About the Play:

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll is a full-length comedy by Eric Bogosian. Like a hard rock track turned all the way up, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll is a hilarious, clever, and often riveting roast of the American Male. An Obie-award winning series of monologues by premiere performer and playwright Eric Bogosian, this non-stop tour through some oddball minds enjoyed a lengthy run Off-Broadway.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll is a series of darkly comic monologues by different urban and suburban men in modern-day America. Each one is in some way related to one of the three vices of the title – but that's not really the point. Through such recognizable characters as a cerebral panhandler; a socially conscious rock star; an aging environmentalist, and a dropout from the 1960's, Eric Bogosian pokes fun at the excesses and absurdities of a generation weaned on rock 'n' roll. He uses his brilliantly conceived cast of unnamed characters to comment hilariously yet subtly on the larger issues that define modern life: the relations between men and women; man’s vision of the world and future; and the self-delusion, anxiety, and hatred endemic to modernity. Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll presents a critique on modern life, with profound insights riddled with shots of humour and pleas for understanding.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll premiered in 1990 at the Orpheum Theatre Off-Broadway in New York City with Eric Bogosian performing solo as all 10 characters. This play has also been presented by regional and community theatres as a series of 10 monologues, each delivered by different actors.

Cast: 1 male, or as many as 10 performers

What people say:

"With this brilliant show, his funniest and scariest yet, Mr. Bogosian has crossed the line that separates an exciting artist from a culture hero … I know of no one else like him in pop culture right now. He knows which way the wind is blowing, and in Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, these icy currents smack you right in the face." — The New York Times

"Clever and often devastating … Spiky, stinging, caustic without cauterizing … and funny." — New York Magazine

"More timely today than it was twenty years ago … Radio crackles with intensity." — New York Daily News

"Terrific." — Associated Press

"Continuously funny." — New Yorker

About the Playwright:

Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist and novelist renowned for employing his dark wit in the fearless examination the darker side of human nature. He is a three-time Obie award winner, a recipient of the Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award and a Drama Desk Award and recipient of two NEA fellowships. As an actor he has starred onstage as well as in more than a dozen feature films and television shows. He lives in New York City.