The Veldt

Photos: Daniel Rader

DIRected by: mel myers

International Performance Ensemble Night of Original Work - Class of 2020

february 2020

The veldt is a theatrical adaptation of ray bradury’s short story by the same name. As the ensemble notes it, “Happylife Home, a place to see your fantasies come to life. Be careful what you wish for, Hadley family”. The family lives in a fully automated home, and the parents start to feel concern over how the children's virtual entertainment room begins reflecting violent fantasies. Eventually, the room ends up killing the parents, locking them inside. The children become happy that they can keep playing forever.