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Overview
Synopsis
"I have always been fascinated by guns. Their sleekness, their shinyness, the elegance of their design. And guns know who they are. They do not experience existential doubt. Whatever happens the gun is still a gun".
50 guns. 50 deaths. But some are too painful to re-visit. This moving, one-woman play explores America's gun laws, placing the control and action of the gun firmly in the hands of the user.
Editor's Note: This is a ten-minute play.
Show Information
- Book
- Alex Broun
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 2010
- Genres
- Drama
- Settings
- Contemporary, Simple/No Set
- Time & Place
- America, Present Day
- Cast Size
- small
- Ideal For
- College/University, Community Theatre, Regional Theatre, Star Vehicle Female, All-Female Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Small Cast
Context
This version of 50 Guns was first presented as part of the Source Festival in Washington DC on June 7, 2013, directed by Ali Miller and starring Kathryn M Ryan. The play is also a part of Gun Control Theatre Action, a group of plays being read around the USA and the world to promote greater gun control.
The ‘guns’ can be as realistic, non-realistic or symbolic as the director or designer desires. They can be represented by replicas, toys, blocks of wood or even apples. It is only important
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Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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