Feast
by Shrewd Productions
Apr. 25 - May. 17
Thursdays-Saturdays
In this vivid reimagining of the Beowulf story, Grendel’s mother has thrown a dinner party at the end of humanity to seek justice for her son’s murder at the hands of a brutal strongman, only to confront her own complicity in his death and the subsequent spread of authoritarianism. Immersive, heightened high fantasy crashes into our contemporary political moment, asking us to consider our own responsibility to confront climate change, income inequality, and state-sponsored violence.
An ancient magical creature disguised as a middle-aged lady has invited you to her dinner party in order to right a few wrongs. An immersive, visceral theatre experience where mythology crashes into pop culture, FEAST reimagines the Beowulf story as a warning against the rising forces of authoritarianism. It's a dinner party that's also a one-woman show. It's a cry of resistance against tyranny. It's a revenge tale that ends in reconciliation. It's a FEAST.
Shrewd Productions is proud to present the regional premiere of FEAST by Megan Gogerty.
Written by Megan Gogerty, directed by Melissa McKnight, and starring 7-time B. Iden Payne Best Actress winner Katherine Catmull, FEAST. asks - When will Justice be served?
The production team includes Amy Lewis (Lighting Design), Johann Solo (Sound Design), Shannon Grounds and Melissa McKnight (Set and Properties Design), with Stage Management by Fernando Lara and House Management by Vee Thorpe.
Praise for FEAST:
“There is rage and rawness and biting satire in this show. There are plenty of things to make you laugh, but also tenderness that will draw tears.” - Culture Spot LA
“Thrillingly unconventional…” - Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“It is a confessional that transitions into a call to arms. And it is decidedly not ordinary theater.” - Talkin' Broadway
“Feast takes aim at and exposes all the rage in the room: the loss, the despair, the need for revenge. But somehow, also, by the end, all the hope, too. It’s an epic song about love that leaves you singing along.” - Little Village
About the Playwright
Megan Gogerty is a playwright and comedian. Her solo show Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won the Audience Pick of the Fringe at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Her play Bad Panda (Theatre Without Borders, Beijing; Iron Crow Theatre Co.; WordBRIDGE Boomerang Playwright honoree) is published by Original Works Publishing and was translated into Spanish for a five-month run at Del Teatro Milan in Mexico City. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution listed her solo show Hillary Clinton Got Me Pregnant in their yearly Top Ten Best Plays. Megan’s musical drama Love Jerry was produced in the New York Musical Theatre Festival where it won three Talkin’ Broadway Citations and four NYMF Excellence Awards including Excellence in Writing (Book). Her ten-minute play Rumple Schmumple (Dramatic Pub.) was a Kennedy Center/National ACTF honoree. Megan was a Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellow, a WordBRIDGE alum, and she earned her MFA in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently teaches playwriting at the University of Iowa and is a regularly returning visiting faculty for the Playwright's Lab at Hollins University.
About Shrewd Productions
Celebrating 21 years in Austin, Shrewd Productions is dedicated to elevating the artistic voices of the unique, the woman/femme, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities. The theatre that we Shrewds put on is a specific and powerful animal. We hope to change minds and provide exploration into worlds that would otherwise go undiscovered, to tell stories that would otherwise go untold. We are committed to creating high-quality theatrical experiences that are thoughtful, provocative, and entertaining, focusing on new work and a collaborative, artistic approach.
Shrewd has been honored with more than 90 nominations and multiple awards from the Austin Critics Table, B. Iden Payne Committee, Broadway World, and inclusion on multiple “Best Of” lists in the Austin Chronicle. We are members of ATXTheatre, the Austin Creative Alliance, and the National New Play Network and have produced over 30 world premieres and original collaborations.
Learn more about us at https://www.shrewdproductions.org
Feast
by Megan Gogerty
Shrewd Productions
April 25 - May 17, 2025
April 25th - May 17th, 2025
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 pm.
For those with Dinner Guest Tickets, please arrive by 6:45pm.
Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd Street, Austin, Texas 78751
TICKETS: www.shrewdproductions.org
[image via www.MeganGogerty.com]
