Columbinus is a play sparked by the April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, probes the psychological warfare of alienation, hostility and social pressure that goes on in high schools across America. Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting. ... Littleton is a city located in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Colorado. ...
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It was created by The United States Theatre Project and written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli. Columbinus weaves together excerpts from discussions with parents, survivors and community leaders in Littleton as well as diaries and home video footage to bring to reveal what it refers to as "the dark recesses of American adolescence".
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After the 2005 premiere, Peter Marks of the Washington Post called it, "An ambitious examination of the suburbanization of evil, directed with a surefire sense of theatricality by PJ Paparelli." 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...
Additionally, Columbinus received several Helen Hayes Award nominations including; A Helen Hayes Award is a theater award named for the famed actress Helen Hayes to recognize excellence in the professional theater in the Washington, D.C./Potomac (USA) area since 1983. ...
Yearbook photographs of the two perpetrators. ... The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado, United States. ...
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