The fifth Maher play produced by Houston's Catastrophic Theatre, "The Hunchback Variations" takes the form of a panel discussion on theatrical sound effects. Quasimodo re-creates the various sound effects he tried, from deflating balloon to toy piano - each, in turn, rejected by Beethoven: "That is not the sound." Quasimodo and Beethoven speak with awareness that they are out of sync with time and reality - for ins…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle at 02:09PM on April 14, 2015