Ripe Frenzy by Jennifer Barclay

In an upstate New York small town it is opening night of the local high school’s 40th production of Out Town. As if playing the role of the Stage Manager, one Mom sets the scene for the audience and walks us through the evening’s events. Time and memory grow slippery as her story submerges us in the before, during and after of an active shooter event. Set against the bucolic simplicity of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize Winning play Our Town, Ripe Frenzy examines what has become a tragic American norm and questions our own culpability in the perpetuation of mass shootings in our country.

Note: Disturbing content and imagery used in the production.