THIS IS OUR YOUTH by Kenneth Lonergan

THIS IS OUR YOUTH

By KENNETH LONERGAN

Directed by JOHN ASTIN

The John Astin Theatre and the Program in Theatre Arts & Studies present Kenneth Lonergan's THIS IS OUR YOUTH, directed by John Astin.

In meticulous, hilarious, and agonizing detail, THIS IS OUR YOUTH follows forty-eight hours of three very lost young souls in New York City at the dawn of the Reagan Era. 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 learned as teenagers.

The New York Times raves, "By turns caustic, cruel, and compassionate - it is the real real world," and the NY Daily News proclaims, "This is quite simply, a sterling example of why we keep going. THIS IS OUR YOUTH is as good as theatre gets."

Come join us at the John Astin Theatre, February 23rd, 24th, 25th and March 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Friday and Saturday performances at 8pm, Sunday matinees at 2pm. Located in the Historic Merrick Barn on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St.

General Admission - $15, Student w/ ID - $5, Seniors (65+), JHU Faculty, Staff, Alumni, Retirees - $13.

JAT Box Office (410) 516-5153 or [email protected]

Warning: Adult Themes and Language.

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Valerie Sandobal

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Repeats weekly Saturday -- until Saturday March 3, 2018.

Repeats weekly Sunday -- until Sunday March 4, 2018.

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A vital theatre is essential to the humanities. Painting, music, dance, poetry, literature, sculpture, philosophy, psychology, political science, and social science are all found in and employed by the theatre. The noted director and critic, Harold Clurman, maintained that he could visit any country with an active theatre and, from seeing just one play, tell you the state and conditions of that nation without even knowing its language

The John Astin Theatre is the performing branch of the Johns Hopkins University Theatre Arts and Studies Program. The JAT mission is to develop artists who create performances of credibility, power, imagination, and spontaneity, who promote new theatre, and who actively seek opportunities to collaborate with other artists and disciplines.

The Theatre is located on the second floor of the historic Merrick Barn, affectionately known as the Barn, on Hopkins Homewood campus. The Barn built by Charles Carroll in the early 19th century. Originally intended for dairy cattle, the structure was converted into a student center when the University moved to Homewood. The ground floor contained three lunch rooms and a barbershop, the second floor housed the offices of the YMCA and the News-Letter (published by the students of Johns Hopkins since 1897), and the loft was used by the Dramatic Club, which renamed itself the Barnstormers. In the late 1940s, the Barn was occupied by the Department of Writing, Speech, and Drama, and in 1950 Barnstormer President and future actor John Astin ‘52 rehearsed his first full- length play on its stage. Years later, when Drama & Speech courses were dropped, the Barn housed Theatre Hopkins, a local community theater, and in 1983, the Barn was formally named the Merrick Barn, in honor of Robert G. Merrick, donor of the funds which made possible the restoration of both the Barn and Homewood House. In 2004, the Merrick Barn became the home of the new Hopkins Theatre Arts & Studies Program, founded and directed by John Astin ‘52. The Barn now provides classrooms, a scene shop and a performance stage.

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Hopkins Homewood Campus South Garage

Special Notes

Visitor paid parking available on the south side of campus in the South Garage, http://ts.jhu.edu/Parking/Visitors, as well as on surrounding off campus streets. Patrons who present their South Garage parking stub to the John Astin Theatre box office will receive $2 off on one ticket. Driving directions to the South Garage: Enter 3100 Wyman Park, Baltimore, MD 21211 into vehicle GPS or mapping application. This will bring you to the Wyman Park Building. The South Garage is across the street from the Wyman Park building just past Mason Hall.

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