The Story

On a dark and desolate snowy night, successful romance novelist, Paul, crashes his car into a snowbank and is rescued by his “number one fan,” Annie, who brings the unconscious Paul back to her isolated home. While Paul recovers, Annie reads an unpublished manuscript of his latest novel and becomes distraught when she learns that the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Holding him hostage, Annie forces Paul to write a new novel where Misery survives, and he wonders if Annie has any intention of ever letting him go. When loneliness confuses fictional characters for beloved friends, and passion leads to distortion, can either of them survive the misery?

A graceful and effective production

Photos by Gary Griffin

The Reviews

READ THE HOUSTON PRESS REVIEW

“...whimsical and fantastic...”

The Promotion

MEET THE CAST

The Reaction

Applause. Applause. Applause!! The standing ovation was well deserved. A spectacular performance!!!

The entire cast was flawless and costumes were perfection!! The entire evening was a gift!

Killer costumes, gorgeous lighting and visuals - we laughed through the whole thing (until we didn’t). We really enjoyed it.

We were blown away by the show; Congratulations on a superb performance.

First visit to the theater and it was superb! The four actresses were absolutely fantastic!

This is a provocative, wigged-out (pun intended), exhilarating, razor-sharp look at power; activism; art...and sororite in an age of fraternite.

The Misery Team

CAST

Lyndsay Sweeney

Annie Wilkes

Jeffrey Merriman

Buster

CREATIVE TEAM

Trevor B. Cone

Production Manager

Malinda L. Beckham

Costume Design

John Baker

Lighting Design

Kevin Daugherty

Paul Sheldon

Curtis Barber

Director

CREW

Barbara Alicea-Aponte

Production Stage Manager

Gary Griffin

Photographer

Mark Lewis

Scenic Design

Addison Antonoff

Assistant Stage Manager

Kyle Clark

Jon Harvey

Fight Choreographer

Sound Design