Theater Y Presents Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" in St. Luke's Historic Loft Sanctuary

Theatre Y Presents Samuel Beckett’s HAPPY DAYSDirected by András ViskyFeaturing Artistic Director Melissa LorraineAn International Collaboration Staged on Multimedia Art Installation October 14th - November 23rd at St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Beckett's rarely performed masterpiece produced  with a brilliant staging concept.  HAPPY DAYS follows Winnie, a woman submerged in a heap of garbage first up to her waist and then up to her neck. Comforted by the occasional visits by her husband Willie, Winnie remains resolved to find meaning in her life and attain her “happy days“ in Beckett's remarkably written tragicomedy.

A word from the artistic director... “As is now expected from Beckett, this text awakens my worst and largest fears: ‘What am I doingNo one is even noticingI am lying to myself, alwaysI am not even present to myself here now’ I am acutely aware of the paradox I participate in day by day when I believe that I wish to live, as long as possible, but proceed to drown out the hours themselves. Now, in addition to these timeless fears, my generation has the added layer of virtual immortality, the performance of a cyber self…a hall of mirrors to distance us further still from reality. Conceptual Artist Péter Szabó will bury the actors in their own digital garbage – an installation of their actual virtual graveyard. I believe that Beckett’s Happy Days can be the liturgy with which we confront our fear of living. In this century.”  -Melissa Lorraine, Artistic Director Click here to check out Theater Y's website, buy tickets, learn about upcoming fundraiser and more.