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More American Idiot contest winners

posted by Chad Jones on Thu, Sep 10, 2009
in At the theatre

We asked members of Green Day's fan club — the Idiot Club — to tell us why they want to see Berkeley Rep's world-premiere production of American Idiot with a promise that we would choose one entry as the grand-prize winner (premium tickets to the show plus a gift bag full of all kinds of American Idiot- and Green Day-related goodies) and one runner-up (tickets to the show).

From the 245 entries, winners have been selected, and here's what they wrote:

"Never has an album affected my life so immensely. The first song I heard off American Idiot was 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams,' and I was sitting on my living room floor watching music videos when it came on. I even remember the date: December 13th, 2004. It was as if he was singing straight to me. I was going through my parents' divorce and my brothers going to Iraq, and — yes — my  uncle getting throat cancer. My strong adolescence didn’t help my family's situations either. All I did was rebel because I had no escape, no way to deal with my pain and anger — until American Idiot. I would spend hours in my room lying on my bed listening to that CD, first song to the last over and over and create the images in my mind — dreaming. American Idiot gave me hope, inspired me, and sparked my undying love for music. I would love to see this amazing work of art performed on stage."

— Lydia in Missouri, grand-prize winner


"Green Day has been one of my favorite bands for the past 10 years. I'm almost 18 years old, so that's most of my life. I've only seen them once live, but out of the 80+ bands I've seen live, they are by far one of the best. I lived in the Bay Area until I was 15 and then I moved to Arizona. I just recently moved back to CA, so I'm very excited to see this show. It's going to be amazing! My dad is a huge Green Day fan but he's still in Arizona. If I won these tickets, he'd most likely fly up to see the show with me and I'd love that since we were supposed to see them live but then I moved last minute."

— Casey in San Ramon, runner-up

Stay tuned to this blog for upcoming contests...

Rebecca Naomi Jones is Whatsername
and John Gallagher, Jr. is Johnny in American Idiot.
Photo by Doug Hamilton