Big Iron Fires

ONE-ACT: Gwen goes off-script so she can listen to you. Nina and Treplev show up lost. A volunteer comes onstage and is given a loaded gun. A Marty Robbins song, country line-dancing, can we get the lights down please?

ONE-ACT: Gwen goes off-script so she can listen to you. Nina and Treplev show up lost. A volunteer comes onstage and is given a loaded gun. A Marty Robbins song, country line-dancing, can we get the lights down please?

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Big Iron Fires

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  • Dan Caffrey: Big Iron Fires

    It's so hard to write about guns and gun control in a way that's nuanced, effective, and entertaining, and yet Romero has done just that. Funny, interactive, playful, ultimately hard-hitting, I could go on...

    Take a chance and produce this play!

    It's so hard to write about guns and gun control in a way that's nuanced, effective, and entertaining, and yet Romero has done just that. Funny, interactive, playful, ultimately hard-hitting, I could go on...

    Take a chance and produce this play!

  • Dave Osmundsen: Big Iron Fires

    This is a big, bold, confrontational, messy, complex, and thought-provoking play about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Romero bravely takes many disparate elements from classical theatre, pop culture, and politics and blends them into a relentless and powerful short play. This is not a play that you will walk away from without a reaction, which to me are some of the best kinds of plays. Check this out!

    This is a big, bold, confrontational, messy, complex, and thought-provoking play about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Romero bravely takes many disparate elements from classical theatre, pop culture, and politics and blends them into a relentless and powerful short play. This is not a play that you will walk away from without a reaction, which to me are some of the best kinds of plays. Check this out!

  • Joshua H. Cohen: Big Iron Fires

    This play will provoke intense, emotional reactions on all sides of the gun control debate - exactly as it's designed to do. It combines the confrontational and the symbolic/literary for maximum emotional firepower (pun intended).

    This play will provoke intense, emotional reactions on all sides of the gun control debate - exactly as it's designed to do. It combines the confrontational and the symbolic/literary for maximum emotional firepower (pun intended).

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Character Information

  • Gwen
    Mid-late 30s/early 40s, sincerely trying to work things out.
    Character Age
    30s - 40s
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Nina
    A young actress.
    Character Age
    20s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Treplev
    A young writer.
    Character Age
    20s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Volunteer
    Character Age
    Any Age
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Any

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization William Inge Theater Festival (Independence KS), Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Montana Repertory Theatre (Missoula MT), Year 2016

Production History

  • Type Fringe, Organization FronteraFest (Austin TX), Year 2018

Awards

  • Best of the Fest
    FronteraFest
    Selection
    2018
  • Best of the Week
    FronteraFest
    Selection
    2018