My Pretty Pink Rifle

A monologue. For Sophie's star birthday (when your age and your birthday match) she receives a pretty pink rifle as a gift from her parents. Even though she's been taught to handle a gun safely, something really bad happens that will change her life forever.
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My Pretty Pink Rifle

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  • Dan Taube:
    11 Jan. 2021
    Great play with a great acting challenge for a young actress. Frightening story with pretty strong implications for the world we live in. Gives you plenty to think about. Thumbs up!
  • Doug DeVita:
    9 Jan. 2020
    Horrifying, gut-wrenching, and all too possibly possible, Jennifer Walton’s “My Pretty Pink Rifle” graphically hits a bullseye. A stunning statement about gun culture in the USA, Walton takes down every argument 2nd Amendment advocates have through the simple, deceptively clear-eyed logic of a child who is too young to completely grasp the horror and tragedy she caused with her pretty pink rifle. Heartbreaking and intense, this play should be produced everywhere.
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    8 Jan. 2020
    A chilling play for a very cold world. A lot of people these days seem to believe that the world is full of danger, and this play takes that belief to its logical end. Extremely disturbing, but then so is our world.

Development History

  • Reading
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    Playwrights Guild of Canada
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    2017
  • Reading
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    Little Black Dress - Onstage Women's Playwright Festival
    ,
    2017

Awards

Winner
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Wild Card Winner
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Avalonia 7 Theater Festival
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2020
Finalist
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Shortlist
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Soundwork UK
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2019
Finalist
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Finalist
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Little Black Dress INK - Onstage Women's Playwright Festival
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2017