Recommendations of The Last Living Gun

  • Dave Osmundsen: The Last Living Gun

    What starts as an alternative epic Western becomes a mystical and mythical dissection of trauma, capitalism, and the American culture’s relationship with violence. Stevens’s play incisively examines the potential for violence in all of us, even in a world without guns, while maintaining the buoyancy of a fable. With a colorful cast of characters and a brilliantly subversive plotline, “The Last Living Gun” exhilarates and charms one moment, then devastates and disturbs the next.

    What starts as an alternative epic Western becomes a mystical and mythical dissection of trauma, capitalism, and the American culture’s relationship with violence. Stevens’s play incisively examines the potential for violence in all of us, even in a world without guns, while maintaining the buoyancy of a fable. With a colorful cast of characters and a brilliantly subversive plotline, “The Last Living Gun” exhilarates and charms one moment, then devastates and disturbs the next.

  • 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.

  • Brooke-Erin Smith: The Last Living Gun

    Ryan's post-apocalyptic western is an adventure of epic proportions. In this play, they have written a true ensemble piece with every character taking the western stereotype they are built upon and immediately subverting it. The Last Living Gun keeps you on the edge of your seat, expertly building a high genre piece that explores humanity's relationships to both violence and power. A truly unique piece that any theatre would be lucky to get to produce!

    Ryan's post-apocalyptic western is an adventure of epic proportions. In this play, they have written a true ensemble piece with every character taking the western stereotype they are built upon and immediately subverting it. The Last Living Gun keeps you on the edge of your seat, expertly building a high genre piece that explores humanity's relationships to both violence and power. A truly unique piece that any theatre would be lucky to get to produce!