Babel is done. The student actors of Cry Havoc Theatre Company sold out every performance of their play. And their show was lauded in the region. But it’s been two years. Gun violence hasn’t declined, and gun sales are soaring amid a global health crisis. We talk to the performers and ask them what they think about guns today.

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<li><a href="http://dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/cry-havoc-theaters-crossing-the-line-turns-the-voices-of-immigration-into-a-play/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cry Havoc Theater’s Crossing the Line Turns the Voices of Immigration Into a Play.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theaterjones.com/ntx/features/20190713135309/2019-07-13/Theater-with-No-Borders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Theater with No Borders</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/performing-arts/2019/06/27/teen-actors-take-on-sex-education-and-immigration-based-on-their-experiences-in-school-and-at-the-border/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teen Actors Take On Sex Education and Immigration Based On Their Experiences In School and At The Border</a></li>
<li><a href="https://artandseek.org/2019/07/26/on-the-border/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On The Border</a></li>
<li><a href="https://artandseek.org/2020/07/15/cry-havoc-theater-goes-retro-and-futuristic-with-an-audio-play/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cry Havoc Theater Goes Retro… And Futuristic With An Audio Play</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theaterjones.com/ntx/features/20180706111134/2018-07-06/QA-Mara-Richards-Bim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Q&amp;A: Mara Richards Bim</a></li>
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The year 2018 was the deadliest in modern American history when it comes to school shootings. It was also the year a tiny theater company of teen actors in Dallas set out to create an original stage play about our deep divisions over Second Amendment rights, mass shootings, background checks and automatic weapons. Americans are either pro-gun or anti-gun – at least that’s how the issues get framed. But these arguments aren’t actually binary.

In Gun Play, a five-part podcast series co-produced by KERA and Guns &amp; America, hosts Hady Mawajdeh and Jerome Weeks follow Cry Havoc Theater Company as the teenagers travel across the country to talk to folks on all sides of the debate, from a mom still wrestling with her daughter’s suicide to the owner of a gun range, on a journey that takes them from the snows of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to the steps of the U.S. Capitol and the floor of the national NRA convention. These young actors, some from streets plagued by violence, provide a window into an issue that tears at the nation.