Director's comments on
"Happy Birthday, Dear Alice!"

I'm not going to tell you what the play's about . . . that's why you come to the theatre, after all. I would, however, like to give you my opinion of some of what this play is about. This is a story about families and relationships, about conflict, suspicion, egos . . . it's a story about people doing their best against seemingly insurmountable odds, and about misdirected energies and misguided intentions. And it's a story about love. Happy Birthday, Dear Alice is hearbreaking drama wrapped in comedy, cloaked in mystery, and underscored by irony, egoing the everyday, and celebrating the extraordinary. Bernard Farrell has given us all of the ingredients for a lovely, light dessert with dark riches just a spoonful deeper, and I hope the process we've put his words through gives you a good helping of both.