HAPPY LIFE
Written by Kathy Ng
Directed by Kat Yen
Presented by The Hearth at Walkerspace | July 2022
A woman leaving behind a lying life tries to move into her new apartment in Hong Kong, but the two ghosts living underneath the floorboards will not allow it. A real estate agent discusses the intricacies of the Human Sperm Lottery over a naughty phone chat line. A hot-shot porn editor searches for her dead brother in tree branches and empty McChicken wrappers. happy life is a play about the domestic efficiency of stacking the living on top of the dead; about jargon and vomit and the bureaucracy of second chances. What oozes out when there's no more room?
Cast:
BIRDY - Amy Chang
HERMIT - Sagan Chen
CAT MERMAID - Priyanka Arya Krishnan
OX - Viet Vo
MOUSE - Rachel Yong
Scenic and Props Design by Lily Guerin
Costume Design by Alicia Austin
Lighting Design by Evan C. Anderson
Original Music and Sound Design by Daniela Hart with UptownWorks (Daniela Hart, Noel Nichols, and Bailey Trierweiler)
Production Stage Management by Kyra Bowie
Assistant Direction by Quinlan Owens
Press Representation by Emily Owens PR
