Wheelhouse Theater Company
Presents

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE takes a searing and darkly comedic look at American culture through the brilliantly perverse lens of Kurt Vonnegut. After being presumed dead for eight years, respected war veteran and big game hunter, Harold Ryan, returns home and brings with him an old way of thinking, celebrating a Hemingway-esque machismo and American exceptionalism. Harold soon discovers that the society he returns to has made attempts to progress into a more modern, enlightened cultural narrative. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE is a dynamic and often hilarious meditation on toxic masculinity and a capitalistic America's failed attempts at progress cloaked in honor and morality. Simply put, and as the first few lines of the play state, this is a play about men who enjoy killing, and those who don't.

Performance Schedule

Saturday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 p.m. 
Wednesday, April 11, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 13, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 14, 7:00 p.m. (OPENING - NOT ON SALE TO PUBLIC)
Sunday, April 15, 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 20, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 22, 3:00 p.m.
Monday, April 23, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 26, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 27, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, 7:00 p.m.

Cast

Jason O’Connell*
Craig Wesley Divino*
Finn Faulconer*
Matt Harrington*
Kareem Lucas*
Kate MacCluggage*
Charlotte Wise

(*denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association)

Crew

Directed by Jeff Wise
Set Design by Brittany Vasta
Costume Design by Christopher Metzger
Lighting Design by Drew Florida
Sound Design by Mark Van Hare
Production Stage Manager: Tim Love*
Executive Producer: Visceral Entertainment 

Ticket Information

Ticket Information:
Rear Seating: $20 in Previews, $25 for Regular Performances
Standard Seating: $30 in Previews, $40 for Regular Performances
Premium Seating: $45 in Previews, $55 for Regular Performances
 
Tickets available for purchase at www.wheelhousetheater.com or directly at wandajune.brownpapertickets.com

Press

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"Toxic Masculinity, Vonnegut Style, in ‘Happy Birthday, Wanda June"
- The New York Times