THIS IS OUR YOUTH follows 48 hours of three very lost young souls in New York City at the dawn of the Reagan Era. This play launched the career of Kenneth Lonergan, best known as the writer/director of MANCHESTER BY THE SEA and YOU CAN COUNT ON ME.
Play Synopsis: In 1982, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the wealthy, articulate, pot-smoking teenagers who were small children in the ’60s have emerged as young adults in a country that has just resoundingly rejected everything they were brought up to believe in. The very last wave of New York City’s ’60s-style Liberalism has come of age—and there’s nowhere left to go. THIS IS OUR YOUTH follows forty-eight hours of three very lost young souls in the big city at the dawn of the Reagan Era: ... view more »
Play Synopsis: In 1982, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the wealthy, articulate, pot-smoking teenagers who were small children in the ’60s have emerged as young adults in a country that has just resoundingly rejected everything they were brought up to believe in. The very last wave of New York City’s ’60s-style Liberalism has come of age—and there’s nowhere left to go. THIS IS OUR YOUTH follows forty-eight hours of three very lost young souls in the big city at the dawn of the Reagan Era: Warren Straub, a dejected nineteen-year-old who steals fifteen thousand dollars from his abusive lingerie-tycoon father; Dennis Ziegler, the charismatic domineering drug-dealing friend who helps him put the money to good use; and Jessica Goldman, the anxiously insightful young woman Warren yearns for. THIS IS OUR YOUTH is a living snapshot of the moment between adolescence and adulthood.
Directed by Jeremy Lee Cudd
Cast: David Barrera as Warren, Vivian Glazier as Jessica, Sam Domino as Dennis
Tickets:
$25 General
$20 Seniors, Educators, Veterans
$15 Students
Monday, June 10th (Industry Night):
All Tickets are $15
Parking:
There is available parking on the east side of the Santa Cruz Theater building and additional parking available in the adjacent lot for Planned Parenthood.
Content Warning:
MATURE AUDIENCES – Explicit Language and Drug Use
