by The United States Theatre Project
Directed by Ron May
Show Dates: 04/03/2009 - 04/25/2009
Playwright:
The United States Theatre Project
Location:
Tempe Performing Arts Center
NIU. Virginia Tech. It would be nice to say Columbine was just “something that happened 10 years ago.” Sparked by the April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, columbinus is a Laramie Project-style meeting of fact and fiction that illuminates the realities and horrors of adolescent culture by exploring the events surrounding the shootings. The play weaves together excerpts from discussions with parents, survivors and community leaders in Littleton as well as police evidence to bring to light the darkest recesses of American adolescence. A searing and heartbreaking examination of human behavior, columbinus documents the tragedy by asking more than just ‘Why?’, but perhaps more frighteningly, ‘Just how much can a kid endure before he snaps?’
