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Poetic. Visceral. Interactive Performance.

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The Happy Show

premiered at the Bedlam Theater
April 29 - May 14, 2010

The Happy Show is an immersive theatrical experience -- a choose-your-own-adventure full of whimsy, poetry, surprise, eccentricity and above all... happiness. 

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. Audience members choose-their-own-adventure to follow a troupe of happy-makers performing the ancient Ritual of Happiness.  The cast of actors, musicians, dancers, clowns, and bicyclists draw audience members into intimate pieces of theater throughout the Bedlam, immersing them in a show that is nearly impossible to experience the same way twice. 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.

 

 

on stage

Noah Bremer ......................... main performer
Emily King .............................. main performer
Diogo Lopes ........................... main performer 
Brant Miller ............................. main performer
Isabel Nelson .........................  main performer
Mark Benzel ........................... ensemble performer
Lisa Bol .................................... ensemble performer

Holly Brimhall ........................ ensemble performer
Noah Coon ............................. ensemble performer
Alicia Dansby .......................... ensemble performer
Amelia English ........................ ensemble performer
L. J. Johnson ............................. ensemble performer
Katie Jorgenson ....................... ensemble performer
Andy Langenfeld .................... ensemble performer
Many Langenfeld ................... ensemble performer
Ryan Lear ................................. ensemble performer
Nick Marcoullier ...................... ensemble performer
Rachel Petrie ............................ ensemble performer
Matt Riggs ................................ ensemble performer
Blythe Riske ............................... ensemble performer
Mike Rylander .......................... ensemble performer
Allison Witham ......................... ensemble performer

off stage

Ryan Underbakke  ................... director
Matt Spring ............................... assistant director, consigliere, stage manager
Galen Treuer .............................. assistant director
Katherine Clanton .................... production manager
Mark Ruark ............................... technical director 
Kalen Keir .................................. sound designer
Zeina Khalife ............................ sound designer
Joshuah Nelson ........................ video guy
Kristin Campbell ...................... house manager

Noah Bremer ........................... producer, creative guide
Joanna Harmon ...................... producer, creative guide

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