Just Arts 2024 ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

Olney Theatre Center invites you to a staged reading of the ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence. Founded in 2019, ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence calls on teens to confront gun violence by creating new works of theatre that will spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful action in communities across the country. This reading is brought to you through a collaborative effort with Imagination Stage, Round House Theatre, and Mauricio Pita & Team

In addition to the ENOUGH! Plays there will be quilts from the Faces Not Forgotten organization on display. These quilts contain portraits of young lives taken by gun violence.

The Smiles Behind by Niarra C. Bell – What if a single conversation could stop tragedy in its tracks? A young girl risks everything to put that to the test as she confronts the police officer attempting to chase down her beloved brother.

No Prospering Weapons by Justin Cameron Washington – Hip-Hop and theater collide in this poetic ballad of a play, where the lines between victim and suspect, righteous and wicked, and good and evil are blurred in the aftermath of a violent crime.

Salted Lemonade by Taylor Lafayette – Worrying over your 18-year-old son’s well-being can sometimes feel like a full-time job for Lisa, a widowed mother who lost her husband to gun violence. But when Jamal doesn’t text her, it may be that the day she’s feared ever since her husband died has finally arrived.

Ghost Gun by Olivia Ridley – Propelled by the urgency of his own decay and desperate to be heard, BLACK BOY delivers his “villain’s monologue” - a parting speech typically delivered to a hero before their death - to his audience held at gunpoint.

You can find more information regarding ENOUGH! and its mission here.