Heydays

Conceived by Nick Auer, Max Pendergast, and Sam Myers
Direction by Nick Auer and Max Pendergast
Writing and Associate Direction by Sam Myers
Choreography by Mary Anne Bodnar
Sound Design and Original Music by Nick Auer
Culinary Design by Lydia O'Brien
Website/Graphic Design by John Goodman
Featuring and created in collaboration with Hanna Allerton, Daina Njuguna, Ciaran Walsh, Dan Kuan Peeples, Alexandra Tweedley, Mary Anne Bodnar, Tom Mezger, John Goodman, and Annette Hammond.
Production Assistant: John Pendergast

Produced by the Brouhaha Theatre Project
Prospect Park, Brooklyn - August 2018

Excerpts from a review by Kathryn Yu in No Proscenium:

"Imagine the most ridiculous conversation you ever had with your high school friends. All of the snarky interjections, crude jokes, rude gestures, and curse words. Think of all of your inane philosophizing, but trapped in amber. Now take that conversation, transcribe it with care, pore over it with obsessive detail, and etch it in stone as a sacred text. Imagine this all at the hand of the one member of the friend group who still (still!) seeks full acceptance, whose obsession over the relationships that once were lends itself to an almost religious devotion.

​Imagine her attempt to somehow relive these memories in a series of do-overs, as if re-enacting the actions would somehow stop the inevitable drifting away. This is the premise of Heydays, an intimate coming of age story set among the gently rolling hills and wooded glens of Prospect Park in Brooklyn."

"We’re treated to a thoughtful, elegant rumination on friendship, growing up, what it means to leave the past behind, and what happens when you’re the one person trying desperately to stand still, even as the world around you continues to turn."

Excerpt from a review by Asya Danilova in Theatre is Easy:

"Heydays successfully balances dance and spoken narrative, skillfully playing with the scale of the spaces it claims. From the spectacular panoramic opening scene, to the intimacy of a two-person audience on a plaid blanket, this journey in time and in space is masterfully executed."