Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park presents
THE CATASTROPHIST
By Lauren M. Gunderson
Directed by Jasson Minadakis
A co-production of Marin Theatre Company
and Round House Theatre
Streaming April 26 – May 23
Cost: $25/household
About the Show
How do you plan for catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking Ebola and swine flu, proposed pandemic insurance years before the novel coronavirus outbreak. No one bought it. Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story—presented entirely digitally. Playwright Lauren Gunderson (The Revolutionists and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley) returns with a time-jumping tale based on the life and work of Nathan Wolfe (who also happens to be her husband). A deep dive into the profundities of scientific exploration and the harrowing realities of facing your own mortality, The Catastrophist is a world premiere theatrical experience built of and for this moment in time.
Running Time: The show runs approximately 80 minutes, from the time you press play.
Accessibility: Captions for The Catastrophist are available through Vimeo.
How to Access the Performance
For ticketholders, the production will appear in the Digital Content section of your Playhouse website account until the show closes. Here's a quick breakdown of how to get there:
1. Purchase a ticket for the show.
2. Click here to login to your account.
3. You will be redirected to a new
page. From there, click “Digital Content” on the left, if it is not already selected.
4. The production will be available in your account for you to watch anytime between April 26 and May 23.
*Note: If your login isn't working, use the "Forgot Password" link to reset your password.
Want to Stream to Your TV?
There are three ways to watch The Catastrophist on your television, after you've logged into your Playhouse account through a computer or mobile device as described above.
1. You can use wireless screen mirroring to connect your computer or mobile device to your television through AppleTV, Samsung, Amazon Fire Stick and Roku, depending on the devices you have.
2. You can use an adapter (like an HDMI cable) to connect your computer to the television physically.
3. You can also connect your device to the television using Chromecast products if you have them.
William DeMeritt
Mar 30, 2021, 15:15 PM
Role :
Nathan
Order :
10
William is an actor, writer, director, theatre educator, and dialect coach making his MTC and Round House debuts. Off-Broadway credits include The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead at Signature
Theatre Company; Liz Swados’ Violence Project at LaMaMa ETC.; and Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? at The Public Theatre. International credits include Hamlet at the Bridge Lane Theater (London) and October in the Chair & Other Fragile Things at the Amsterdam International Fringe Festival. Regional credits include Will in Shakespeare in Love (U.S. premiere), Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sholem Asch in Indecent at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Orsino in
Twelfth Night at Yale Rep; We, The Invisibles at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville; writer and co-creator of the one-man show Origin Story (winner, New York Innovative Theatre Award,
Best Solo Performance); Sense and Sensibility at Dallas Theatre Center; and The Slam Jam at the Upright Citizens’ Brigade Theatre. Film credits include The Normal Heart; The Lennon Report; The Surrogate;
What’s Up, Lovely?; and Bad Luck Dandelion. Television credits include The Flight Attendant (HBOMax), NCIS: New Orleans, Person of Interest, Law & Order: SVU, One Life to Live,
The Outs (Vimeo), and Guiding Light. Additional credits include the audiobooks Underground Airlines (AUDIE nomination, Earphones award winner), The Mortifications, Snapshot, The Wild Ones trilogy, The Resisters, and the Isaiah Coleridge series; and Featured Narrator for The New Yorker and The New York Times on the AUDM app (streaming service for narrated long-form journalism). William has a BFA from
Marymount Manhattan and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. williamdemeritt.com, @demeritt. Special thanks to my wife Cassandra for making this pandemic quarantine time thrive-able and not just survivable. And to Nathan and Lauren for trusting me with their story.
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