ON OUR STAGE
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dramatized by Christopher Sergel
From the book by Harper Lee
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September 21**, 22, 23, 24*, 28**, 29, 30*, 30
Oct. 1*, 2017
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Scout, a young girl in a quiet southern town, is about to experience dramatic events that will affect the rest of her life. She and brother, Jem, are being raised by their widower father, Atticus, and by their strong-minded housekeeper named Calpurnia. Wide-eyed Scout is fascinated with the sensitively revealed people of her small town but, from the start, there's a rumble of thunder just under the calm surface of the life here. Set in 1935, this play illustrates the social issues of this time period as the black people of the community have a special feeling about Scout's father. In her youthful innocence, she does not know why. A few of her white friends are inexplicably hostile and Scout doesn't understand this either. Unpleasant things are shouted and the bewildered girl turns to her father. Atticus, a lawyer, explains that he is defending a young negro wrongfully accused of a grave crime. Since this is causing such an upset, Scout wants to know why he is doing it. "Because if I didn't," her father replies, "I couldn't hold my head up." When she asks why Atticus would take on such a hopeless fight, he replies, "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason not to try." He goes on to prepare Scout for the trouble to come. "We're fighting our friends. But remember this—no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends." Things do get bitter, leading up to drastic measures as Atticus props himself in a chair against the cell door of the man he's defending to confront an angry mob. Horrified, Scout projects herself into this confrontation and her inconvenient presence helps bring back a little sanity. Atticus fights his legal battle with a result that is part defeat, part triumph. As Atticus comes out of the courthouse, the deeply moved town minister tells Scout, "Stand up. Your father's passing!" This dramatization of the touching classic tale is a meaningful work of art.
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The talented cast includes Gary Webber, Chelsae Baxley, Caitlyn Fennell, Caleb Fennell, Christian Douglas, Ruth Charlene Davis, Charles Walker, Mark S. Wright, David H. Horne, Tiffany Herndon, Ronald K. Haynes, PJ Baker, Anthony Hodge, Heather Eggleston, Shannon Shaw, Sandy Spurney, Jordan Born, Sofia Ferraro, and Gary Moore under the direction of Joe Kemper.
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All performances 8:00pm, except: *Matinee performance 2:00pm | **Evening performances 7:30pm
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Meet the cast:
Gary Webber
as Atticus Finch
Chelsea Baxley
as Jean Louise
Caitlyn Fennell
as Scout
Caleb Fennell
as Jem
Christian Douglas
as Dill
Ruth Charlene Davis
as Calpurnia
Charles Walker
as Tom Robinson
Mark S. Wright
as Judge Taylor
David H. Horne
as Walter Cunningham
Tiffany Herndon
as Helen Robinson
Ronald K. Haynes
as Reverend Sykes
PJ Baker
as Boo Radley
Anthony Hodge
as Bob Ewell
Heather Eggleston
as Stephanie Crawford
Shannon Shaw
as Maudie Atkinson
Sandy Spurney
as Mrs. Dubose
Jordan Born
as Heck Tate
Sofia Ferraro
as Mayella Ewell
Gary Moore
as Mr. Gilmer