Love and Happiness
January 16, 2008 by adizzle
SYNOPSIS: Love and Happiness is a brave story about the survival of love. Harold wakes at 3am to find his wife Dottie dancing in a sparkling evening gown to Otis Redding. Dottie reveals that she is celebrating the death of Harold’s best friend who passed away earlier that evening. Confronted with the ghosts of the past, Harold must decide if he will mourn the loss of his best friend, or prove his love for a wife he betrayed.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: The play is set in the present day, in the living room of a small apartment in Manhattan. Technical requirements are minimal. Running time: 10 minutes.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Love and Happiness was first presented as a workshop production in July 2003 as part of Between 5 Stories, a short play festival produced by the Sarah Lawrence College Summer Theatre Collective and presented in Manhattan Ensemble Theater in NYC. The play has been featured in Little Fish Theatre Company’s Pick of the Vine Festival in San Pedro, CA {Feb - March 2004}, the Short and NEAT One Act festival (June 2004) and the Pregnant Chad New Play Festival (October 2004).
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