Happy Birthday, Wanda June

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Event Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Venue Downstage Theatre @ Hannah Playhouse (1973 - 2013), Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 30 March 1976
Last Date 24 April 1976
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Written as a protest against Vietnam, Happy Birthday, Wanda June centers around the conflict in the Ryan family. Harold Ryan, a warmongering career soldier and hunter, has been lost in the Amazon for eight years. When he suddenly returns home, long after being declared legally dead, he finds his wife Penelope dating a vacuum cleaner salesman and a peacenik doctor. His twelve-year-old son Paul is deeply confused. He wants so badly to worship his father, but he swiftly realizes (along with the rest of us) that Harold is a brute…
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Satire
Subjects Family
Vietnam War
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Callen Actor
Stuart Devenie Actor
Denise Maunder Actor
Colin McColl Actor
Marshall Napier Actor
Maxine Schur Actor
Ian Watkin Actor
Joy Watson Actor
Nonnita Rees Director
Kurt Vonnegut Playwright
Text Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 187338