21 Chump Street

Based on a story featured on This American Life, 21 Chump Street tells the true story of Florida high school student Justin Laboy and his ill-fated attempt to impress an undercover cop.

21 Chump Street

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Directed by Kenjiro Lee

With Nathanial Lim, Laura Padilla, Sam Locke, Kalala Kiwanuka-Woernle, and Celeste Borletti

National Theater Institute, Spring 2021. Photos by Isaak Berliner.

Note: 21 Chump Street was presented as part of a lab mentored by Tatyana-Marie Carlo at NTI’s Spring 2021 semester program. Generally, labs were educational presentations of excerpts from shows and were not open to public. However, 21 Chump Street was unique in that it was the only lab to perform an entire musical from start to finish using the same performers and director. For other labs I participated in, click here.