“20 Years Later” is a multidisciplinary documentary theatre project weaving testimonies, interviews, and photography from people aged 20 and under, alongside those who were teenagers on September 11, 2001. The performance examines what it means to come of age as part of the “post-9/11 generation,” and how a defining historical event is remembered by those who did not experience it firsthand.

The project sparks dialogue about how history, memory, and meaning are transmitted across generations, and how media, particularly social media, shapes collective memory and knowledge. “20 Years Later” is inspired by “10 Years Later” (2011), a collaboration between Co-Op Theatre East and Project Girl Performance Collective (now Girl Be Heard) that centered young people reflecting on the decade following the events of September 11th, 2001.

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