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THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY presents the Third Show of its 2018-2019 Season!

The world premiere of FRIENDS WITH GUNS
Written by STEPHANIE ALISON WALKER
Directed by RANDEE TRABITZ

You think you know your friends, your neighbors, your spouse, but what happens when you suddenly find out they have a garage full of guns? This new dark comedy explores the complicated issue of gun proliferation when two young liberal couples are forced to confront their assumptions about who should own a gun and why. The time of easy answers regarding this issue is long gone. In the wake of current events, we are all forced to reexamine our strongly held beliefs about gun ownership. Friends With Guns explores the question of what we can compartmentalize…and what we can’t. It examines what happens when guns enter the conversation. It pulls the curtain back on liberals with guns. It asks what happens when suddenly one person in a marriage does a 180 on the gun issue. And it does all of this through a female lens.

The cast of FRIENDS WITH GUNS will feature (in alphabetical order): Brian Graves as
Josh, Kate Huffman as Shannon, Arianna Ortiz as Leah and Christian Telesmar as Danny.

FRIENDS WITH GUNS will preview on Tuesday, March 12 at 8pm; Wednesday, March
13 at 8pm & Thursday, March 14 and will open on Friday, March 15.

Performances are Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.

STEPHANIE ALISON WALKER (Playwright) Her plays include: Friends With Guns
(Chapel Theatre Collective, The Road Theatre, Uprising Theatre,) The Abuelas (Teatro
Vista in Chicago February 2019,) The Madres (NNPN Rolling World Premiere with Teatro
Vista, Skylight Theatre, Moxie Theatre and Shrewd Productions and premiered in Spanish
in Mexico with La Troupe in San Miguel de Allende,) The Art Of Disappearing (16th Street
Theatre,) American Home (Little Candle Productions) and more. Honors include: Craig
Noel Award Nomination for Outstanding New Play for The Madres, Dramatists Guild
Foundation Writers Alliance Grant Recipient, Blue Ink Award (winner,) Ashland New
Plays Festival (two-time winner,) BETC Generations Prize (winner,) O’Neill Playwrights
Conference (two-time finalist,) CTG/Humanitas Prize (finalist) and more. Stephanie is a
proud NNPN Affiliate Artist, Dramatists Guild Member, member of the Playwrights Union
and the Antaeus Playwrights Lab.  She lives in Los Angeles with her brilliant husband Bob
and their spirited sons.

RANDEE TRABITZ (Director) is a director based in Los Angeles. She recently returned
from NYC’s Dixon Place with long-time collaborator John Fleck and his acclaimed
Blacktop Highway. Randee’s work has been seen in Berlin and Greece, large venues like
MOCA’S Geffen Contemporary, California Adventure, Cal Plaza, LA Opera, Disney
Cruiselines and the Performing Arts Center in Santa Clarita, but her heart is in intimate
theater, specializing on new plays with writers like: Stephanie Allison Walker, Julie
Hebért, Bridget Carpenter, Jessica Goldberg, Jamie Brandli, Jennie Webb, Elizabeth
Dement, Susan Merson, Doug Cooney, etc. Her work has garnered some prizes, (LA
Weekly Award, Garland and Ovation Awards, Finalist Short and Sweet Festival) and been
awarded grants (CAD, Durfee and Flintridge). She also teaches and directs at a variety of
universities, most recently Cal-State Los Angeles, and Cal Tech.

More info: roadtheatre.org/event/friends-with-guns/

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