New Jersey Stage Issue 54 | Page 47

Rise of the Goatman SHARE BUTTON by Gary Wien Theater For The New City pres- ents Beltsville/Rockville, Part 1: Rise of the Goatman, an original play by Englewood resident Matt Okin (Artistic Director of Black Box Studios), from December 27 through January 13. In this pseudo-Southern Gothic dark comedy, a vibrant group of teens from two very different suburban neighborhoods clash over class differences, drugs, and sex - and the existence of the leg- endary ‘Goatman’ in 1986. Cut to 2013, and the adolescent kids of those very same teens are strug- gling to make sense of their fami- ly histories - and the same “myth- ological” creature - that could be holding them back in life. NJ STAGE - ISSUE 54 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 47