The Ochre House launches our fifteenth season with Matthew Posey’s salty seafaring comedy, KAPUT! Our intrepid skipper is the worldly Captain Chuck, piloting his ever-faithful tugboat, Tappy. Along the way, we add an unlikely crew, in a feisty French revolutionary named Tulip and her younger brother, Poppy, who, as it happens, really wants to be her little sister.

Seeking safe harbor and just treatment from a cruel, fascistic world, our little company spies a mysterious island and steers toward adventure. They’ll soon discover that this is anything but a tranquil, compassionate place.

“Kaput, a funny, offbeat musical written and directed by Ochre House artistic director Matthew Posey, is a 90-minute journey of inventive staging, clever puppetry and fresh music in the intimate 45-seat theater near Fair Park.”
Martha Heimberg
Onstage NTX
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“What starts off as a silly, politically incorrect sendup of ethnic stereotypes, gender fluidity and human foibles turns poignant in its final scenes — tears of laughter transformed into tears of empathy.”
Manuel Mendoza
Dallas Morning News
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“A new riotous and irreverent show splashed onto the scene and dropped anchor at the Ochre House Theater. Kaput, a whimsical seafaring musical comedy invites you on a journey of introspection and swashbuckling fun”
Grant Palmore
Dallas Theatre Journal
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