Pressed between the Redwoods and the Pacific Ocean, three sisters struggle to reconcile the culture of their itinerant family with their disparate ambitions and addictions. The Fault is an unflinching look at families living off the far edge of the American dream.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Katie Bender is a playwright, performer and theater maker. Her plays include Still, Now, The Fault, One Night Only and The Survivors/ Los Sobrevivientes. She is founding member of Underbelly-a theatre collaborative that stages immersive journey plays in forgotten spaces, with whom she created Slip River, Church of the Passionate Cat and an immersive adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, which was commissioned through ZACH. Her work has been developed or produced with Heart and Dagger Productions, Ensemble Studio Theater, LaunchPad,The New Harmony Project, Kitchen Dog, Orchard Project, The Hangar, Icicle Creek Festival, New Victory LabWorks program and Fusebox Festival. Winner of the 2013 Best New Comedy from Austin Critics Table Awards and on the Kilroys in 2015 she was a finalist for the Shakespeare’s Sister Fellowship. Katie received her M.F.A. from The University of Texas and was a 2016/2017 Jerome Fellow at The Playwrights’ Center and Travel and Study Grant recipient through the Jerome Foundation. She is currently the playwright-in-residence at The Susanna Dickinson Museum in Austin, Texas.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

This production has been generously funded by The Creative Fund’s Q Rental Subsidy Grant program. The Creative Fund is a funding mechanism that provides much-needed support to local performing artists enabling them to further their creative endeavors.

CAST: 

Bridget Farias Gates as Sarah

Brittany Flurry as Angie

Chelsea Andersen as Star 

Rosa Armendariz as Jane

Jason Graf as Bill

WRITER: Katie Bender

DIRECTOR: Devin Finn