Devin Burnam’s plays explore themes of isolation, abandonment, and connection. And they’re hilarious. Promise.
“The Catastrophe Club” with Sea Dog Theater in the speakeasy below Von. “Consumption” with Mason Holdings at the Beverly Social Club. “Suicide Sundays” at the Producers Club. “By the Time Kurt Cobain Was Your Age, He Was Dead” at Dixon Place, The Kraine, and Bank Street Theatre with Collapsable Hole. Love & Death Traveling Circus at the Women in Theatre Festival.
Most recently, the Catastrophe Club enjoyed a sold-out run in LA.
Picture yourself as ancient history. It’s five hundred years from now and discussion of the past is forbidden. You are invited as co-conspirators to witness the unearthing of a digital time capsule revealing four climate scientists at their last known meeting.
A mysterious German doctor; a dying woman; stoned teenagers; a showbiz marriage on the rocks; an itinerant fortune teller; a lost episode of TV’s Dragnet. Loosely based on the true-ish story of Elena Hoyos and Count Carl Von Cosel, five disparate but intertwining couples fly through time, space, and planes of existence to ponder the nature of love.
After 400 days at sea, a lone mariner finally manages to reconnect with others. His mind has slipped into a nether realm of past, present, and future as he struggles to make sense of whether he is still adrift or has landed; whether he should stay aboard or depart into an altered world.
“So how do we preserve our emotion-rich, communal, conflicting ‘human nature’ and save the planet from fatal climate change? This is the main question that author Devin Burnam poses.”
Theatre Is Easy on Catastrophe Club
“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.”
Front Row Center on Catastrophe Club
“Mr. Burnam’s futuristic conceit is engrossing and the theme of a repressed figure looking back at a more joyous way of life is potent.”
TheaterScene.Net on Catastrophe Club
“The stories of ‘Consumption’ were woven together beautifully and yet all felt distinct.”
On Stage Blog on Consumption
“If you are into macabre romantic tales, atmospheric venues, and immersive theatre with both high production values and affordable prices, you need to book tickets for Consumption immediately.”
Theatre Is Easy on Consumption
“The complexity of the human condition is explored throughout the night as we shift between rooms, moving through time with the characters.”
Raymond Helkio on Consumption
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