Happy Days are Here (Again)

Written by Omer Abbas Salem

Opens: September 20, 2024

Closes: October 27, 2024

An unanswered question rings through the halls of St. Boniface High School: “Who will help me?” Happy Days Are Here (Again), a World Premiere commission by Steep ensemble member Omer Abbas Salem, examines man-made “divine” power, who wields it, and if they should be trusted.

Steep Theatre, World Premiere

Production Website

3 ½ out of 4 stars.

…excellent and unstinting premiere from Chicago director Azar Kazemi.

– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

…one of the most powerful new Chicago plays of this year, heck, most any year.

– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

[a] uniformly fine cast…Kazemi’s sharp direction…Salem’s play also may well enrage you (or re-enrage you) about an evil problem that continues to dog religious institutions, Catholic or otherwise.

– Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader