Happy Days presented by Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint

Happy Days

Flashpoint
916 G St NW Washington

HAPPY DAYS BY SAMUEL BECKETT, PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY JESS JUNG Winnie is trapped - buried up to her waste - and yet continues to pursue another Happy Day. Jess Jung re-imagines Samuel Beckett's absurd classic, linking Winnie's isolation to our ever-accelerating culture and the disposable commodities it leaves behind.

Presented by Mead Theatre Lab

Thru - Feb 23, 2014

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 6:00pm

Price: $15

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, with 1 intermission

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Happy Days Reviews

Average Rating based on 4 reviews

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Nostalgia has sometimes been defined alternately as an exquisite pain or a longing for a past that never really existed. Both of those ideas were at the forefront of my mind during CulturalDC's presentation of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. It's a play that's as painful and touching as it is funny, and let me tell you - it's plenty funny."

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- Justin Schneider

Washingtonian - Somewhat Recommended

"...In some ways, act two is more satisfying. Winnie is forced, essentially, to get real as the stakes become higher. She's now buried up to her chin, and her illusions and memories of life in "the old style" are being put to the test. Watching the capable Lange begin to crack under the pressure of her unyielding circumstances is an intriguing, if sadistic, prospect. Even the purest of her miserable life's limited pleasures can't keep her days happy forever."

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- Missy Frederick

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...Cultural DC's production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days rings with youthful enthusiasm and skillful craftsman(woman)ship. Karen Lange's Winnie engages with verve despite being encased inside her mountain of sand, and Christian Sullivan's all-but-not-there Willie makes his presence known with grunts, simple statements, and a final failed crawl to freedom (or love)."

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- Robert Michael Oliver

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

It seems reasonable to say that Jess Jung’s production of Happy Days, a play of sorts by Samuel Beckett, is theater reduced to its bare essentials, or elevated to its bare essentials, or refined to eliminate distractions, or purified of waste — leaving what, it seems reasonable to wonder?

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- Mark Dewey

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Happy Days Reviews

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

Washingtonian - Somewhat Recommended

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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