Metroactive » This is Our Youth https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 ‘This is Our Youth’ at Northside Theatre https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/02/this-is-our-youth-at-northside-theatre/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/02/this-is-our-youth-at-northside-theatre/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:38:20 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=123311
So many peace-loving, flower-powered Baby Boomers were devastated by the election of Richard Nixon. The same goes for the wide-eyed Millennials, who as recently minted adults cast their very first presidential votes for Barack Obama, only to be deflated by the rise of Donald Trump. In 1982, a cohort of Gen-X-ers—raised by…]]>

So many peace-loving, flower-powered Baby Boomers were devastated by the election of Richard Nixon. The same goes for the wide-eyed Millennials, who as recently minted adults cast their very first presidential votes for Barack Obama, only to be deflated by the rise of Donald Trump. In 1982, a cohort of Gen-X-ers—raised by successful hippy parents on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—find themselves in a serious crisis of confidence as Jimmy Carter is routed by his Republican challenger, a Hollywood B-lister. This play follows three lost souls for 48 confusing hours at the dawn of the Reagan Era.

This Is Our Youth
Thru Mar 3
Northside Theatre Company, San Jose

 

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