Directing Experience
Dracula
Adapted by Robert Pike from the original text by Bram Stoker
Directed by Robert Pike
Featuring Grant Cloyd, Meg Lowey, Kerry McGee and Jon Reynolds (2017 cast)
Featuring Meg Lowey, Kerry McGee, Jack Novak, and Jon Reynolds (2018 cast)
Featuring Grant Cloyd, Meg Lowey, Kerry McGee and Jon Reynolds (2017 cast)
Featuring Meg Lowey, Kerry McGee, Jack Novak, and Jon Reynolds (2018 cast)
In the Fall of 2017, We Happy Few launched the second installment of their Classics in Action series with direct adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Performed in various venues throughout the DC area, this performance explored the world's most famous vampire story through music, live foley, shadow puppetry, and Bram Stoker's very own words. The result was an intense collaborative, 65 minute faithful adaptation; equal parts farce and horror.
Frankenstein
or, the Modern Prometheus
Adapted by Robert Pike from the original text by Mary Shelley
Directed by Robert Pike & Bridget Grace Sheaff
Featuring Navid Azeez, Paige O'Malley, Stefany Pesta, and Scott Whalen
Featuring Navid Azeez, Paige O'Malley, Stefany Pesta, and Scott Whalen
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 greatest creation to life, he also opens a door to death, destruction, and regret. In the newest installment of We Happy Few’s Classics-in-Action series, we’ll explore Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in an hour-long performance using her original text, live action, puppets, and a custom cocktail to bring to life the Frankenstein that you’ve always wanted to know.
Special Events
- Saturn Devours! by Jonelle Walker, directed by Robert Pike, featuring Tara Demmy, Briana Manente, and Paige O'Malley, created for Bethesda Urban Partnership Play in a Day! 2020
Photography by Mark Williams Hoelscher