Youth Underground is an ensemble that creates and performs original theater that investigates social issues relevant to young people. Our pieces are created through a series of interviews with the community. Last summer, our interviews centered around Voting and Civic Engagement, and Act Up & Vote! was born.

Hear the voices of urban youth in our community, as well as their families, teachers, political leaders, and personal heroes as they share stories from their lives, debate about whether their votes matter, and work to make a better world.

Presented by the YU Summer Ensemble

August, 7, 2019
2:30pm and 7:00pm

Youth Underground on Tour!
Interested in bringing Act Up & Vote! to your school or community? Contact us! We are taking reservations now for 2019-2020.

MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM by Cassie Seinuk

Director – Cassie Chapados

Development – this play will come to us directly on the heels being part of The Kennedy Center Summer Playwrights Intensive 2019

When Freckles, a high school junior, innocently shows her friends a selfie of her and their sexy English teacher Mr. Murphy, she unwillingly sets herself into a social and social media tailspin. The dominos begin to fall as mean girl with a grudge, Laser, steals Freckles’ phone and posts the photo online, the school’s beloved English teacher gets fired, and Freckles gets kicked off student government, her ticket to a stellar college application and popularity. Set entirely in the girls’ bathroom of a high school in an average town, six teenagers are faced with decision to stand with Freckles and fall into social suicide, or to save face and join the ranks of popular opinion, believe that Freckles a slut and must be destroyed!

This play tackles who is believed in the world of #metoo, and how much messier it is to be a teenager in the age of social media.