Next Act Theatre "There Is a Happiness That Morning Is"

THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS by Mickle Maher:
A couple, scholars teaching William Blake,
Engage in coitus on a campus green.
The fallout from this public act may break
The lovers up, destroy their jobs, and mean
An end to all the happiness they’ve had.
In lectures to their students, these two vent
Feelings on love, on death, the good or bad,
And ire ‘gainst the college president.
Laughter, drama! Love might win the day
In Mickle Maher’s modern poem play.

Content Warning: This production contains strong language and descriptions of sexual activity.

Sponsored by A Friend of Next Act Theatre and Sandra Zingler

Neil Brookshire as Bernard
Cassandra Bissell as Ellen

Mary MacDonald Kerr, Director
Lisa Schlenker, Scenic Designer
Jazmin Aurora Medina, Costume Designer
Michael Van Dreser, Lighting Designer
David Cecsarini, Sound Designer, Properties Designer
Christopher Elst, Fight/Intimacy Director
Christopher Schoen, Composer
Jessica Connelly, Stage Manager