About This Show

Set in New York in 1982, This Is Our Youth follows forty-eight hours in the lives of three very lost young souls: Warren, a dejected nineteen year old who has just stolen $15,000 from his abusive, tycoon father; Dennis, his charismatic drug-dealing friend who helps Warren put the stolen money to good use; and, Jessica, the anxiously insightful young woman who Warren yearns for. Funny, painful and compassionate, This Is Our Youth is a living snapshot of the moment when many young people go out into the world on their own, armed only with the ideas and techniques they developed as teenagers—far more sophisticated than their parents realize, and far less effectual than they themselves can possibly imagine.

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: June 10, 2014 Final Performance: July 27, 2014

Theatermania Review

| | June 27, 2014
Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson and Kieran Culkin stand at the threshold of adulthood in this Steppenwolf Theatre production.

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