THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field
Presents
Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence
Directed by Sarah Germain Lilly
Monday, October 6, 2025
Tickets: $20
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions
Every hour in America, a child is shot. Gun violence silences voices — but in New York City, teens are taking the stage to speak out.
On October 6, Theater for the New City joins over 50 communities nationwide for ENOUGH!, presenting six urgent new plays by teen writers confronting gun violence.
Learn more: enoughplays.com/reading
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and young people in America and has stayed #1 since 2019. On October 6, 2025, young people from across the country will have a platform to
speak, and communities will have the space to listen and act on reducing the deaths and injuries from gun violence.
ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence is a nationwide initiative where teens write short plays confronting gun violence.
This Year’s Plays:
o Holding Space by Abby Dougherty (Georgia)
o Oh Look, Another School Shooting! by Matias Finley (Wisconsin)
o Nobody Cares About Death by Ian Hodges (Florida)
o The Perfect Victim by Payton Aurora Jones (California)
o We Didn’t Have to Meet Here by Pace Rundlett (Mississippi)
o Under Wraps by Olivia Stanley (Texas)
They are six new works by teen writers ages 13–19, tackling themes like school shootings, suicide, officer-involved shootings, and domestic violence. They were submitted by young people all across
America and vetted by a distinguished team that includes playwrights Kate Hamill, James Ijames, Karen Zacarías, Broadway dramaturg Ken Cerniglia, author Jason Reynolds, and Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Our actors include Nia Weeks, T Scott Lilly, Skye Carrington, Eddie Moore, Phillip Gagliano. They bring their artistry, activism and experience to this project.
Director Sarah Germain Lilly has long been part of the Theater for the New City tribe and is inspired by this opportunity to spread peace and end gun violence. Sarah thanks Crystal Field and the Theater for the New City community for making this reading possible, and Gays Against Guns NY for supporting the readings and community talk back.
Led by its creator Michael Cotey and Joaquin Oliver Artistic Producer, the ENOUGH! initiative calls on teens to confront gun violence by creating new works of theatre that will spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful action in communities across the country.
“Produced by special arrangement with Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence, Michael Cotey, Joaquin Oliver Artistic Producer An anthology of the plays may be purchased from Playscripts at Playscripts.com“.
