Guns in Dragonland
A series of vignettes bringing a new perspective on the American gun violence epidemic to Edinburgh
Ithaca College - 2025
theSpaceUK @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe - 2025, 2026
Guns in Dragonland, written, created, and performed by Ithaca College students, is a series of vignettes exploring American school society and its shocking overlap with America's gun culture. Witness as these children and their dragon guardians grapple with the dangers of gun violence with humor, bravery, and compassion. Guns in Dragonland makes its international debut after being featured as part of the ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence festival in 2019.
“...Surprising and extraordinary…” -David Henry Hwang.
“It’s not a tragedy - it’s a mirror” -Gianna Izzo, Her Campus
Credits
Presented by the Los Angeles Theater Initiative (2025)
Producer: Madeline Oberle
Playwright: Eislinn Gracen
Director: Zoë Bell
On-Campus Producer: February Schneck
Production Stage Manager: Chriss Waterman
Stage Manager: Ana Bernstein
Assistant Director: Kathryn Meuser
Costume Designer: Nico Padilla
Lighting Designer: Charlie Jurta
Scenic & Props Designer: Sydney Hogue
Sound Designer: Ted Heavner
Dramaturgs: Are Stein, M.J. Jacobs
Poster: Austyn Johnson
Photography: Fiona McGrath, Nicole Meschi, Colin Nacion