Dad’s Ham
Written by: Catherine Sullivan
directed by: Catherine Sullivan
May, 1997
A butcher, two divas, a nurse and a regular guy—if LSD and Nintendo won’t kill the pain, maybe DAD’S HAM will!
An early one act by Catherine Sullivan, DAD’S HAM focuses on the quick fixes of traditional theatrical style and narrative, and their relationship to television advertising.
DAD’S HAM depicts narrative quick fixes common to television advertising and the history of the theatre. Video and live performance are used in ridiculous situations involving one man who tries to find his way in.
CAST: Beata Pilch, Sarah Charipar, Gary Sugarman, Lydia York, Bob Rusch, Megan Oberle, Kate Hendrickson
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Trap Door’s Dad’s Ham … created more thoughtful, aggravating, mysterious, entertaining moments in an hour than most companies can in a season.
Justin Hayford, The Chicago Reader
Catherine Sullivan has written, directed, and designed work for film, video and theatre for the past fifteen years. Catherine Sullivan has exhibited at venues nationally including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; and internationally at venues including Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Volksbühne, Berlin. She is represented in the United States by Metro Pictures Gallery in New York, and Richard Telles Fine Art in Los Angeles, and in Europe by Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussells, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, and Galeria Gio Marconi, Milan. Projects range from work with film, video, installation to live theatre. She holds a BFA in acting from California Institute of the Arts, and a MFA in Fine Art from Art Center College of Design.
Stage manager / Anna Klos and Gary Damico Makeup Design / Zsófia Ötvös Costume Design / Rachel Sypniewski Light Design / Richard Norwood
Lighting Design Richard Norwood / Costume Design The Ensemble / Set Design Catherine Sullivan / Stage Manager Shawn Pace / Video Engineers Frank Carridi, Steve Weiss, Catherine Sullivan / Sound Operators Shawn Pace / Light Operator Ken Volp / Camera Operators Frank Carridi, Jason Boucher, Aaron Boucher, David Nicksic