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Bang Bang You're Dead is a 1999 one-act play written by William Mastrosimone. Inspired by the Thurston High School shooting, the play follows a high school shooter who is tormented in his jail cell by apparitions of the five classmates he killed. A film adaptation, also written by Mastrosimone was released in 2002; it depicts a high school ...
His play BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD, based on a shooting incident in Oregon that killed two students and injured 22, appeared as a movie on Showtime in October 2002. The screenplay adaptation of Benedict Arnold, starring Kelsey Grammer and Aidan Quinn, premiered on A&E in January 2003.
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Context. Angered and motivated by high school shootings that happened in the mid-90’s, playwright William Mastrosimone wrote Bang Bang You’re Dead as a royalty-free show for teenagers to discuss bullying and violence in schools. The central character, Josh, was inspired by the real-life Kip Kinkel from Thurston High School in Oregon. Other ...
Jan 13, 2012 · When Mastrosimone said that he had written "Bang Bang You're Dead", a play to address school violence, and it was on the Internet, I quickly sought it out. Since the late l960s I've been working with social issues such as violence as a psychologist, a writer, and a concerned citizen. There is so much glamorized violence in the media, I was ...
Scenes are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. If you would like to give a public performance of this scene, please obtain authorization from the appropriate licensor. Context and video examples for Act One from Bang Bang You're Dead featuring Josh, Katie, Michael.
Dec 15, 2016 · This production of ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’ was a commendable choice in terms of its pertinent message. Overall, ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’ showed a production that worked hard to compensate for the weak script. There was a touching attention to detail in terms of costumes and lighting, from Josh’s half-open backpack to red-lighting ...
