ON THE ROAD WITH ANTI-VIOLENCE PLAY

Perryville High school drama teacher Tim Thompson first saw "Bang Bang You're Dead" at a thespian festival he took his students to last summer in Lincoln, Neb. Last November Dr. Pat Henley, who runs the Center for Safe Schools in Kansas City, suggested Thompson take the play on the road.

The Perryville students have given three performances of the 40-minute play before their high school and another before a county youth conference.

The 11 students played the Missouri State Teachers Association Education Conference in February. The same month there were two performances for the Jackson Middle School.

More are upcoming for the Scott City and Ste. Genevieve schools. Another performance is scheduled April 12 for the Crime Victims Awareness Program at the Perry Park Center.

In early March, "Bang Bang You're Dead" won Perryville High School second place in the district speech and drama contest, qualifying the school for the state competition in Columbia April 14-15.

A story about the Perryville High School production will appear in the May issue of School and Community Magazine, circulated to 40,000 MSTA members.

Perryville High School one of three schools in the nation being considered for a premiere production of "Bang Bang You're Dead" in New York City.