The Untold Yippie Project NYC Reviews and Tickets

65%

(31 Reviews)

Positive

65%

Mixed

19%

Negative

16%

Members say

Relevant, Thought-provoking, Great staging, Great acting, Ambitious

About the Show

Sunglasses After Dark paints a picture of a divided and united America in its new play about a group of Yippies who shut down Disneyland. Based on a true story.

In 1970, liberal America seemed at the end of its rope. Out of the culture of flower children and free-loving hippies a new wave of radicals had emerged: the Yippies. Avant-garde and arrogant, the Yippies made their anti-war, anti-capitalist sentiments well known with their unique brand of in-your-face activism. When Terry, a wild but weary leader of the Yippies, gets an idea to organize a protest in Disneyland, he's looking for more than a chance to stick it to the man: He's also planning to dig into Clyde, a former Yippie and friend who has betrayed him.

Member Reviews (31)

Relevant, Thought-provoking, Ambitious, Intelligent, Great acting

See it if you want understand a true story of young people trying to change society and the struggles it presents among the participants.

Don't see it if you do not have an appreciation for the late '60's, early '70's Vietnam War impact on society.

Absorbing, Great acting, Great writing, Intelligent, Resonant

See it if You want to further understand American history. Slow but builds into a cresendo. This is an important and fascinating story.

Don't see it if If you don't have patience for a rare gem of a story.

Critic Reviews (1)

"Fascinating and provocative...'The Untold Yippie Project' is fast-moving, exciting, and truly fascinating, with a young, energetic, and committed cast. Underneath the adrenaline-infused action and historical perspective, there’s also some sharp character development...Coughlin and LaBeach are perfectly cast in their roles...Schlossberg impressively recreates the mores and mindsets of that time period...'The Untold Yippie Project' is also stunningly relevant in 2017."
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