CLASSICS-IN-ACTION
We Happy Few Productions
Washington, DC & Durham, NC
2016 - Present
WHAT IT IS
Classics-In-Action is a series designed to bring classic literature to life. Each show is created to highlight the text by utilizing unique staging, alternative venues, music, movement, puppets, food, and a custom cocktail pairing. It's an immersive theatrical event intended to entertain and delight.
PRODUCTIONS
In a room of filthy creation, a young man stands alone at the turning point of human history: a remedy to the steady cold hand of Death. On the table lies his greatest promise, the product of all his hard work, the summation of his hopes and dreams. As Victor Frankenstein brings his impossible creation to life, he also opens a door to death, destruction, and regret.
Experience this nightmarish achievement of storytelling as it drags you through the memorandum, newspaper clippings, and diary pages of a frantic vampire hunt. With faithful adherence to Stoker’s text, immersive staging, and chilling, terrifying (and of course silly) performances, we bring the audience into the heart of Dracula’s conflict: the intersection of predator and prey.
Follow us down the rabbit hole of Poe's mind as we wind our way through his stories, his madness, and his haunts - all with a drink in hand. This production is a site-specific piece, originally designed for Spectre Arts and uniquely tailored for each space it's performed in. We invite you to join Poe (all three of him!) for a first-hand look into the mind of the tortured genius. Using only Poe’s words, We have whipped up a tale complete with music, poetry, and terrifying tales of death and destruction.
TREASURE ISLAND
Join Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins aboard the Hispaniola as they navigate through uncharted waters to Treasure Island! Mutiny, pirates, sword fights, gold doubloons, ukuleles and rum are all wrapped up together in this classic tale of high seas adventure.
*For more information about and reviews for each performance, please click on the title link.