Today Is My Birthday

by Susan Soon He Stanton

Emily is a would-be writer whose bubble life in NYC has popped. Finding life back home chaotic and unfulfilling, she becomes strangely activated after creating a sassy alter-ego for a radio bit. Told through a playful mixture of live radio, voicemail, and phone calls, Today Is My Birthday is a quirky comedy about life with a thousand friends on Facebook and no one to have dinner with on Saturday night.

Emily is a would-be writer whose bubble life in NYC has popped. Finding life back home chaotic and unfulfilling, she becomes strangely activated after creating a sassy alter-ego for a radio bit. Told through a playful mixture of live radio, voicemail, and phone calls, Today Is My Birthday is a quirky comedy about life with a thousand friends on Facebook and no one to have dinner with on Saturday night.

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  • Jasmine Sharma: Today Is My Birthday

    A really rich world of auditory characters that feels deceptively simple. A fantastic, smart love story.

    A really rich world of auditory characters that feels deceptively simple. A fantastic, smart love story.

  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Today Is My Birthday

    I love this. A play told entirely through phone calls/messages and radio, it took me back to the loneliness and uncertainty of my late 20s while at the same time being very funny.

    I love this. A play told entirely through phone calls/messages and radio, it took me back to the loneliness and uncertainty of my late 20s while at the same time being very funny.

  • Samantha Marchant: Today Is My Birthday

    I watched Theater Mu's streaming production (2021) and felt like so much great stuff was packed into those two hours that whizzed by. We got to know each of the characters and their relationships intimately even though we saw them interact indirectly using technology. The moment of turning 30 seems perfectly captured. Wonderful script!

    I watched Theater Mu's streaming production (2021) and felt like so much great stuff was packed into those two hours that whizzed by. We got to know each of the characters and their relationships intimately even though we saw them interact indirectly using technology. The moment of turning 30 seems perfectly captured. Wonderful script!

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Yellow Earth - Typhoon Festival , Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization Sundance Institute Theater Lab, Year 2015
  • Type Workshop, Organization New York Theater Workshop / Sundance Institute Theatre Program, Year 2015
  • Type Reading, Organization MaYi, Year 2014
  • Type Workshop, Organization Lark Play Development Center/ Voice and Vision, Year 2013

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Theatre Mu, Year 2021
  • Type Professional, Organization Page 73, Year 2017
  • Type Fringe, Organization Kumu Kahua Theatre, Year 2016

Awards

  • Kilroy's The List
    The Kilroy's
    2015
  • Lark Venturous Playwright Fellowship
    Lark Play Development Center and Venturous Theater Fund
    Winner
    2017