Pepperdine Theatre - Americana: A Murder Ballad
Doors Open: 1:30 PM
Americana: A Murder Ballad
By Morna Young
Cathy Thomas-Grant, Director
"Americana is a place of dreams/ And our young protagonists could embody this hope/ Though soon their fates will be in dire straits/ Imprisoned to the ethereal land of folk..."
A nation’s youth are trapped in a murder ballad they cannot escape. A gunman lurks on every corner. He’s behind you. He’s beside you. He’s inside you. This is freedom. This is a war zone. This is Americana. But how do we break the ballad? Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe of 2022, multiple Fringe First winners Pepperdine Scotland make new music from old songs in this perpetual story of fear.
While neither prop guns nor the sound of guns is used in this play, this is a story about gun violence in schools. This play also contains profanity. Recommended for ages 16+
Join a talk back with the actors and director after the Wednesday, April 5 performance.