Bang Bang You're Dead (play)
| Bang Bang Dead | |
|---|---|
| Written by | William Mastrosimone | 
| Date premiered | April 7, 1999 | 
| Original language | English | 
| Subject | School violence | 
Bang Bang You're Dead is a 1999 one-act play written by William Mastrosimone. Inspired by the Thurston High School shooting, the play follows a high school shooter who is tormented in his jail cell by apparitions of the five classmates he killed. A film adaptation, also written by Mastrosimone was released in 2002; it depicts a high school production of the play where one of the actors struggles to avoid becoming a shooter like the play's lead character.