NJ Rep Presents Robert Caisley's HAPPY, Now thru 6/30

Are we ever really happy? That is the question posed in HAPPY, a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Robert Caisley at the New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch, from tonight, May 30 - June 30, 2013.

Alfred is happy with his life, happy with his job, happy with his 14-year marriage to Melinda. But when his best friend Eduardo invites him to dinner to meet the new woman in his life, Eva, a sexy 22-year-old artist with a dark soul, it becomes clear that misery loves company. Truths get twisted, secrets get revealed, and what starts out as a sophisticated dinner party among friends, becomes an evening that spins wildly out of control. This is a dinner party not to be missed!

NJ Rep Artistic Director, Suzanne Barabas, directs this sleek production that stars Mark Light-Orr as Eduardo, Susan Maris as Eva, Wendy Peace as Melinda, and Michael Irvin Pollard as Alfred.

Playwright Robert Caisley is Associate Professor of Theatre & Film, and Head of the Dramatic Writing Program at the University of Idaho. He was named the 2011 Blaine Quarnstrom Visiting Playwright at the University of Southern Mississippi. "Happy", presented at the 2011 National New Play Network Annual Showcase of New Plays, was a Finalist for both the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's New Play Conference and the Woodward/Newman Award for Drama. "Happy" began its Rolling World Premiere at Montana Rep, followed by performances at New Theatre 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, California, and is now coming to New Jersey Rep in Long Branch May 30 - June 30.

Tickets are $40 for adults; Previews are $35; Opening night with reception is $50. Performances are Thursdays; Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays 3pm & 8pm; Sundays at 2pm. Previews are Thursday, Friday, May 30, 31 at 2pm & 8pm; Saturday, June 1 at 3pm. Opening night with reception is Saturday, June 1 at 8pm.

Discounts are available to seniors 65+, full time students ages 13-25, and groups of 10 or more. Extra performances can be added for groups of 40 or more. For tickets, contact 732-229-3166 or visit www.njrep.org to reserve online.

NJ Rep is a year-round, professional, non-profit theater, a member of the National New Play Network, The New Jersey Theater Alliance, Theater Communications Group, and the Monmouth and Long Branch Arts Councils. Support for NJ Rep is provided in part by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, the Stone Foundation of New Jersey, the Baumol Family Foundation, OceanFirst Foundation, the Jewish Communal Fund, Dramatists Guild Fund, Actors Equity Foundation, ERBA Company, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Community Foundation of New Jersey, Investors Savings Bank Foundation, JENNJOE Fund, Hickory Foundation, and the American Theatre Wing. NJ Rep is the Winner of the National Theatre Company Award from the American Theatre Wing, sponsor of the Annual Tony Awards for Broadway.

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