RAGE

book and lyrics by ELIZABETH DINKOVA

based on the book “RAGE” by STEPHEN KING

original music and additional lyrics by FREDERICK KENNEDY

directed by ELIZABETH DINKOVA

set design ABIGAIL COPELAND

lighting design TED BOYCE SMITH

costume design HERRIN KAPUTIN

sound design FREDERICK KENNEDY

technical direction ROSALIE BOCHANSKY

produced by QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY THEATER

MARCH 2020

"Producing a world premiere play at a university theatre is a challenge. Developing a new play with music, adapted from a Stephen King novel about a school shooting, is ambitious on several counts. "

-American Theater Magazine

"Thomas Pruzinsky, a psychology professor at Quinnipiac, and Scarlett Lewis, a mother of a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting, both encouraged the theatre program to develop and produce the project. Moreover, they wanted the university to present and contextualize Rage with programming across disciplines on campus and throughout the community. The many planning conversations led to the conclusion that empathy is the antidote to rage, and that theatre is the optimal place to teach and share empathy."

-American Theater Magazine

"Producing a world premiere play at a university theatre is a challenge. Developing a new play with music, adapted from a Stephen King novel about a school shooting, is ambitious on several counts. "