'Columbinus': Evil Unexplained ; Play Casts Broad Net at Teen Rage

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The shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., took place nearly six years ago, and so much has happened since then - September 11, the Beltway sniper shootings, the tsunami, the war in Iraq - that you wonder whether the event still holds the ability to shock.

Perhaps because the shooters and most of the victims were teenagers, perhaps because the tragedy was goaded by a hatred as twisted as shrapnel, Columbine remains a hard and painful memory. "Columbinus," an unpitying and heartfelt work by the U.S. Theatre Project that was conceived and directed by PJ Paparelli, probes what pushed two boys to mastermind and unleash their version of Judgment Day on their peers and teachers.

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'Columbinus': Evil Unexplained ; Play Casts Broad Net at Teen Rage

Mr. Paparelli contends that "Columbinus" (a Latin word meaning "dovelike") is not a play but a "theatrical discussion" meant to stimulate conversation and questions rather than exist on its own as a cohesive dramatic ex...

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