Catch-22 is a satirical play by the American author Joseph Heller, first produced in 1971 and based on his 1961 novel of the same name.
The story follows Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and a number of other characters.
The pacing of Catch-22 is frenetic, its tenor intellectual, and its humor largely absurd, though interspersed with moments of grisly realism.
[1] Until recently, the adaptation had had only limited success and had never been performed on Broadway as originally intended.
However, Aquila Theatre produced a stage adaptation of Catch-22 directed by Peter Meineck and based on Heller's own 1971 version.