The unique merging of punk rock and musical theatre comes together in Green Day?s ?American Idiot? the musical, which opens at the Flynn Theatre Feb. 11. Written by Green Day?s singer and lyricist Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer, the production is a compilation of songs from the album of the same name.The Cynic was able to catch up with actor Jared Nepute to talk about his character, Johnny, as well as how it feels to be a part of such a dynamic show. Vermont Cynic : What is ?American Idiot? about? Jared Nepute : The story is about three best friends who live in a small town and they feel frustrated with the situation and they don?t feel like their lives are going anywhere or they have a purpose. So my character Johnny has this great plan to move to New York City. The show takes all songs from the Green Day album ?American Idiot? and characterizes it into the story about these three young men.VC: How does this show compare to other productions you?ve been a part of?JN: This show is one of the fastest moving shows I?ve ever been in. There?s no intermission, so it?s 90 minutes straight through the play. It?s also one of the most physically demanding roles I?ve been a part of.VC: What?s it like getting into Johnny?s character?JN: It?s awesome. It?s so fun to dive into his world. It?s incredibly rewarding because I relate to him so much. I?m so emotionally exhausted after the show. The highs are so high and the lows are so low you just feel knocked around the entire show.VC: Were you a Green Day fan before the show?JN: Yeah I was definitely. I think I started listening to them when I was in fourth grade. I never realized how good a lyricist Billie Joe was until I started working on the show. It?s cool to look at that aspect of Green Day that I hadn?t discovered beforehand.VC: Which cast member would you say has the closest personality to the character they play?JN: We all are pretty different from our characters but we?re able to tap into something that?s tangible in our lives to get into character. I would say Casey who?s playing Will. He does his own thing and he?s very independent. VC: What is your favorite song/scene in the show? JN: I really love doing ?Boulevard of Broken Dreams.? That?s the point in the show where Johnny finds his voice. He?s been looking for some sort of outlet to express how his life has been going and finally he moves away from this suburban lifestyle where he felt so suppressed.I love it because I?m standing on a stage and I have all these projections behind me and I get to shine in that moment.