FRIENDS WITH GUNS by Stephanie Alison Walker

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.

Produced by Parker Players Theater co. and in partnership with A Short Leap Theatre Co.,  FRIENDS WITH GUNS is presented as part of their play reading festival, offering a directed, rehearsed and staged reading of the play. This unique event offers audiences a rare opportunity to witness a fresh, original story from Barrington local playwright, Stephanie Alison Walker. After the reading, there will be a discussion, inviting the audience to engage with the playwright, director, and actors. Come celebrate local talent, discover a new story, and connect with the creative voices shaping our community’s artistic landscape.