All Our Happy Days Are Stupid (2015)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Sheila Heti
Directors: Jordan Tannahill and Erin Brubacher
Venue
Run
February 11th, 2015 – February 14th, 2015
Synopsis
All Our Happy Days Are Stupid tells the story of two families on permanent vacation, searching for contentment and authenticity outside the confines of their flat-fronted black and-white existence. Sheila Heti’s eclectic play was called “unstageable” by the Toronto theatre company that commissioned it nearly a decade ago. It took the dogged curiosity of Jordan Tannahill and his Suburban Beast co-conspirator Erin Brubacher to put together a company of artists bold enough to reveal all its playful seriousness. Singing music penned by Dan Bejar (Destroyer, The New Pornographers), the exceptional cast of Toronto bright lights push Heti’s hyper-realism through realms of the absurd and back again to the unmistakably familiar. They arrive at what feels remarkably like wisdom. (harbourfrontcentre.com)
Cast
| Lorna Wright | Jenny Oddi |
| Anne Wessels | Plurabelle / Hotelier / Constable |
| Naomi Skwarna | Ms. Oddi |
| Michael McManus | The Handsome Man Who Doesn't Know Why / Man in the Bear Suit |
| Alexander Carson | Mr. Oddi |
| Erin Brubacher | Livinia / Woman in Bar |
| Nicholas Hune-Brown | Daniel Sing |
| Carl Wilson | The Prince of All Seasons |
| Becky Johnson | Mrs. Sing |
| Meghan Swaby | The Young Bride |
| Jon McCurley | Mr. Sing |
| Henri Fabergé | The Hobbled Man / Waiter / Constable |
| Kayla Lorette | Dan / Johnny Rockets |
Creative Team
| Sheila Heti | Playwright |
| Jordan Tannahill | Director |
| Erin Brubacher | Director |
| Dan Bejar | Songs |
| Rae Powell | Set Designer |
| Zack Russell | Lighting Designer |
| Juliann Wilding | Costume Designer |
| Joe Pagnan | Assistant Set Designer |
| Kaileigh Krysztofiak | Assistant Lighting Designer |
Production
| Zack Russell | Production Manager |
| Laura Hendrickson | Stage Manager |
