At age 22, Kally Duling is well removed from the 1960s and the decade’s music stars.

She did, however, attend a Beach Boys concert in Lincoln with her father and brother when she was 5.

“They were, like, oooold,” she said, laughing. “They were not the sex symbols my parents knew them as.”

Duling, along with Kyle T. Lorenz, Whitney Rhodes and Jonathan Weber, will journey back to the 1960s and and its music in David Rimmer’s comedy “Album.”

The student-run No Boxes Productions is presenting four performances of the work in the Studio Theater at the Lincoln Community Playhouse, beginning Thursday.

In its fourth year, No Boxes is a theater company created to teach high school students about theater administration, fundraising and producing. Current company members are Andy Dillehay, Sam Hartley, Erin Mills and Derek Outson.

Rimmer published “Album” in 1981, and it was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. It ran for a year at the off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theater.

The play chronicles the coming of age of two teenaged couples during the turbulent 1960s. The language is frank, but funny, as the four struggle with impending adulthood and their awakening sexuality.

The action ranges from summer camp to dormitory bedrooms to senior prom, with the popular music of the period — Bob Dylan, The Beatles and the Beach Boys — ever present as a telling counterpoint to, and emotional anchor for, the lives of its foursome.

Duling, a recent Nebraska Wesleyan University graduate, said she’s found similarities between Rimmer’s comedy and the musical “Hair,” which Duling performed in a few years ago at the Playhouse.

“I’ve been able to draw from that experience,” she said. “It’s been fun to see a different perspective about war and the importance of music and style and self-expression.”

Playhouse acting veteran Scott R. Glen is making his directorial debut with “Album.” Recruited by No Boxes, Glen said he agreed to do it after reading the script.

“It’s right up my alley,” said Glen, who noted his older sister was the exact same age during that time period as the characters are in the play. “It brings back so many memories to watch them do the play. I see this show, and I feel like I’m looking into my sister’s bedroom again.”

The play also reunites the four actors, who first performed together in the Playhouse production of “Footloose” three summers ago.

“We’ve had a good time,” said Duling, who said she and Weber, another NWU graduate, plan to move to New York after the show to pursue theater interests. “We’ve all been such good friends for so long.”

Reach Jeff Korbelik at 473-7213 or jkorbelik@journalstar.com.

If you go

What: “Album,” No Boxes Productions

Where: Studio Theater, Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S. 56th St.

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through July 29, 2 p.m. July 30

Tickets: $10, $5 students; 489-7529

Note: Play is suitable for ages 16 and older.