The cast of the pre-taped broadcast includes the original New York cast: Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager.
The April 3 broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California from 10 PM-midnight on 89.3 KPCC; it will also be streamed on demand at latw.org. The broadcast also includes an interview with playwright Lonergan, director Mark Brokaw and the cast.
L.A. Theatre Works' radio theatre series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH, Boston; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco); 89.1 KVPR, Fresno, CA; 89.3 KPRX, Bakersfield, CA; and more.
"In 1982 on Manhattan's Upper West Side," press notes state, "three pot-smoking teenagers are resoundingly rejecting the 1960s ideals of their affluent parents. In hilarious and bittersweet detail, This is Our Youth follows 48 turbulent hours in the lives of three very lost souls at the dawn of the Reagan Era."