Check out this Broadway World article that gives an inside look into the creation of Krista Knight’s brand new play Shooter!
Buy Tickets | Find out more | Read the full article“The university wanted me to help him. I didn’t know how,” Krista Knight said in reference to a former student of hers who had written a very violent play while in her playwriting class. “In 2015, I was teaching at a state school in upstate New York. I was isolated geographically, socially, culturally, and also very excited to be a full-time associate (visiting) professor for the first time. To my surprise, college teaching wasn’t just about introducing young adults to playwriting (most of whom had never seen a play before). I was also called upon to be a social worker, mother, and therapist. I was unprepared.” Knight continued, “My only outlet was the wit and talent of my boyfriend in another state, but he was also going through a difficult time. Sometimes when he would drink he would become verbally abusive – ripping apart my class, privilege, and supposed intellect. One night he choked me until I passed out.”
“The professor character in my play, Leia, too finds herself in increasing danger at home. Instead of dealing with it, she doubles down on her belief that her student is a threat. I want the play to demonstrate how we use perceived, external danger to distract ourselves from the intimate, real danger close to us.”
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