He spent several weeks in Newtown, interviewing more than 60 people about the tragedy. I was just interested in the real stories of how human beings deal and process an unimaginable moment like this.” When he arrived in Newtown to start the project, “the only plan was to be open and to listen. “I was angry at what we had just endured and was tired of finding myself once again not able to do anything about it,” Ulloa said in a 2017 interview with Broadway World. Ulloa’s play is based upon interviews the actor-playwright conducted with residents of Newtown about six months after the shooting. “That’s not the way I wanted to start my Friday.” “I came into the theater looking for places to run and hide,” she said. For example, following Friday’s social media threat targeting Santa Fe High School, student actress Kat “Snickers” Eilerts, came to rehearsal with one thought on her mind. The pressure surrounding the production is building backstage, too, given all the talk and concern and fear about school shootings. “It’s almost too topical of a play,” Meschefske said during a break in a recent rehearsal.
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