Six-time Emmy Award winner Rod Serling is known as the creator of the television show The Twilight Zone, which originally aired from 1959 to 1964 and is now shown in syndication.
In 1958, a script for the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone was created, but CBS turned it down, feeling it might be considered too grim for their viewers. That script was about a dystopian society that is obsessed with perfection and feels that after people turn a certain age, they become obsolete and a drain on society, and therefore must be sent to The Happy Place.
Never having aired on television, The Happy Place holds historical significance as the original concept for The Twilight Zone series and a testament to Serling’s willingness to push boundaries.
For 67 years, this script has sat dormant until now. BLAST Bold Local Artists of the Southern Tier and The Rod Serling Memorial Foundation are coming together on July 12th and 13th for two performances of this never-before-published or broadcast script.
Performed as a staged reading, this production will allow audiences to hear Mr. Serling’s words. While The Happy Place may have been a metaphor for events that took place during World War II, it is surprisingly relevant and just as shocking now in the 21st century.
This event is a joint fundraiser for the BLAST and the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation’s high school scholarship program.
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