An exhilarating evening of highly kinetic theater, “Happiness” distills the emotional marathon of caring for a perilously sick child into a lyrical narrative that rides the razor thin, vertigo-inducing edge of pathos and humor. Swerving into ethereal landscapes, where mother, child, and doctors morph into characters at a cocktail party in Purgatory, “Happiness” illuminates the accidental grace and punishing wisdom of hospital life as they sear through one child's dream of wellness.

“…a beautiful physicality that incorporates song, gesture and dance.”  NYTheatre.com

Heather Harpham has been teaching improvisation for over 10 years and is a Senior Teacher of Action Theater. Her most recent solo theater piece, Happiness, was selected for the One Woman Standing Festival in 2008. She has performed dance and theater work at venues throughout New York City including Dance Theater Workshop, Judson Church, Dixon Place, One Dream Theater, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Heather holds an MA and an MFA, in theater and creative writing respectively, from New York University.  www.heatherharpham.com

You tube clip from “Happiness” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k7sdvbw74c

When: Thursday Jan 24 at 7pm, Friday Jan. 25 and Saturday Jan 26th at 8pm, Jan. 27 at 2pm

Where: The new MAT on Pecan St. 1367 Pecan St. Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Tickets: Thursday tickets $15, All other tickets $20.  Group discounts available. For tickets and reservations call 719-465-6321 or go to www.themat.org. The Box Office opens one hour prior to show time