There Must Be Happy Endings: On A Theater of Optimism and Honesty is available now from The 3rd Thing Press
“A poignant, intimate, stunningly honest book, both method and memoir… that reveals how a thoughtful, socially committed life arrives at thoughtful, socially committed art.” - Jill Dolan, author of Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theatre, Princeton University
"A personal odyssey through the American theater landscape. Megan Sandberg-Zakian eloquently & generously shares her experiences, her insights & associations, weaving together perspectives on artistic process with performance theory, history with aesthetics, philosophical & ethical conundrums with lived experience." - Anne Bogart
Read excerpted essays in The SDC Journal (page 63) and American Theater Magazine
Want to hear me talk more about happy endings?
Scroll down for a video chat with Molly Smith about being a book parent and why the revolution will be intersectional, and a great podcast where Andy Boyd and I discuss Brecht, Hedwig, theater as activism, and how to build happy endings together.