Punk Rock Mix Tape Play

by Marisa Carr

Being a teenage girl is hard, and being a teenage brown girl is harder – but being a teenage brown girl in the punk scene during the post-9/11 Bush administration? That’s something else entirely. This coming-of-age play, loosely structured as a mix tape, sits at the intersection of race, gender, and youth, and explores the cost of finding your place in a world shifting rapidly in ways you barely understand.

Being a teenage girl is hard, and being a teenage brown girl is harder – but being a teenage brown girl in the punk scene during the post-9/11 Bush administration? That’s something else entirely. This coming-of-age play, loosely structured as a mix tape, sits at the intersection of race, gender, and youth, and explores the cost of finding your place in a world shifting rapidly in ways you barely understand.

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Punk Rock Mix Tape Play

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  • Erin Hunter: Punk Rock Mix Tape Play by Marisa Carr
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    “Punk Rock Mixtape Play” offers a look into the racial tensions that occurred after 9/11 and their consequences. Each of the main characters come from different backgrounds and have different views on America and its political state. The play gives a realistic look into the adult world and how hard and cruel it can be; the story is full of sex and drugs and other adult themes. However, these adult topics are required to accurately portray lessons about racial tensions and sexual abuse.

    “Punk Rock Mixtape Play” offers a look into the racial tensions that occurred after 9/11 and their consequences. Each of the main characters come from different backgrounds and have different views on America and its political state. The play gives a realistic look into the adult world and how hard and cruel it can be; the story is full of sex and drugs and other adult themes. However, these adult topics are required to accurately portray lessons about racial tensions and sexual abuse.

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  • Kristin Idaszak: Punk Rock Mix Tape Play by Marisa Carr
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    This deft coming-of-age story continually upends expectations. Like the eponymous mixed tape, it elicits the ache of remembering--no, reliving--your misspent youth without being able to change it. The play's tenderness for its unnamed protagonist is matched by its incisive, nuanced portrait of a complex subculture. Carr has a vital voice, and I can't wait to see this play onstage.

    This deft coming-of-age story continually upends expectations. Like the eponymous mixed tape, it elicits the ache of remembering--no, reliving--your misspent youth without being able to change it. The play's tenderness for its unnamed protagonist is matched by its incisive, nuanced portrait of a complex subculture. Carr has a vital voice, and I can't wait to see this play onstage.

    ”

Development History

  • Residency, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, 2018