ARMS AROUND AMERICA

Kingsbury Hall

Los Angeles-based theater group Dan Froot & Company’s Arms Around America is based on stories of families whose lives have been shaped by guns. Book-length oral histories of families in South Florida, Western Montana, and Southern California were transformed into audio dramas that became a podcast and eventually a live show. Stage and Cinema called it, “an all-around fabulous evening of unconventional live theatre.”

By opening a window into these families’ lives, Dan Froot & Company explore diverse perspectives and foster dialogue around the complex roles that guns play in our society. Their hope is that this project can help us all learn how to maintain each other’s humanity when discussing divisive topics. AAA received a prestigious National Theater Project award and commissions from the National Performance Network and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.