Mastrosimone hopes to reach out to potential killers in the thousands of audiences that the play continues to gather.
The play, based strongly on the events that surrounded this particular school shooting, premiered at Thurston.
Directed by Ralph Colombino and Dan Cooley, and assisted by Rich Palmros and Stage Manager Gianna Marino, the show was greeted with much praise, led by the performances of Ed Squires and Taylor Rogers, in the lead role of Josh, Ryan Shapiro, Summer Russo, James Garlock, Gracemarie Loretta, and Caroline Palsi.
Some locals, including Dennis Murphy, the fire chief of Springfield at the time, were hostile towards the production at first.
The play was immediately endorsed by the Ribbon of Promise, a group dedicated to nonviolence in schools, formed in Springfield after the shooting.