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Happy

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2f, 2m

Robert Caisley

Happy is a play about how vicious and enviable we can be of those who possess a natural joie de vivre.

Happy

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2f, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Alfred is happy about his life. He's happy with his job. He's happy with his marriage. He's even happily raising his special needs daughter. However, when his best friend invites him to meet the latest woman in his life, things spin out of control. 
History
Happy was first produced in a rolling world premiere, as part of the National New Play Network’s Continued Life Program, by New Theatre, Miami, Florida, Ricky J. Martinez, Artistic Director/Eileen Suarez Managing Director; Montana Repertory Theatre, Missoula, Montana Gregory T. Johnson, Artistic Director; New Jersey Repertory Theatre, Long Branch, New Jersey, Gabor Barabas, Executive Producer/Suzanne Barabas, Artistic Director/Jane E. Huber Managing Director; 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, California, Craig A. Miller, Artistic Director/Michael Fontaine, Managing Director 
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Performing Groups
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Media

"the suspense builds tantalizingly as we peer inside the disturbing world of [Caisley's] characters." - The Star Ledger

"it's the journey, rather than the destination, that fuels this well-crafted 90-minute play...Playwright Caisley has a double whammy in store that leaves just one character smiling, and I'm still not telling which one." - Scene on Stage

"Tongues are loosened, clothes are lost, truths and lies and punches are exchanged. It makes for a thought-provoking evening as the nature of happiness is examined." -nytheatre.com

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Authors

Robert Caisley

Robert Caisley

Robert Caisley is the Associate Professor of Theatre & Film and Head of the Dramatic Writing Program at the University of Idaho. He was named the 2011 Blaine Quarnstrom Visiting Playwright at the University of Southern Mississippi. His play Happy, presented at the 2011 Nation ...

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