We are thrilled that you have taken the time to visit our site and get acquainted with our work, our style and our Happy attitudes! We work hard to create original comedies that are relatable and reflect the current atmosphere of society. We blend different flavors of our mutli-talented team into one unique mixture that is unlike anything else being offered today.


Please take the time to look around, watch some of our Award winning films and toss an e-mail to happylittlesurprise@me.com for information on how to donate, how to get involved or how to hire us for your next project.


Thank you,

Dani Lyman & Jenna Leigh Scarborough

HLSP Owners & Operators

Welcome to Happy Little Surprise Productions!

Our Film “This Just In” was

screened at the 2010 Short Film

Corner at the Cannes Film Festival &  The Campus MovieFest International Grand Finale in Vegas!

Watch the film HERE!

Happy LIttle News!

This last year has been a crazy whirlwind of success that we, of course hoped for, but didn’t exactly see coming! We had the great honor of working with some of our fav local filmmakers to write and produce the award winning comedy “This Just In!”


Written by Jenna Leigh Scarborough, Kyle Asmundson, Dani Lyman and Adam Rini and directed by Dani Lyman, not only did it win Best Picture at ASU Campus MovieFest, but beat out 1,700 films to place in the Top 16 at the Western Regionals and move on to the Grand Finale in Las Vegas!


Las Vegas was incredible! We got to chat personally with  Marcos Siega ( an excellent TV director of shows like, Dexter, Vampier Diaries and Cold Case), Patton Oswalt and  David Krumholtz, and spend invaluable time in workshops with industry professionals and got treated like royalty on the Red Carpet!


But we’re most proud of “This Just In” being shown at the Short Film Corner at Cannes this past May.


A Big Thank You!!!! to all those who made this film possible.

More Weird!

More Wacky!!

More Unnecessary Costume Changes!!!


Our popular Webseries has just signed on to do another season. Boy, aren’t you guys lucky!


Catch up on Season 1 and wait anxiously and incredibly impatiently for the mind BLOWING Finale  Summer 2010!!!

We have recently decided to dedicate a portion of our website to help those who are struggling with the crippling disease, endometriosis, or who know someone who is.


Endometriosis affects the majority of women in some way, whether they struggle with one of the stages of the illness or they have a relative or a close friend who has, women just can’t seem to get away from this horrible disease which threatens to destroy their quality of life.


If you or someone you know has been affected by this illness please take a look at Dani’s blog about her experience with the illness and her road to recovery and help us to build a support group of strong women.


RecoveringLife Blog

Recovering Life