Starter Pistol

By Michael Gotch
Directed by Mark Lamos
JAN. 16 – FEB. 2

​After last season’s wildly successful Minor Fantastical Kingdoms, Michael Gotch returns with a darker look at middle America. In a withering Midwest town, Karen James—wife, mother, and breadwinner— has enough venison chili to survive the approaching winter but is being pushed to the edge by her husband’s work injury and her son’s misbehavior. A visit from a stranger promises relief, but only if Karen and her family can survive secrets from the past and the buried conflicts they reveal. A finalist in the Ashland New Play Festival's 2019 competition, Starter Pistol is a roller coaster ride of tension and laughter, a story of a family holding themselves together in the toughest of times while just trying to make it to the big Friday Night MegaBall drawing. Contains adult language and situations.