Recent studies have tied gun ownership to the startling high rates of teen suicides in the U.S. In this episode, we meet some of the Cry Havoc actors as they conduct their first interviews about gun violence — self-directed gun violence. We learn they have skin in this game: One cast member has lost a friend to suicide. To the actor’s surprise, that heartbreaking trauma becomes part of their play.

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• Summary and Transcript

• Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

• The Grace Loncar Foundation

• Every Gun Death Is Personal

• Youth Suicide Rates Are Higher In States With High Gun Ownership, According To A New Study

• Student Actors Take On The July Shooting of Five Dallas Police Officers

• The CDC Downplays Guns’ Role in Suicide Prevention Messages

• The Crisis in Youth Suicide

• Grace Loncar, Booker T. Student and Contemporary Theatre of Dallas Artist, Dies at 16

• Why Teen Suicide Is So Unpredictable