Infernal Bridegroom company in 1993 where she worked for fourteen years.  Best known for her original Tamalalia series, she is a seasoned actor, director, designer and choreographer.

In additional to her original work (Tamalalia’s 1-10; 20 Love Songs), Tamarie directed the IBP productions of Rhinoceros and Uncle Vanya and demonstrated her versatility as an actor starring in productions of Big Death and Little Death, Hide Town, Microscope Maintenance and Repair, Medea, Baal, Symphony of Rats, Meatbar, Actual Air, A Soap Opera, Phaedra’s Love, We Have Some Planes, In the Under Thunderloo, Action/Chicago, Happy Days, Fucking A, Edmond, Roberto Zucco, Marie and Bruce, Harm’s Way, In the Jungle of Cities, Threepenny Opera, Last Rites, Camino Real, The Cherry Orchard, Jack/The Future is in Eggs, Eddie Goes to Poetry City, Guys and Dolls and Woyzeck.

National trade magazine Stage Directions named her among the “top ten theatre makers under 30″ and she has received various “Best of Houston” awards from The Houston Press for her performances and her original work.

Reserve Early and Often!

The Tamarie Cooper Show opens Thursday, June 19, at Stages Repertory Theatre (3201 Allen Parkway) and runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm through July 19.  Tickets are $20 Thursdays, $25 Fridays and Saturdays.  Or join us on Wednesday, June 18 for food, drinks and an exclusive sneak peek preview party with Tamarie and the cast.  Preview tickets are $50.  For ticket information, call the Stages box office at 713-527-0123 or visit www.stagestheatre.com