Photo Flash: First Look at Contra Costa Civic Theatre's AMERICAN IDIOT

Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) concludes its 56th season with the two-time Tony award-winning musical, American Idiot, directed and choreographed by Alex Perez, who returns to CCCT following his acclaimed Bay Area premiere production of The Addams Family, with music direction by Kevin Roland, who helmed CCCT's recent productions of The Secret Garden and The Sound of Music. American Idiot plays from June 10 through July 17; performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm at the theatre.

Adapted from Green Day's 2004 Grammy Award-winning album, American Idiot (the musical) began life in a 2009 limited run at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, then transferred to Broadway, where Charles Isherwood of the New York Times called it a "show that possesses a stimulating energy and a vision of wasted youth that holds us in its grip...the show is as invigorating and ultimately as moving as anything I've seen on Broadway this season. Or maybe for a few seasons past." And Peter Travers from Rolling Stone wrote, "Though American Idiot carries echoes of such rock musicals as Tommy, Hair, Rent, and Spring Awakening, it cuts its own path to the heart. You won't know what hit you."

The story, expanded from that of the concept album and almost entirely sung through over the course of 90 high-octane minutes, centers on Johnny, Tunny, and Will. These three disgruntled young men, struggling to find meaning in a post-9/11 world, flee their provincial hometown lives in search of big city thrills. Their paths quickly and irrevocably diverge when Tunny enters the armed forces, Will is called back home to attend familial responsibilities, and Johnny's attention becomes divided between the seduction of love and the hazards of drugs.

The cast of American Idiot includes includes Sage Georgevitch-Castellanos (Johnny), Jeffrey Holmes (Will), Kamren Mahaney (Tunny), Travis Reaves (St. Jimmy), Tosca Maltzman(Whatshername), Tiffany Quintana (Heather), Melody Perera (Extraordinary Girl), John Holst (Rock n' Roll Boyfriend), Connor Johnson (President of Jingletown/Holiday), Briel Pomerantz (Heather's Best Friend), and ensemble members India Derewetzky, Aurelia Jordan, Jessie Anne Lukban, Christian McCooey, Justin Sabino, Garrick Sather, Caroline Schneider, Scott Tsubota, and Joel Vega.

The production features set design by TBA Award winner Kuo-Hao Lo; costume design is by Lisa Danz, lighting design is by Courtney Johnson, sound and design is by Michael Kelly, and props design is by Devon LaBelle.

Photos by Ben Krantz