‘The Catastrophist’ Round House Theatre Through Feb. 28 $30 Roundhousetheatre.org Timely, intensely personal, and moving, Lauren Gunderson’s new work, a one-man play titled “The Catastrophist” (a Round House Theatre and Marin Theatre Company world premiere digital co-production now streaming through the end of February), is an 80-minute dive into the life and work of famed virologist Dr.
Nathan Wolfe, a compelling protagonist who just so happens to be the playwright’s real-life husband. It opens with Wolfe (appealingly played by William DeMerritt) ambling onto an empty stage where he unwittingly becomes the focus of his wife’s latest script.