columbinus

PJ Paparelli and Stephen Karam’s excavation of the 1999 school shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School is presented at ATC in a newly revised and expanded edition. This version adds a third act, following up with survivors, parents and other residents of Littleton. Act III is a remarkably affecting and insightfully arranged bit of verbatim theater that takes us through the attack’s long aftermath, up to the dedication of the Columbine memorial—and on through the mass shootings in Aurora, Newtown and elsewhere. With its additions, and in Paparelli’s strong staging featuring a heartfelt, achingly honest cast, the play finds a new power.