The Den Theatre in Chicago hosts a number of (craptastic) plays, and among them is – or was – “Friends With Guns.” Either it bombed (go figure!) or The Den got lots of calls (and headaches) because of the national publicity (1, 2) about the bigoted offering. Why? Because “Friends with Guns” is no longer listed at The Den’s website.
Here’s the description.
You think you know your friends, your neighbors, your spouse, but what happens when you suddenly find out they have a garage full of guns? This new dark comedy explores the complicated issue of gun proliferation when two young liberal couples are forced to confront their assumptions about who should own a gun and why. The time of easy answers regarding this issue is long gone. In the wake of current events, we are all forced to reexamine our strongly held beliefs about gun ownership. Friends With Guns explores the question of what we can compartmentalize… and what we can’t. It examines what happens when guns enter the conversation. It pulls the curtain back on liberals with guns. It asks what happens when suddenly one person in a marriage does a 180 on the gun issue. And it does all of this through a female lens.
Are you not quite sure about the content of the play? Let the LA Times help you out with that:
Many are likely to misconstrue Stephanie Alison Walker’s new play FRIENDS WITH GUNS as a forceful defense of gun ownership. They couldn’t be more wrong.