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GOOD DAY, 

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 SUNSHINE

"monica hunken is not only fearless on stage, she is fearless in life..."

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- nytheatre.com

Valentine’s Day, New York City. A woman bikes across town delivering scones for a fundraiser, wearing a giant sun costume and trying, desperately, to stay hopeful. Phone calls to NGO employers go unanswered. Sirens blur into drumbeats. Delirium tears at reality as she is haunted by Kurt Vonnegut. Protest marches, hunger, police violence, and censored news of a distant genocide seep into every interaction.

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As the day unravels, delivery after delivery, acts of care collide with exhaustion, love with paralysis, and devotion to the cause with self-erasure.

 

Driven by a percussion score and dark humor, and informed by Monica’s own life as a frontline American activist "Good Day, Sunshine" is a fiercely intimate solo performance about moral urgency, burnout, and the impossible task of loving strangers in a collapsing world—one human gesture at a time.

Developed and directed by

Melissa Chambers

 

Written and Performed by

Monica Hunken

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Sound Design by

Chad Raines

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GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE was first presented in 2026 at the Sheffield Theatres Open Works Festival

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audience responses

ABOUT THE SHOW

"... good day, sunshine is complex, beautifully observed, full of questions and refusing to offer easy answers."

"a powerful and timely story from a unique and dynamic performer. A finely balanced combination of humour, drama and theatricality, told in a production that deftly conjures worlds. Big ideas that left me feeling moved, and which will stay with me for a long time...."

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"feels like an important work of art."

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the street is theatre! an adventure in site specific performance

led by Monica hunken

The streets carry our history of collective voice—from anti war and trade union organizing to anti-austerity marches and climate protests. This workshop led by international activist Monica Hunken invites you to step into that lineage and explore how public space becomes a stage for resistance, storytelling, and imagination.

 

There is power in disrupting business as usual with acts of public expression. Together, we’ll learn street theatre techniques for drawing focus, moving as an ensemble, creating striking images, and communicating meaningful ideas through bold, simple forms that speak directly to people in shared space. Through devising exercises and conversation, we’ll connect to stories that matter where you are—local struggles, memories, and movements—and use them as fuel for performance. We’ll then take our work outside, engaging directly with the streets, architecture, and everyday rhythms. Expect playful, low-stakes performance walks where we improvise with the environment and discover how place shapes meaning.

 

This 3 hour workshop is open to all levels, whether you’re a performer, activist, or simply curious about using creativity in public space.

 

Monica Hunken has taught street performance and creative activism across the US and internationally, including Mexico, France, Egypt, Austria, Greece, Sri Lanka, and India—always adapting the work to the local context and the stories people carry with them.

 

More information about Monica and her workshops at

www.monicahunken.com/workshops

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