The Grown Ups

The campers are finally asleep, and the lake is quiet. Time for a beer, a s’more, maybe a scary story. But just beyond the firelight, the world is burning hotter. The push alerts don’t stop. The violence keeps inching closer. The Grown-Ups follows a group of summer camp counselors trying to shape the leaders of tomorrow while tomorrow itself feels threatened by political violence, fear, and uncertainty. Produced in response to the world we are living in right now, the play asks: how do we protect young people from the chaos they’re inheriting? What traditions are worth holding onto, and which must be broken open? And how do we rise to meet the moment when the moment feels impossible?

Special thanks to our season sponsors David and Christina Buchholz, Schnitzer Cares, and all those who contributed to this production: Linfield Theatre Faculty and Staff, Opening Act Theatre Company, Jo and Derek Lane, and Peggy Mieren,.