Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical
Book, Music & Lyrics by Min Kahng
A Kurjan/Butler Commission by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Musical / 2.5 hours including intermission
When influencer Jade Park is cancelled for making ageist remarks, she seeks redemption by secretly filming herself assisting her grandma June, who is about to get kicked out of her apartment. What Jade doesn’t count on is the cause of June’s eviction threat: her “active-living” sex life, which seems to be killing the men she sleeps with! June swears that she and her libido are being framed, and enlists Jade’s help in tracking down the real murderer.
Mar 2025. Co-World Premiere, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Jun 2025. Co-World Premiere, CenterREP
Productions
Jan 2019. Writers Retreat, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Dec 2019. Workshop, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Nov 2020. Virtual Reading, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
May 2022. Residency, Willapa Bay AiR
Sep 2022. Residency, MacDowell Fellowship
Dec 2022. Workshop, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Aug 2023. Staged Readings, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley New Works Festival
Development
2019. NAMT Writers Residency Grant
2024. NAMT Production Grant
2024. O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, Semi-Finalist
2025. NAMT-Recommended Musical
Awards & Honors
Media
Watch. World Premiere Trailer
Listen. Song demo videos on YouTube
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley World Premiere
Photo by Kevin Berne
L to R: Emily Kuroda, Danny Scheie, Cindy Goldfield, Jacqueline De Muro, Rinabeth Apostol, Miller Liberatore