←Recommendations of Gun Play

I highly recommend this powerful piece on guns and how there really is no control once they enter the situation. Raw and unforgiving, this play is a train wreck you can't look away from. We see how a couple, tangled in multiple ways of abuse, both physical and mental, begin the inevitable slide toward tragedy. We know this can't end well, no matter how well-intentioned the gun's presence may be, and we get to see that, no matter what the scenario, the characters ALWAYS lose. I'm still stunned over this.

I saw this play at an eight-play festival in New Mexico and for me it was the hit of the festival.

The story is told at a slant and I didn't realize until the very end exactly what was being said and done.

A stylized, gripping, well written play with a message with a punch at the end.

A beautifully written, stunning play. I saw this at the Samuel French OOB Festival and I truly can't get it out of my head. Beautiful and stark and frightening, poetic and raw all in the same breath. Very masterfully crafted and it's truly breathtaking on stage.

This is a beautifully architected, timely, stunning piece.

What a play. Dunn makes you feel like you're falling down the Twilight Zone spiral with the surreal actions of the Man and Woman, puling us in with that surreality that only leads the reader and audience to what becomes a terribly real ending that's become oh too familiar in our nation. A must read for anyone and a must have addition to any festival.

One of the best structured plays on gun violence I've read in NPX. From the first page with its direct address, I couldn't stop reading. The poetry, the physicality (the miming, the violence), the repeated actions -- all of that helps build the emotional intensity and, ultimately, develop the themes. And ask the question, Is it possible to tell the good guys from the bad guys? Highly recommended for a staged reading and production.

A razor-sharp piece, poignant and poetic. This play drives us to the discomforting connection between gun violence and domestic abuse. Dunn has penned an evergreen tale here, achingly timely and timeless. It's beautiful and visceral and I almost wanted to read it through my fingers, covering my eyes. The writer asks us not to look away.