Written, Directed, & Edited by Jake Lebowitz. Captured live in New York City. Pay-what-you-can to support: https://www.aughtstheplay.com

Watch the script visualizer on YouTube.

ABOUT THE SHOW

“Aughts” hovers over two forsaken 27-year-olds reuniting the night of a family wedding. Sharp, witty, and unsentimental, their larger-than-life orphaned dreams become the centerpiece of a passionate exorcism about lives not lived when staring down the barrel of the one you do.

The above Script Visualizer is a layered video and audio experience, read the full-length script in real-time with accompanying visuals and footage from the recording studio.

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“Aughts” was independently produced and published online for free.

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Content advisory: Language; Mature themes

COMPANY

Ruby: A.K. Young

Joseph: Patrick McCann

Ava: Alice Lee

Sam: Noa Weiner

Patrick: Brant Zheng

TV Host: F. Michael Haynie

Written, Directed, & Edited by Jake Lebowitz

Original song written with Melissa Bowley

Produced by Collective Hammer

Produced by Zachary Reiser for Neon Lights Digital Media.

Audio Engineer: Matthew Charles Dowden

Audio Mixing: Sam Yoder

Score: Isaac Haines

Production Photography: Angela of York

Additional Instrumentation: Alex Lebowitz

Sound Design; Video Design Graphic Design: Jake Lebowitz

WITH THANKS

to Mom, Dad, Max and the Bahneman family, Zack, Hannah J. Sikora, Gabe Quiroga, Nick Ponce, Alex Goyette, Grace Aki, Sarah McMahon, Michael Domanico, Skyler and Kai, and the Lebowitz family.

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Dedicated to anyone who's been told it gets better, but doesn't believe it.

Recorded live in New York City on March 29th, 2026.