This Is Our Youth

By: Kenneth Lonergan

In meticulous, hilarious, and agonizing detail, 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. Funny, painful, and compassionate, THIS IS OUR YOUTH is a living snapshot of the moment between adolescence and adulthood when many young people first go out into the world on their own, armed only with the ideas and techniques they developed as teenagers—ideas and techniques far more sophisticated than their parents ever realize, and far less effectual than they themselves can possibly imagine.

CHECK BACK SOON FOR AUDITION INFORMATION!

Hemsley Theatre, Vilas Hall

Thursday, November 20th @ 7:30 PM
Friday, November 21st @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 22nd @ 7:30 PM

Contact Charlie Bauer for more information.

Roundtable Readings
of original plays by UTA members and new plays from the greater theatre community.

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If you are interested in submitting an original work, suggesting a new play, or reading for a play, contact Brittany Jordt.