Welcome to the world of Green Day — part ... riff of “American Idiot” hit fast. Flames erupted, the stage was washed in red light, and the album’s grenade-heart logo loomed massive behind ...

But Green Day did just that when they unleashed American Idiot onto the unsuspecting public in the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election. The trio’s seventh LP might not have unseated George W.

Vera Samuels plays St. Jimmy in the Sarasota Players Studio production of “American Idiot” based on the Green Day album. “It sounds super sad, but it’s really super fun,” Finnerty said.