After Happy: Pirates, Pipelines & Punchlines at Central Works - a Talk with the Playwright - Patricia Milton

About this episode

Ray Renati interviews playwright Patricia Milton about her play After Happy, exploring themes of comedy and environmental issues.

Hey — come hang with me and Patricia Milton as we dig into After Happy, a sharp, hilarious play about pirate festivals, oil execs, and the messy, laughable world of greenwashing. It’s funny, warm, and exactly the kind of comic medicine we need right now. Runs through March 29 at Central Works in Berkeley — intimate theater, three brilliant women on stage, and big laughs. Snag your tickets at centralworks.org and bring a friend. Tickets: CentralWorks.org “Central Works once again strikes it rich with a dynamite cast in a captivating new play that packs a powerful message” -E. Reynolds, TheatreEddys.com “With Gary Graves’ adept direction and the first-rate acting, After Happy is an entertaining evening of theater” -E. Mendel, CultureVulture.net “Patricia Milton’s new After Happy, the 79th World Premiere from Central Works, does not disappoint” -D. Konecky, SFTheaterBlog “What’s delightful about Milton’s works in general is that she writes most if not all the characters for women, and many for older women at that” -J. Schiffman, LocalNewMatters.org “Playwright Patricia Milton packs her latest work. After Happy, with a pleasing mix of comedy and serious environmental concerns for an…

People in this episode

Host: Ray Renati

Guest: Patricia Milton

Topics covered

• theater
• environmental concerns
• comedy
• playwright
• greenwashing
• performing arts

Keywords

• After Happy
• Patricia Milton
• Central Works
• theater
• comedy
• greenwashing
• playwright
• environmental concerns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Central Works, TheatreEddys.com, CultureVulture.net, SFTheaterBlog, LocalNewMatters.org, East Bay Times

Books & works: After Happy

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