Malibu Playhouse · April 14 – May 20, 2012
In the spring of 2012, Katharine joined the cast of The Oldest Living Graduate at the Malibu Playhouse, playing Martha Ann Sickenger in Preston Jones’s beloved Texas drama.
About the Malibu Playhouse
Founded in 1990 by Charles Marowitz and Jacqueline Bridgeman as Malibu Stage Company, the Malibu Playhouse is the only dedicated theater in Malibu. It’s a 99-seat Equity house converted from a Lutheran church on Pacific Coast Highway. A beloved institution in the local arts community, it has long attracted both working professionals and Hollywood’s biggest names, and continues to operate today as a not-for-profit community theater.
The Play
The Oldest Living Graduate is the third installment of Preston Jones’s celebrated Texas Trilogy—three interconnected plays set in the fictional West Texas town of Bradleyville, following the lives of its residents across generations. For Katharine, a sixth-generation Texan, the world of the play was familiar territory. The cadences, the characters, the landscape—all of it close to home.
The Production
The production ran from April 14 through May 20, 2012, with a preview performance on April 13, under the direction of Nancy Ann Little. Colette Kilroy co-starred as Maureen Kinkaid.
“Excellent performances”
The Malibu Times
“A scene-stealing performance by Katharine Everett”
MalibuBeachNewz.com
The cast also had the pleasure of welcoming Dick Van Dyke, a long-standing patron of the Malibu Playhouse who joined the company for a memorable cast photo.
Top row, L to R: Susan Hardie, Daren Kelley, Kevin Allesee, Truce Kai, Howard Ferguson-Woitzman, Tom Sean Foley, Colette Kilroy
Bottom row, L to R: Howard Rosen, Katharine Everett, and director Nancy Little
Katharine Everett 