The Alcazar Theatre, in partnership with the national organization #ENOUGH!, will host a reading of six plays written by young people about gun violence in America on Monday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.
The plays that will be read were selected from a nationwide call earlier this year: “Holding Space” by Abby Dougherty; “Oh Look, Another School Shooting!” by Matias Finley; “Nobody Cares About Death” by Ian Hodges; “The Perfect Victim” by Payton Aurora Jones; “We Didn’t Have to Meet Here” by Pace Rundlett; and “Under Wraps” by Olivia Stanley.
More than 150 communities have participated in previous nationwide #ENOUGH! readings. Following the readings Monday, there will be a Q&A with local leaders, including Santa Barbara County First District Supervisor Roy Lee, Lieutenant Richard Brittingham of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, and HopeNet of Carpinteria Board Member Becki Norton. Leslie V. AnnRenee will moderate…