University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts

Cry You One is the deeply inspired, collaborative creation of two New Orleans theater companies, Mondo Bizarro and ArtSpot Productions. This three hour, outdoor, processional performance is a powerful musical and theatrical journey about the effects of one of this country’s worst environmental disasters, Hurricane Katrina, and its relevance to other communities such as Houston. The show marries the spirit of New Orleans music and storytelling with the gulf coast landscape of Houston and its surrounding regions. Cry You One addresses themes of the company’s Louisiana home: converging cultures, human error, forced evacuation, living with water and the desire for permanence.