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Columbinus: USC Shows
COLUMBINUS, by PJ Paparelli and Stephen Karam, will be brought to USC and UCLA this spring for the first-ever theatrical production between the 2 schools.
For two weekends only, the first ever co-production between two rival schools will present a story of great depth about the true events that shook a small town in Colorado. This play does key into depictions of the violent events known as columbine, but it goes even further in showing how humans treat one another. Through the inner voice of the ensemble and the artistic elements of the design team, this student run production takes a great risk in not only its choice of material but a statement on the power of unity.
Directed by Burton Chaikin and Jack Shulruff
Produced by The USC Theatre Student Association and The UCLA Theatre Center
Producers: Dominic Bournes Emily Zetterberg
Stage Managers: David Pisors & Kelly Merritt
Technical Direction/Scenic Design: Kate Harrow
Lighting Design: Phillip Powers
Costume Design: Nada Jawad
Projection Design: Austin Allen
Sound Design: Austin Quan
Musical Score: Jonny Shorr
Props: Marlee Learner & Gaby Ortega
A play sparked by the April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, is a meeting of fact and fiction that illuminates the realities 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 dark recesses of American adolescence. When columbinus premiered in 2005 at the Round House Theatre, Peter Marks of the Washington Post called it, "An ambitious examination of the suburbanization of evil," and the play went on to receive five Helen Hayes Award nominations including the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play. Following the off-Broadway opening at New York Theatre Workshop one year later, Variety proclaimed: "This one comes straight from the guta wrenching return to the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in which 12 students and a teacher were killed when two senior classmates went on a shooting rampage. The United States Theatre Project's smart and sensitive treatment of the event, which traumatized a suburban Colorado community and shocked the entire country, stirs up thought and feeling in this clean ensemble production, drawn from interviews, public records and the private diaries of the shooters."
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LocationUSC Village Gate (View)
3223 S. Hoover Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States
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| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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