"Usual Girls is a primal scream of a play that wants to make you squirm, and it succeeds.”
How do girls grow up? Quickly, painfully, wondrously.
On an elementary school playground, a boy threatens to tell on the girls for swearing—unless one of them kisses him.
But just before lips can touch, Kyeoung tackles the boy to the ground. The victory is short-lived. Over the coming years, Kyeoung’s stories get stranger, funnier, more harrowing—and more familiar. This hilarious, explicit gut-punch of a play bursts with playwright Ming Peiffer’s bold, explosive voice.
Warning: This show contains explicit content and nudity.
Usual Girls Cast
- Sasha, Older Girl, KKG Sister
- Sofia Black-D'Elia
- Anna
- Abby Corrigan
- Marina, Older Girl
- Ali Rose Dachis
- Kyeoung
- Midori Francis
- Father
- Karl Kenzler
- Woman
- Jennifer Lim
- Older Girl, KKG Sister
- Ryann Redmond
- Lindsay
- Nicole Rodenburg
- Rory
- Raviv Ullman
Usual Girls Creative
- Set Designer
- Arnulfo Maldonado
- Costume Designer
- Ásta Hostetter
- Lighting Designer
- Jen Schriever
- Sound Designer
- Tei Blow
- Playwright
- Ming Peiffer
- Director
- Tyne Rafaeli
Roundabout’s work with new and emerging playwrights and directors, as well as development of new work, is made possible by Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner.
- Alec Baldwin
- James Costa and John Archibald
- Linda L. D’Onofrio
- Peggy and Mark Ellis
- Howard Gilman Foundation
- Jodi Glucksman
- Sylvia Golden
- Judith and Douglas Krupp
- K. Myers
- Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
- Ira Pittelman
- Laura S. Rodgers
- Seedlings Foundation
- Mary Solomon
- Lauren and Danny Stein
- Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
- The Tow Foundation
ABOUT ROUNDABOUT UNDERGROUND
Roundabout Underground productions are produced in Roundabout's Black Box Theatre located within the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. It is an initiative designed to foster new works by emerging theatre artists. Roundabout Underground allows Roundabout to take artistic risks that are not viable on its larger stages, whether giving a debut production to an emerging writer or allowing an experienced director to go back to his or her creative roots. In addition to receiving an opportunity to debut their works as full-scale productions, up-and-coming playwrights receive the significant artistic and financial support of the country's largest not-for-profit theatre and a nurturing environment in which to debut their work. Note: Roundabout Underground productions cannot be purchased as part of a season package.
NEW PLAY INITIATIVE
Click here to learn more about Roundabout's commitment to new works through our New Play Initiative.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Bobbie Clearly, by Alex Lubischer, 2018
Too Heavy for Your Pocket, by Jiréh Breon Holder, 2017
On The Exhale, by Martín Zimmerman, 2017
Kingdom Come, by Jenny Rachel Weiner, Tow Playwright-in-Residence, 2016
Ugly Lies the Bone, by Lindsey Ferrentino, 2015
Little Children Dream of God, by Jeff Augustin, Tow Playwright-in-Residence, 2015
Too Much, Too Much, Too Many, by Meghan Kennedy, 2013
Bad Jews, by Joshua Harmon, 2012
Suicide, Incorporated, by Andrew Hinderaker, 2011
The Dream of the Burning Boy, by David West Read, 2011
Tigers Be Still, by Kim Rosenstock, 2010
Ordinary Days, by Adam Gwon, 2009
The Language of Trees, by Steven Levenson, 2008
Speech & Debate, by Stephen Karam, 2007
Presented at
Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Black Box Theatre
111 West 46th Street, New York, NY
between 6th and 7th Avenues
