Stand
Set in 1993, this edgy punk rock opera follows a group of disaffected teens navigating their last year of high school as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal. (S)KIDS TELLS THE STORY OF SCO…
Stand
Set in 1993, this edgy punk rock opera follows a group of disaffected teens navigating their last year of high school as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal. (S)KIDS TELLS THE STORY OF SCOTTY, A TEENAGE PUNK POET WHO HAS RELUCTANTLY MOVED TO THE CANADIAN MIDWEST IN 1993. HE QUICKLY DISCOVERS HE DOESN'T BELONG, AND LANDS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BOTH THE OPPRESSIVE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND THE SCHOOL'S DRUG DEALER, SAMMY. BUT EVERY TOWN HAS ITS OUTCASTS AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE CROWD SCOTTY CONNECTS WITH: THE SKIDS. THERE HE MEETS BILLY AND CRAIG, AND THE TRIO BOND OVER MUSIC, THEIR SHARED EXPERIENCE OF PARENTAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND A DRIVE TO EXPOSE THE LIES AND HYPOCRISY OF THE AUTHORITY FIGURES AROUND THEM. SCOTTY ALSO CATCHES THE EYE OF MOLLY, THE POPULAR AND COMPLEX VALEDICTORIAN, WHO STRUGGLES TO KEEP HER OWN DEMONS AT BAY. WHEN SAMMY FEELS REBUFFED BY SCOTTY INTO JOINING HIS SUBURBAN DRUG DEALING EMPIRE, HE TAKES IT OUT ON CRAIG IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE, WHICH SPARKS THE SKIDS ON A PATH TO BREAK THE STATUS QUO, DECIDING TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND REBEL AGAINST, NOT JUST SAMMY AND HIS GOONS, BUT THEIR PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WHO MAY BE HIDING THE MOST INSIDIOUS SECRET OF THEM ALL.
Stand
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Set in 1993, this edgy punk rock opera follows a group of disaffected teens navigating their last year of high school as they uncover a dark truth about their Principal. (S)KIDS TELLS THE STORY OF SCOTTY, A TEENAGE PUNK POET WHO HAS RELUCTANTLY MOVED TO THE CANADIAN MIDWEST IN 1993. HE QUICKLY DISCOVERS HE DOESN'T BELONG, AND LANDS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BOTH THE OPPRESSIVE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND THE SCHOOL'S DRUG DEALER, SAMMY.
BUT EVERY TOWN HAS ITS OUTCASTS AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE CROWD SCOTTY CONNECTS WITH: THE SKIDS. THERE HE MEETS BILLY AND CRAIG, AND THE TRIO BOND OVER MUSIC, THEIR SHARED EXPERIENCE OF PARENTAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND A DRIVE TO EXPOSE THE LIES AND HYPOCRISY OF THE AUTHORITY FIGURES AROUND THEM. SCOTTY ALSO CATCHES THE EYE OF MOLLY, THE POPULAR AND COMPLEX VALEDICTORIAN, WHO STRUGGLES TO KEEP HER OWN DEMONS AT BAY.
WHEN SAMMY FEELS REBUFFED BY SCOTTY INTO JOINING HIS SUBURBAN DRUG DEALING EMPIRE, HE TAKES IT OUT ON CRAIG IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE, WHICH SPARKS THE SKIDS ON A PATH TO BREAK THE STATUS QUO, DECIDING TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND REBEL AGAINST, NOT JUST SAMMY AND HIS GOONS, BUT THEIR PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WHO MAY BE HIDING THE MOST INSIDIOUS SECRET OF THEM ALL..