DEAD END KIDS:
A STORY OF
NUCLEAR POWER
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Watch ‘Dead End Kids’
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CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY
JoAnne Akalaitis
THE PLAY …
PREMIERE: November 11, 1980 Presented by Joseph Papp at The Public Theater – NYC
Text by JoAnne Akalaitis & Company, with excerpts from the writings of Paracelsus, Eve Curie, Marie Curie, Goethe, Jorge Luis Borges, General L.R. Groves and from institutional and government reports on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
“Almost single-handedly she (JoAnne Akalaitis) is giving new life to the whole notion of political theater.”
– FRANK RICH, NY TIMES
THE FILM …
PREMIERE: NOVEMBER 5, 1986 FILM FORUM I – NYC
PRODUCED BY Marian Godfrey & Monty Diamond
MUSIC BY David Byrne with additional music by: Philip Glass
Photo: Mabou Mines
