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This Is Our Youth
BetweenTheLines Theatre presents Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth
Sept. 18 - 23rd at The Roxy
It’s 1982 in New York City. Crime has spiked in the city, Ronald Reagan is president, "Bette Davis Eyes" is the most popular song on the radio, and a despondent 19-year old named Warren Straub has just stolen $15,000 from his abusive father. Hoping for assistance, Warren shows up at the doorstep of his drug-dealing friend Dennis Ziegler, who, unfortunately, is just beginning to realize his own mortality. In the midst of this crisis, Warren also attempts to woo the precocious Jessica, a girl struggling to carve out a place in the world for herself. Taking place over the course of a single night, This Is Our Youth illustrates how one night can change a person, but perhaps only in ways that can be understood with the clarity that comes with retrospection and the passage of time.
BetweenTheLines Theatre is a contemporary theatre company devoted to telling stories that are true to us today. With a simple aesthetic, and unapologetically challenging content, we seek to cultivate empathy, reify listening, reflect humanity and present raw, fundamentally theatrical productions grown in the Missoula valley. Building bridges with other companies nationally and internationally, BTL Theatre seeks to connect with our rapidly changing global culture through the transmission of ideas and creative modalities.
Contains adult language and themes, including drug use.
Season Passes available at the Roxy Box Office!
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