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Junk by Ayad Akhtar at Street Corner Arts

Dates: (2/15/2019 - 3/9/2019 )

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Street Corner Arts


The Whisenhunt at ZACH Theatre, 1510 Toomey Road
Austin, 78704

Phone: (512) 539-8638

Tickets: $20-25

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Junk by Ayad Akhtar


Saratoga-McDaniels' Izzy Peterman is buying, but Everson Steel's Tom Everson isn't selling. Simple problem. Work it out at the table, right? But nothing on Wall Street is easy or simple. And Bob Merkin of Sacker-Lowell, Saratoga-McDaniel's financing source, is determined to make it as complicated and self-serving, oh and by the way, as under-the-table as possible.In a world where some say, "It's nothing personal, it's just business," turns out that's not exactly true. It's ALL personal. Beneath the war of numbers, JUNK reveals a tribal, almost-cultish subculture where racial, generational and gender politics echo the ever-prevalent rifts and skirmishes waged daily within our larger American society. In the movie WALL STREET, Gordon Gekko famously said "Greed is good." In JUNK, greed is God.

Directed by Benjamin Wallace Summers (WAITING FOR LEFTY, THE ALTRUISTS, BULL, POCATELLO) and Assistant Director Jeremy Lee Cudd (ACTUALLY). The production team is rounded out by Stage Manager Helen Hetrick, Lighting Designer Chris Conard, Scenic Design / Technical Director Zac Thomas and Costume Designer Talena Martinez.

Starring Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, Molly Fonseca, Michael Stuart, Joe Penrod (returning to Austin for this special production!), Nguyen Stanton, Zac Carr, Zac Crofford, David Yakubik, Jason Graf, Sweet Van Loan, Scot Friedman, Annika Lekven, Craig Kanne, Sean Christopher, Nate Dunaway and SCA's own Jeremy Brown and Rommel Sulit

Cast and Creative team for Junk by Ayad Akhtar at Street Corner Arts

Starring Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, Molly Fonseca, Michael Stuart, Joe Penrod (returning to Austin for this special production!), Nguyen Stanton, Zac Carr, Zac Crofford, David Yakubik, Jason Graf, Sweet Van Loan, Scot Friedman, Annika Lekven, Craig Kanne, Sean Christopher, Nate Dunaway and SCA's own Jeremy Brown and Rommel Sulit 

News About Junk by Ayad Akhtar at Street Corner Arts

BWW Review: Filling Pockets…At Any Cost. A Review of Street Corner Arts' JUNK
BWW Review: Filling Pockets…At Any Cost. A Review of Street Corner Arts' JUNK
February 21, 2019

'This is a story of kings.' The opening line of playwright Ayad Akhtar's JUNK gives the audience an epic summary of what they're about to experience. Kings not determined by the biggest crown or most expansive army, but by the fullest pockets. Robert Merkin, played by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, is one such king, though unconventional in that the lead character of Akhtar's longest work sees debt as an asset. Robert sits proudly on the cover Time Magazine, and he's ready to capitalize on his role as 'America's Alchemist'. Performer Garcia revels in all the teeth sucking, furtive gesticulating, and slick talking of a classic 1980's Wall Street yuppie.

Street Corner Arts Presents JUNK By Ayad Akhtar
Street Corner Arts Presents JUNK By Ayad Akhtar
January 20, 2019

Street Corner Arts will bring Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of DISGRACED, Ayad Akhtar's JUNK (Nominated for 2 Tony Awards in 2018; Best Play, Best Lighting Design). Inspired by the junk bond scandal of the 80s and set in the manic high-stakes trading shark tank of Wall Street, JUNK takes you on whirlwind ride at the genesis of debt financing which was the root cause of the recent housing crisis in this country.

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