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Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 5m
Simon Stephens
William Carlisle has the world at his feet but its weight on his shoulders. He is intelligent, educated, aspirational, articulate, on the verge of taking his mock A-Levels and f**ked.
Image: 2014 MCC Theater Production (Joan Marcus)
Winner! 2015 Obie AwardNominee: Two 2015 Lucille Lortel Awards
William Carlisle has the world at his feet but its weight on his shoulders. He is intelligent, articulate and f**ked. In the library of a fee-paying grammar school, William and his fellow Sixth-Formers are preparing for their mock A-Levels while navigating the pressures of teenage life. They are educated and aspirational young people, but step-by-step, the disclocation, disjunction and latent aggression is revealed.
Punk Rock was first produced at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2009. The New York premiere was produced off-Broadway by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel, debuting on 29 October 2014.
WILLIAM CARLISLE – 17-18LILLY CAHILL – 17-18BENNETT FRANCIS – 17-18CISSY FRANKS – 17-18NICHOLAS CHATMAN – 17-18TANIA GLEASON – 17-18CHADWICK MEADE – 17-18LUCY FRANCIS – 17-18DR RICHARD HARVEY – adult
A school library. A hospital room.
“A remarkable new play.” – The Guardian
“Powerful and compelling... evokes the twilight world of the teenager with scary vividness.” – The Independent
Punk Rock – Howland Company Toronto Trailer
Punk Rock – 2014 MCC Production Trailer
Simon Stephens is an award-winning playwright.
His early work at the Royal Court includes BLUEBIRD (1998); HERONS (2001), COUNTRY MUSIC (2004) and MOTORTOWN (2006). In 2008 his play HARPER REGAN opened at the National Theatre, and SEA WALL, starring Andrew Scott, played at ...