Happy Fall (A Queer Stunt Spectacular)

Premiere Performance) Renberg Theater, Los Angeles LGBT Center, August 2024

Upcoming: Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherd University, West Virginia, July 2025

Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular is an original theatrical experience about a queer closeted stuntman’s journey to discover himself in a world of faux masculinity, unmasking the importance and danger of being true to oneself. HAPPY FALL is based on true-life stories and direct testimonies, and illuminates issues of racial and cultural identity in Hollywood.

Written by Lisa Sanaye Dring with Rogue Artists Ensemble 

Directed by Sean Cawelti

Co-Produced by Rogue Artists Ensemble, Contemporary American Theater Festival, & Los Angeles LGBT Center

Premiere, August 2024 :

David Ellard - Clay

Amir Levi - The Host

Kurt Kanazawa - Felix

Ensemble: Carlos R. Chavez, Gabriel Croom, Kelsey Kato, Candy Pain, and Tiana Randall-Quant

Swings:  Lucas Brahme,  Maia Luer, and Jerry Zou

Fight Director, Intimacy Coordinator: Celina Lee Surniak

Composer: Adrien Prevost

Choreographer: Cody Brunelle-Potter 

Andrew Jordan - Costume Designer 

Amber Shift - Lighting Designer M. 

Glenn Schuster - Sound Designer 

Sean Cawelti - Video Designer 

Sean Cawelti + Keith Mitchell - Scenic Designers 

Lily Bartenstein - Properties Designer, Associate Scenic Designer 

Sam Lopez - Associate Video Designer and Programmer

Jack Pullman - Lead Puppet Designer 

Morgan Rebane - Associate Puppet Designer and Fabricator

Greg Ballora - Puppet Fabricator 

Adrian Rose Leonard - Puppet Miniature Designer

Kelsey Kato - Assistant Puppet Designer and Puppet Fabricator 

Eric Elias - Pyrotechnician

Performance photos by Bryce Darlington