The Awkward Teen Years Are Back: Tickets Now Available for Punk Rock Off-Broadway

Tickets are now on sale for the New York premiere of Simon Stephens’ Punk Rock. The MCC Theater production, directed by Trip Cullman, will star Big Love’s Douglas Smith. Performances begin on October 29 at off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre, where it will run through December 7. Opening night is set for November 17.

Inspired by Stephens’ own experiences as a teacher, Punk Rock explores contemporary adolescence at the breaking point as a group of seventeen-year-olds in Manchester, England flirt and posture their way through the day while preparing for exams. With hormones raging and minimal adult supervision, nothing can mask the underlying tension that becomes increasingly pronounced as the clock ticks towards the ultimate dismissal.

In addition to Smith, Punk Rock will feature Pico Alexander, Lilly Englert, Annie Funke, David Greenspan, Colby Minifie, Will Pullen and Noah Robbins. Stephens is currently represented on Broadway by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.