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Jordan Tannahill on staging Sheila Heti's "unstageable" play

Celebrated Canadian stage director Jordan Tannahill has done it. He has successfully produced Sheila Heti's famously unproducible play, All Our Happy Days Are Stupid.
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Sheila Heti's play about two families on a permanent vacation was called “unstageable” by the Toronto theatre company that commissioned it nearly a decade ago. (Worldstage)
Q17:21Jordan Tannahill on staging Sheila Heti's "unstageable" play

Celebrated Canadian stage director Jordan Tannahill has done it. He has successfully produced Sheila Heti's famously unproducible play, All Our Happy Days Are Stupid. 

It's no surprise Tannahill was up to the task. The Governor General's Award winner built his career on innovation and pushing risk-averse Canadian theatre out of its comfort zone. 

Today he joins guest host Sean Rameswaram to explain why the play was considered such a daunting project, and why he was attracted to Heti's "gut-punching critique of the pursuit of happiness". 

Click here or on the listen button above to hear the full segment (audio runs 0:17:21). 

Plus, as promised on air, here is Jordan Tannahill's YouTube-inspired play, rihannaboi95.


 

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