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The Gun Show

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2any gender (adult)

E. M. Lewis

From a farming community in rural Oregon to the big cities of Los Angeles and New York, playwright EM Lewis takes aim at her own relationship with firearms in “The Gun Show.”

A solo version of the play is also available for licensing.

The Gun Show

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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Summary
 An actor shares Ms. Lewis’s unique perspective and true stories about America’s most dangerous pastime as if they were his own, with brutal honesty and poignant humor. Leaning neither right nor left, “The Gun Show” jumps into the middle of the gun control debate, and asks “Can we have a conversation about this?”
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Performing Groups

Can be cast with two actors of any gender.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)

Media

REVIEWS

“Human, bold, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always honest.” New City

"The drama’s life-changing moments evoke a here-and-now immediacy, not easily forgotten.” LA Weekly

“Compact yet high-caliber theatrical, a short one-hour blast of personal recollection, rhetoric and genuinely conflicted questioning.” Oregon Arts Watch

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Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

E. M. Lewis

E. M. Lewis

E.M. Lewis is an award-winning playwright, teacher and opera librettist. Her work has been produced around the world and is published by Samuel French/Concord Theatricals.

Lewis received the Steinberg Award for both How the Light Gets In and Song of Extinction, and the Primus ...

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