The Last Living Gun

by Ryan Stevens

In the far future, guns (and all metal) are a thing of the past...mostly. A courier rides across the country to hunt a rumor of the last gun in the world, and finds worlds of chaos, memory, and history along the way. A Wild Western/vaudeville/post-post-apocalypse about trauma, survival, storytelling, and the pain of change.

In the far future, guns (and all metal) are a thing of the past...mostly. A courier rides across the country to hunt a rumor of the last gun in the world, and finds worlds of chaos, memory, and history along the way. A Wild Western/vaudeville/post-post-apocalypse about trauma, survival, storytelling, and the pain of change.

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  • Kyle J. McCloskey: The Last Living Gun

    This play fucking WHIPS!!! An astonishing entry into the "Western" genre, Ryan creates a magnetic epic about American Exceptionalism and our fetishization of violence. I wish I had all the money in the world to give this play the magnificent production it deserves, but also it doesn't need it. THE SCRIPT IS THAT GOOD!!! Produce this play!!!!

    This play fucking WHIPS!!! An astonishing entry into the "Western" genre, Ryan creates a magnetic epic about American Exceptionalism and our fetishization of violence. I wish I had all the money in the world to give this play the magnificent production it deserves, but also it doesn't need it. THE SCRIPT IS THAT GOOD!!! Produce this play!!!!

  • Woven Theatre: The Last Living Gun

    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'The Last Living Gun' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this veritable epic of a play.

    Woven was proud to present a reading of 'The Last Living Gun' at The Loom: New Works Festival 2021! We highly recommend this veritable epic of a play.

  • David Kepner: The Last Living Gun

    Buck wild and takes problems and questions of today's climate and flips them into a satirical, dystopic, Mad-Maxian point of view.

    Buck wild and takes problems and questions of today's climate and flips them into a satirical, dystopic, Mad-Maxian point of view.

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Character Information

  • Rose-of-Sharon Crutcher
    Courier. Strong, silent type.
    (The actor playing Rose-of-Sharon is new to this, and maybe wasn’t briefed about the show’s content)
  • Throatpin
    Our host. Jazzy, bluesy, carnival barker-type.
  • 5th Player
    Plays:
    Sheriff Pigeon — police officer with a baseball bat.
    Audible Brady — Member of the Canton Possums.
    Hieronymus Cache — Bartender and doctor.
    Our Lady of The Scars — Personified trauma and Rose-of-Sharon’s darkest self.
  • 4th Player
    Plays:
    Kid Gridiron — Member of the Canton Possums.
    Gunkeeper — Radical gun-zealot in red-white-and-blue rags.
    James — Last member of a family of gun lovers.
    Boss Humble — Owner of a coffin factory.
  • 1st Player
    Plays:
    Father Calendar —Aged and bedridden. Rose-of-Sharon’s boss.
    ACL— Head Coach of the Canton Possums.
    Wallace — Street Preacher/Mercenary.
  • 2nd Player
    Plays:
    Angel Mouth — Tacit mercenary with a large facial scar.
    Cornerback Tuck — Member of the Canton Possums.
    Kathleen — Burly enforcer with a brass fist.
    Pratt — A factory worker.
  • 3rd Player
    Plays:
    Move-The-Chains — Member of the Canton Possums.
    Screwtape Holliday — Leader of a small town. World-weary, paranoid.
    Constable Stoker — A factory foreman pretending to be a vampire.

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization The Impostors Theatre Co, Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization Woven Theatre Co, Year 2022
  • Type University, Organization UCLA New Play Festival, Year 2019