My Beatnik Youth
Written & Performed by Justin Elizabeth Sayre
Directed by Fempath
A new solo play with music by writer and performer Justin Elizabeth Sayre. How to be one of Kerouac’s “Wild Ones,” and how to survive. A coming-of-age story set against jazz, mental illness, and the road wherever it leads. With a totalled car, a few broken ribs, and facing a few drug charges, our narrator, Jay, is sent away to “dry out” in the mental ward to avoid further trouble. For a month, the charismatic young narrator comes face to face with the terrible pain that brought him to the brink of death.
Pre-show Poet List
March 14 7PM - Candystore
March 15 7PM - Heather Denton
March 16 7PM - Ayaz Muratoglu
March 17 3PM - Ianne Fields Stewart
March 21 7 PM - Heather Johnson
March 22 7PM - Heather Denton
March 23 7PM - Ashley Escobar
March 24 3PM - Matt Proctor
Justin Elizabeth Sayre is a playwright and performer who Michael Musto called, “Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg.” Sayre is a fixture of the Downtown Cabaret Scene in New York, first with their long-running variety show, The Meeting (Bistro Award-winning & 2 MAC nominations). They are currently in residency at Joe’s Pub at the Public with their new variety show, Assorted Fruit.