Beat Generation
50 East Merrimack Street Lowell
"Beat Generation" is a story of friendship and karma set in the 1950s and its characters and dialogue capture the Beat mentality at the roots of American counterculture as only Kerouac could. Taking place five years after the last road trip that ended the novel "On the Road," "Beat Generation" follows a group of friends based on Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and others, over the course of one day in 1955 as they visit various locations around New York City and converse on philosophy, spirituality, and horse racing, among other topics. Written in Kerouac's loose, jazz-prose style, the play is both a comedic look inside the Beat movement and a reaffirmation of the power of friendship.
Thru - Oct 14, 2012