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When the process of grieving his mother involves an overly enthusiastic funeral director, and a demanding Aunt Glo, there’s nowhere for Gil to turn but a wild grab-an-urn-and-go roadtrip to find his fairytale ending. From the mind of Colman Domingo comes a wondrous dramedy about the sometimes bizarre and often inexplicable bonds of family.
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Read the show program. Wild with Happy is a San Francisco Premiere in the Decker Theatre.
Show length is approximately 90 minutes no intermission.
“Absurdly amusing farce” – Variety
“Big-hearted semi-autobiographical dramedy” – Entertainment Weekly
“Sweet, funny and forgivably sentimental” – The New York Times
“You will be jumping out of your seat with unalloyed laughter” – Stage & Cinema
“Wonderfully joyous, sweet and funny adventure” – Broadway World
“Touching, ridiculous, and strangely satisfying” – Theatremania
- Full run: Mar 7 – Apr 6, 2025
- Previews: Mar 7 – 14
- Opening Night: Mar 15
- Special Event: Wednesday Night Tunes
- March 12, 19, 26, & April 2: Pre-show live music before Wednesday night performances by local artists Dee Spencer on piano ( 3/19, 3/26) & David Melamed on classic guitar (3/12, 4/2)!
- Enhanced Safety Performance: Masks required. Mar 20
- Post-Show Discussion: Mar 23
Colman Domingo (Playwright, pronouns: he/him) is a Tony®, Oscar, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Drama Desk, Drama League and NAACP Theatre Award nominated, OBIE, and Lucille Lortel Award winning actor, playwright, director and producer. His plays include A Boy and His Soul, Up Jumped Springtime, and The Brothers, and he has co-written two musicals: SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, and Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole. Colman received his Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Ursinus College. He is on the faculty of University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts as a Professor of acting, having served as a Juilliard School Creative Associate and a faculty member of the Yale School of Drama. Colman has appeared in some of the most profound films in recent years such as Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, Steven Spielbergs’ Lincoln, Lee Daniel’s The Butler, Ava DuVernay’s Selma, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman, and Janicza Bravo’s Zola, Rustin by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, and most recently Sing Sing by Greg Kwedar, and Clint Bentley.
ShawnJ West (Director, pronouns: he/him/diva) is a director/actor whose credits are many! Acting since high school and directing since 2008, with directing being his greatest joy. Directing the we are continuous West Coast regional premiere at NCTC in 2023 is a career highlight, and returning to the stage tapping his heart out in Unpacking in P’town was joyous. Now he just wishes people get his name right: ShawnJ, one word, no space, period or middle initial. Thanks ever so!
Creative Team
Costume Designer: Ava Byrd (pronouns: she/her)
Sound Designer: Alex Fakayode (pronouns: she/her)
Projection Designer: Isaac Fine (pronouns: he/him)
Stage Manager: Liam Kirk (pronouns: he/him)
Lighting Designer: Kevin E. Myrick (pronouns: he/him)
Set & Props Designer: Tom O’ Brien (pronouns: he/him)
Cast
Season Producers: Robert Holgate, Lowell Kimble, Ed Mireault (1941-2023), Ted Tucker
Executive Producers: Allan Gold, Alan Mattacola, David Meders, Randall Shields & Harrison Yeoh
Producers: Ken Prag & Steve Collins