Boston Teen Acting Troupe to Present I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING BUT I PROMISE WE'RE LOST

The Boston Teen Acting Troupe eagerly announces i don't know where we're going but i promise we're lost, a brash new play about family, starting over, and growing up, by Boston Playwright MJ Halberstadt. Presented by The Boston Teen Acting Troupe as a staged reading in May of 2014 under the working title Annie Doesn't Live Here, the show has been retooled for its world premiere at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, a city-wide hub for new work, from July 30 - August 16, 2015. i don't know where we're going but i promise we're lost will also feature live original music by Tom Freeman and Covey, a Boston Based indie folk band.

In, i don't know where we're going but i promise we're lost 19-year-old Devon Fleeter and his younger brothers flee from their parents, who have been punishing the boys' allegiance to middle child Joshua's gender transition, they find sanctuary in an off-the-grid apartment far from home. They find that safety is not without its own challenges, and confront the growing pains that come with learning what it means to be a man. Artistic Director, Jack Serio explains, "MJ's tackling timely, edgy, and important subjects that, I think the Boston theatre scene hasn't been exposed to. Ultimately, I think the play explores how we grow up and how we love in the 21st century."

MJ Halberstadt is a Boston-based playwright and alumnus of Emerson College (BA Theatre Education) and Boston University (MFA Playwriting). Full-lengths include Brute (Pingree School), Grindr (and other concerns) (The Survivalists), i don't know where we're going but i promise we're lost (Boston Teen Acting Troupe), That Time the House Burned Down (Fresh Ink Theatre), The Launch Prize (Bridge Rep of Boston) and not Jenny (Bridge Rep of Boston). He has had short plays presented at Boston Actors Theater, FV Productions, The Brick, Happy Medium Theatre, KNOW Theatre, Little Fish Theatre and StrangeDog Theatre. He has earned invitations to the Boston Center for the Arts and Company One's PlayLab, Boston University's Creative Writing Global Fellowship, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's Region 1 conference and Last Frontier Theatre Conference.

He is a Founding Artistic Associate of Bridge Rep of Boston and member of Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. By day, Halberstadt is an Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission at Emerson College. He grew up on Long Island and currently lives just West of Boston with his fiancé.

The Boston Teen Acting Troupe was founded in 2011 with the goal of bringing enriching, engaging and mature theatre to teens. Formed with the idea of eliminating the cliché of "bad high school theatre," BTAT gives Boston teens the chance to hone their talent in front of live audiences in a professional atmosphere. BTAT's productions are designed, produced, directed and acted entirely by young adults under the age of 21 who are looking for a serious artistic outlet for their talents. BTAT has taken the Boston theatre scene by storm and made national headlines with their work. Past productions include 2014's hit revival of An Inspector Calls, heralded as a "triumphant revival" by New England Entertainment Digest, and their production of God of Carnage which landed them in The New York Times and on National Public Radio. Other recent productions include the New England premiere of The Dream of The Burning Boy and their daring revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

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