Bang Bang You're Dead October 1, 2010

The 73rd. Ave. Theatre Company

presents

Bang Bang You're Dead
by William Mastrosimone

Directed by Ellen Farnsworth



73rd. Ave. Theatre Company presents “Bang Bang You're Dead” October 1 to November 7 at the 73rd. Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd. in Westminster. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and available by calling 720-276-6936 or emailing [email protected].

“Bang, Bang, You're Dead!” was written in the wake of four school shootings: Thurston High School(Springfield, Oregon) on May 21, 1998, Heath High School (Paducah, Kentucky) on December 4, 1997, and Westside Middle School (Jonesboro, Arkansa) on March 24, 1998, as well as the Columbine High School shootings. The names of the cities in which these shootings took place are echoed multiple times within the script. The tragedy most significant to the play was the shooting at Thurston High School. The play, based strongly on the events that surrounded this particular school shooting, premiered at Thurston. It was performed by Thurston students, some of whom had been wounded in the shooting by Kip Kinkel. Mastrosimone wrote the first draft while troubled by an event at his son's school, in which an anonymous classmate of his son wrote a message on a chalkboard, threatening to kill his classmates and his teacher.

William Mastrosimone plays include “The Woolgatherer,” “Extremities,” “Shivaree” and “Cat's Paw”. Other plays include “The Afghan Women” and “Nanawatai” upon which the film The Beast is based, “Sleepwalk” and"Dirty Business.” His screenwriting credits include Into the West and the adaptation of his play Extremities. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Bang, Bang You're Dead and was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for Into the West and The Burning Season.

Listing/PSA

The 73rd. Ave. Theatre Company “Bang, Bang You're Dead” - Oct. 1 to Nov. 7 -Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m. $15.00 - Call 720-276-6936 or email - [email protected] - 73rd. Avenue Playhouse, 7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, CO 80030