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The Grown-Ups

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 2m

Simon Henriques, Skylar Fox

Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups explores the traditions that change us, what it takes for us to change them, and how to change yourself when you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for this.

The Grown-Ups

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary

The campers are all finally asleep, and the lake is getting quiet. Have a beer; make a s’more; tell a scary story. Figure out what you’re going to have to do in the morning to keep camp fun and safe without letting the kids find out about... well, you’ve seen the news. I just got a push notification – they’re getting closer.

Following a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker, The Grown-Ups explores the traditions that change us, what it takes for us to change them, and how to change yourself when you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for this.

History
The Grown-Ups was originally produced at a backyard campfire in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by Nightdrive (Skylar Fox and Simon Henriques, co-artistic directors) and Chloe Joy Ivanson in July 2021. The play was created with and performed by Emily Elyse Everett, Simon Henriques, Chloe Joy Ivanson, Abby Melick, and Justin Phillips, and directed by Skylar Fox.
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  • Time Period Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting A campfire at a summer camp. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“An apocalyptic play... part satire, part scary story.” – The New York Times

★★★★ “The coolest new play you probably can’t see.” – Time Out New York

Top 10 of 2021! “The Grown-Ups is, in fact, really cool; better than that, it is smart, funny, topical and very well-performed... Fox and Henriques weave their plot lines skillfully and suspensefully as they investigate questions of progress, perspective and responsibility... the world of the camp is rich with precise detail.” – Time Out New York

Best of 2021! “One of the darkest and wittiest scripts I have experienced in the immersive world, which in turn leads to some of the finest performances by an ensemble I have ever seen.” – No Proscenium

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Authors

Simon Henriques

Simon Henriques
Simon Henriques is a writer, performer, and co-artistic director of Nightdrive. With Nightdrive, he has co-written and starred in an apocalypse around a campfire (The Grown-Ups, secret Brooklyn location); a live immersive alien movie (Alien Nation, Paradise Factory); a five-d ...
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Skylar Fox

Skylar Fox

Skylar Fox is a writer, director and designer based in Brooklyn. He cares about making wildly theatrical plays and musicals that push the boundaries of what theatre can do to tell demandingly vulnerable stories powerfully.

He is the co-artistic director of Nightdrive, where he ...

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