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Bang Bang You're Dead

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Writers: William Mastrosimone

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 scenes in the play � such as threats on the chalkboard � are also based on real events. The characters and actors within the play sometimes operate as a Greek Chorus, commenting on the action while explicitly linking this fictional world to real-life events,

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