Desc: Dead End Kids: Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis. With The Mabou Mines, George Bartenieff, David Brisbin, Ruth Maleczech. The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines which premiered on November 11, 1980, and was presented by Joseph Papp at The Public Theater, NYC.