4/20/99: A Story of Columbine

10/02/2023

Happy October! 🎃 🐈‍⬛️
As we're nearing 12 months until our Salt Lake City run, we thought it was about time for us to start teaming up with the Utah community. This month, we are partnering with Dreamtodancedaretodream
A Utah-based dance non-profit organization that aims to transform lives through the power of dance. Complimentary posters of different sizes and colors of our upcoming run will be given out at this event later this month.
Come get your candy, free poster, and support your local businesses on October 28th! 🍬 🍫 🕺

09/07/2023

Within our recently announced plans to re-open our show next fall, we felt it best to give back to the Columbine community.
As of today, we have started a 30 day fundraiser in hopes of raising $100 for the Columbine Memorial Foundation.
Throughout the past few years, The Columbine Memorial Foundation has been short on donations to upkeep their beautiful and honorable Memorial in Littleton, Colorado. As the Memorial and it's significance, are also important in our production, we felt it best to lend a hand.

If you head on over to our Instagram,

For the next 30 days we will be raising money for the Foundation. 100% of proceeds will go directly towards the foundation, please consider donating to this incredible cause.

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" ... Sometimes I come to this place to reflect, to remember, a way to have their lives be remembered for decades to come. Set in stone. Memorialized. A place where people can come to pay their respects, where students can have some peace, and where parents can feel closer..."~

08/29/2023

Our dates have changed, and so have we. "4/20/99" 2024 will be unlike anything you've ever seen.

"As a chapter in our lives begins to close, a new one arises. Think of the places you'll go, for your lives are just now truly beginning..."~

The 'Story' continues, re-opening for 10 performances in the Salt Lake City region.

04/20/2023

People often ask us why we 'still care' so many years after the fact or why Columbine is still relevant.
And our answer is always the same, for the remnants of Columbine are ever present in our everyday lives.

From the epidemic of school shootings in our modern-day society and Columbine Copycats to Rachel's Challenge and the Columbine Memorial Foundation. There's a piece, a sprinkle, in everything that we do and say in 2023. The amount of present-day occurrences that can be linked back to Columbine is insurmountable. It changed the world forever.
It is our hope that we can continue to raise awareness and keep the story alive for as long as we are. For the memories of lost ones, stay with us only for as long as we allow them to.

Today represents the very core, the foundation of who we are. We ask that you please consider donating to the Columbine Memorial Foundation and allow today to be a reminder of how we as a society can be better. Remember the lives that we lost.

"It's been 24 years, and not much has changed."

03/19/2023

We have made over $100 so far in DVD sales! 100% of proceeds will go directly towards a new upcoming play that is advocating for su***de prevention awareness. "Dead Poets Society: The Play" has some of our same actors and works firsthand with anti-su***de organizations. Su***des account for 1/3rd of gun related deaths in the United States.

It's not too late to order your DVD! Our April rounds will open up next week, and you'll be guaranteed to receive yours by April 20th. If you donate $10 to the link below, and email us at [email protected] with a good address that works for you, we'll get started on your order! We can do international shipping too!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/w3v6xf-help-us-fund-dead-poets-society-the-play?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

*The DVD includes a 2 disc set of our 2022 Philadelphia production, a scene list, and an insert of live photography*

03/16/2023

You can now purchase a 2 disc DVD of our full Philadelphia 2022 production for $10! The DVDs include both Act 1 and Act 2, an insert of live photography from the performances, and a scene selection on the back to follow along while watching.

100% of proceeds will go towards a new upcoming play, "Dead Poets Society: The Play". Written and directed by our same director, and featuring a few of our actors. "Dead Poets Society" will be working first hand with Su***de Prevention organizations such as "Prevent Su***de Pennsylvania". Su***de accounts for 1/3rd of all gun related deaths in the United States.

To purchase a DVD, donate $10 to the link below and email us a good address that works for you.
[email protected]
We will be mailing them out by early April, and can do international shipping. ❤️

https://www.gofundme.com/f/w3v6xf-help-us-fund-dead-poets-society-the-play?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

03/14/2023

4/20/99: A Story of Columbine" is a not-for-profit Non-Union Theatrical Production covering the before, during, and aftermath events of the 1999 Columbine High School tragedy with a goal of spreading awareness in an artistic way.

"It's been 24 years, and not much has changed..."

03/12/2023

Today, we are remembering Christina Grimmie on what would've been her 29th birthday.
Christina was among one of the victims of gun violence mentioned in our Playbill, and one of our 2022 performances was dedicated to her. Christina's life and legacy represent who we are and what we do, and we are thinking of her today and every day💚.

Before every show, we dedicate different victims or organizations of gun violence over our intercom, and throughout our 2022 run, we included Robb Elementary, Columbine, Christina, Diana and Jojo Hawatmeh, PhillyTruce Organization , the Weis Market victims, and Buffalo. This is a tradition we plan on continuing throughout every production run. Is there anyone you'd like us to mention in our 2024 run? Feel free to let us know❤️.

Christina Grimmie

03/05/2023

""A powerful, haunting production. Giving fresh insight into the story that changed a nation, forever..." - The Uvalde Foundation for Kids

"To hear in their own words what drove those guys to do what they did sounded like everything we know is fueling a lot of the gun violence here today." - PhillyTruce Organization

"I drove 6 hours to see this show and enjoyed it so much that I ended up coming back a second time." - 2022 Audience Member

"Excellent acting and directing, I wish more of my friends and family had seen this."
- 2022 Audience Member

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"4/20/99: A Story of Columbine"
Re-Opening Summer 2024

03/02/2023

"Cassie" by Flyleaf is featured in our show during our closing montage in Act 2.

Check it out,
Spotify:

A Message From The Uvalde For Kids Youth Call Center! "In April 1999 A Young Girl, Named Cassie Bernall, Joined Others For Their Final Day Of School. Since The Tragedy At Columbine More Than 331,000 Students Have Experienced Gun Violence At School Since Columbine. What Would Cassie Say?" The Uvalde....

03/01/2023

As many of you may know, we were waitlisted to perform at Emerald City Comic Con this year. Unfortunately, we will not be there this weekend. Thank you, Emerald City Comic Con, for considering us, and we hope to possibly attend next year. Have a great weekend ECCC! 🌟

02/25/2023

It is with great honor to announce that this spring, a brick in our name will be placed in the front courtyard of Columbine High School. We are one of 142 donors selected to represent the grounds of Columbine for many years to come. We hope that those in the Columbine community feel as though we have done this story justice, and we could not be more thrilled. Thank you from all of us. What an incredible achievement this is. 💙