This is Our Youth, by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan, is a realistic dissection of the complications and challenges that plague late adolescence.
Set in early, Reagan-era New York City, the play follows 19-year old Warren Straub who has just been kicked out of home by his abusive father, stolen $15,000 from him, and carted it across town to seek shelter at close friend and role model, Dennis Ziegler’s apartment. Dennis, the older and more domineering of the two, concocts a plan to use the money to purchase and resell cocaine in order to make back what Warren has already spent. As this plan unfolds, we are introduced to Jessica Goldman, and watch as she and Warren navigate the awkwardness surrounding their feelings for each other, and the social implications of choosing whether, or not, to act on them.
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