The Short and Happy Life

Sleepwalkers Theatre closes its second season of presenting progressive new works with the premiere of The Short and Happy Life by Ryan Michael Teller. Who was the real Harvery and exactly why did he explode into a thousand little pieces? After the incomprehensible death by combustion of his best friend and mentor, Manny Singer tries to navigate the monstrous world of present day Los Angeles and the monsters looking to capitalize on his story. A multi-media extrapolation from that event, The Short and Happy Life, featuring Maureen Coyne, Kevin Copps, Andrew Crocker, Ari Owens, Damian Lanahan – Kalish, and Ian Riley, is a surreal examination of the harsh abandonment of youth.