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The Library (play)

The Library

Written by	Scott Z. Burns
Date premiered	March 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)
Original language	English

The Library is a 2014 play written by Scott Z. Burns concerning the aftermath of a school shooting that takes place in the school library. It was inspired by Dave Cullen's book Columbine about the Columbine High School massacre.

The original production ran from March 25 to April 27, 2014, at the Public Theater in New York City, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Chloë Grace Moretz.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Columbine High School massacre
Part of a series of articles on the

Location: Columbine High School (Columbine, Colorado) Perpetrators: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Victims Cassie Bernall Austin Eubanks Rachel Scott
Weaponry Intratec TEC-9 Mini Hi-Point 995 Carbine Savage 67H pump-action shotgun Stevens 311D double barreled sawed-off shotgun
Related persons Dave Cullen Sue Klebold Danny Ledonne Sol Pais Bill White
Media A Mother's Reckoning (2016) April Showers (2009) Bowling for Columbine (2002) Columbine (2009) No Easy Answers (2002) columbinus (2005) Dawn Anna (2005) Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999) Elephant (2003) Home Room (2002) I'm Not Ashamed (2016) "Lullaby for Columbine" Nobody Left to Hate (2001) Pico's School (1999) Playing Columbine (2008) Rachel's Tears (2000) She Said Yes (1999) Super Columbine Massacre RPG! (2005) The Library (2014) "The Nobodies" The Only Way (2004) "The Way I Am" "Youth of the Nation" Zero Day (2003) Zero Hour (2004)
Cultural impact and aftermath Columbine copycats Columbine effect Columbine Memorial Immediate action rapid deployment Mass shooting contagion Rachel's Challenge
Entertainment affected Diablo II (2000) "Earshot" "Graduation Day" Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Controversies Doom Marilyn Manson Natural Born Killers copycat crimes
Related topics Adios (1999) Blackjack Pizza KMFDM Natural Born Killers (1994)
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Plot

The play centers on Caitlin Gabriel, a high-school student in an unnamed town who survives a school shooting, then struggles to relay her version of events against eyewitness reports from fellow survivors that she informed the shooter, who is based on Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, where other students had hidden. Even her own parents accept media reports of this accusation, which spark widespread revulsion towards her in the aftermath of the shooting.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Reception

Ben Brantley described the play as a "sound-and-light tsunami" that "leans without mercy on our alarm buttons" and when the panic subsides, "like the characters onstage, we’re left looking for patterns in the chaos." Playwright Burns doesn't make the mistake of trying to find clear motivations for that crime, but considers how such events warp and contaminate those who survive them. The culprit is "a media-driven culture that searches for instant heroes, while turning tragedy into profit as fast as it can." Disaster brings out both pettiness and heroic traits, and The Library tantalizes with seemingly incidental details, such as Caitlin's self-doubt and the possibility that she knew the shooter more than the play exposes.^[6]

Production

The Library is loosely based on Dave Cullen's book Columbine about the Columbine High School massacre. Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall briefly acquired the theatrical rights to Cullen's book, initially with the intention of turning it into a feature film by director David Fincher. The producers ultimately decided against turning the book into a film about the Columbine massacre. Instead, they adapted the book into a play which incorporated themes from the book.^[7]

Possible future

Producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall have expressed their intention to put the play on in other cities across the United States, and possibly around the world. They also discussed the possibility of adapting the play into a series for HBO.^[7]

References

^ "The Library". publictheater.org. The Public Theater. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Healy, Patrick (16 January 2014). "Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater". The New York Times.
^ Rooney, David (16 January 2014). "Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "Chloë Grace Moretz to Star in 'The Library,' New Play About Gun Violence". The Huffington Post. 17 January 2014.
^ Vanasco, Jennifer (19 April 2014). "Soderbergh's 'The Library' Takes the Blood out of a School Shooting". WNYC.
^ Brantley, Ben (15 April 2014), "Cruel Truths Always Survive a Shooting", New York Times
^ ^a ^b Horn, John (24 April 2014). "'The Library' rewrites the book on Columbine". Los Angeles Times.

v t e Works by Scott Z. Burns
Films written and directed	Pu-239 (2006) The Report (2019)
Films written	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) The Informant! (2009) Contagion (2011) Side Effects (2013) Last Days (2014) The Mercy (2017) The Laundromat (2019)
Plays written	The Library (2014)
Television	Extrapolations (2023)

School shootings in the United States

Prior to 2000
(full list)

1760s	Enoch Brown school massacre (1764)
1960s	University of Texas (1966) Rose-Mar College of Beauty (1966)
1970s	Kent State University (1970) Jackson State University (1970) Olean High School (1974) Computer Learning Center (1976) California State University, Fullerton (1976) Cleveland Elementary School (1979)
1980s	49th Street Elementary School (1984) Cokeville Elementary School (1986) Hubbard Woods Elementary School (1988) Oakland Elementary School (1988) Cleveland Elementary School (1989)
1990s	University of Iowa (1991) Lindhurst High School (1992) Bard College at Simon's Rock (1992) East Carter High School (1993) Wickliffe Middle School (1994) Blackville–Hilda High School (1995) Richland High School (1995) Frontier Middle School (1996) San Diego State University (1996) Bethel Regional High School (1997) Pearl High School (1997) Heath High School (1997) Westside Middle School (1998) Parker Middle School (1998) Thurston High School (1998) Columbine High School (1999)

2000 to present
(full list)

2000s	Buell Elementary School (2000) University of Arkansas (2000) Santana High School (2001) Appalachian School of Law (2002) John McDonogh High School (2003) Case Western Reserve University (2003) Rocori High School (2003) Red Lake Senior High School (2005) Campbell County High School (2005) Pine Middle School (2006) Platte Canyon High School (2006) Weston High School (2006) West Nickel Mines School (2006) Virginia Tech (2007) Delaware State University (2007) SuccessTech Academy (2007) Northern Illinois University (2008) E.O. Junior High School (2008) University of Central Arkansas (2008)
2010s	University of Alabama in Huntsville (2010) Chardon High School (2012) Oikos University (2012) Sandy Hook Elementary School (2012) Santa Monica College (2013) Sparks Middle School (2013) Marysville Pilchuck High School (2014) Umpqua Community College (2015) Northern Arizona University (2015) University of California, Los Angeles (2016) El Centro College (2016) Townville Elementary School (2016) North Park Elementary School (2017) Rancho Tehama Elementary School (2017) Aztec High School (2017) Marshall County High School (2018) Stoneman Douglas High School (2018) Santa Fe High School (2018) Noblesville West Middle School (2018) University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2019) STEM School Highlands Ranch (2019) Saugus High School (2019)
2020s	Oxford High School (2021) Liberty Point International Middle School (2022) East High School (2022) Robb Elementary School (2022) Rusdale High School (2022) Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (2022) University of Virginia (2022) Richneck Elementary School (2023) Michigan State University (2023) Covenant School (2023) Virginia Commonwealth University (2023) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2023) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2023) Perry High School (2024)

In media

Film and television	The Deadly Tower (1975) Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997) Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999) Bang Bang You're Dead (2002) Bowling for Columbine (2002) Heart of America (2002) Home Room (2002) "Jimmy" (2002) Elephant (2003) Zero Day (2003) American Yearbook (2004) "Time Stands Still" (2004) The Only Way (2004) Dawn Anna (2005) All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) American Gun (2006) State's Evidence (2006) The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) April Showers (2009) Beautiful Boy (2010) We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Hello Herman (2012) Rudderless (2014) Sins of Our Youth (2014) The Cokeville Miracle (2015) I'm Not Ashamed (2016) "Dead Kids" (2018) Vox Lux (2018) Safety (2019) If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) Run Hide Fight (2020) The Fallout (2021) Mass (2021) Eric Larue (2023) The Graduates (2023) The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024)
Literature	Give a Boy a Gun (2000) Nobody Left to Hate (2001) No Easy Answers (2002) After (2003) Columbine (2009) Hate List (2009) "'No Way to Prevent This', Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" (2014—) A Mother's Reckoning (2016)
Other	Pico's School (1999) Lullaby for Columbine (1999) Shoot (Hellblazer) (1999/2010) "The Nobodies" (2000) columbinus (2005) Super Columbine Massacre RPG! (2005) "Valentine's Day" (2013) The Library (2014)

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