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Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical at Lucie Stern Theatre
Dates: 3/5/2025 - 3/30/2025
📍 Theatre: Lucie Stern Theatre
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
1305 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 8776628978
Tickets: $34-$115
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the World Premiere of Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical. This riotous romp features book, music, and lyrics by Bay Area composer/playwright/lyricist Min Kahng, whose The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga made its World Premiere at TheatreWorks. Set in a senior living community, this lively musical comedy explodes misconceptions about sexuality and aging. An audience favorite at TheatreWorks’ 2023 New Works Festival, this modern work set in today’s digital world follows Gen Z influencer Jade, who becomes enmeshed in solving mysterious murders in her grandmother June’s residence, Happy Pleasant Valley Senior Apartments. Inspired by their favorite crime-solving heroines, Jade and June join forces to track down the perpetrator in this rollicking comedy which was the recipient of TheatreWorks’ Kurjan/Butler Commission. In-demand director/playwright and TheatreWorks Associate Producer of Casting & Literary Management Jeffrey Lo directs. Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical is presented in a co-production with Center Repertory Company, where it will appear following its TheatreWorks run.
News About Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical at Lucie Stern Theatre
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