Live Action Set

THE HAPPY SHOW (PREMIERE: THE BEDLAM THEATRE, 2010)

The Happy Show publicity image
The Happy Show publicity image

created by Brant Miller

The core cast rehearsing The Lord of The Rings trateau style!
The core cast rehearsing The Lord of The Rings trateau style!

photo: Joanna Harmon

THE HAPPY SHOW (PREMIERE: THE BEDLAM THEATRE, 2010) | Media List


Statement






Why are we happy? What makes us happy? And how can we stay in this intangible state of being? Exploring these questions, Live Action Set installs its latest innovative theatrical experience throughout the nooks and crannies of the Bedlam Theatre. A show that is nearly impossible to experience the same way twice, audience members choose-their-own-adventure to follow a troupe of happy-makers performing the ancient Ritual of Happiness, a buffet of large spectacles and intimate sideshows exploring the ephemeral state of happiness. Full of whimsy, poetry, surprise, eccentricity and, above all, happiness, The Happy Show features song, dance, sunsets, picnics, detailed explanations, lightening bugs, and if you are lucky an opera for two or an encounter with the king of all dogs.


Cast:Noah Bremer, Brant Miller, Emily King, Isabel Nelson, and Diogo Lopes
Ensemble Cast:Lisa Bol, Mark Benzel, Holly Brimhall, Noah Coon, Alicia Dansby, Amelia English, L. J. Johnson, Katie Jorgenson, Andy Langenfeld, Many Langenfeld, Ryan Lear, Nick Marcoullier, Rachel Petrie, Matt Riggs, Blythe Riske, Mike Rylander, and Allison Witham
Director:Ryan Underbakke
Additional Direction:Matt Spring and Galen Treuer
Consigliere / Stage Manager:Matt Spring
Production Manager:Katherine Clanton
Technical Director:Mark Ruark
Additional Sound Designers:Kalen Keir and Zeina Khalife
Video Elements:Joshuah Nelson
House Manager:Kristin Campbell