In The Boom Boom Room at Hudson Theatre

Chrissy arrives in early 1970's Philadelphia with dreams of achieving stardom as a dancer. As she struggles to understand her place in the world, what her true purpose is, and why she is really here, she seeks guidance from those around her in any way she can. But walls are thin and words are deceiving, as no one she meets is quite who they seem. Her childhood of poverty and abuse haunts her subconscious, as she follows her stars, trying to unveil memories lost and secrets kept. A job at a go-go club called Big Tom's Boom Boom Room leads her through encounters with twisted and troubled characters as she deals with love, sex, racism, domestic abuse, homophobia, obsession and mental illness. David Rabe's brutal tale of self-exploration entertains the misunderstood individual, the ways in which we misguide one another and how fate and self-control seem inevitably so far apart.