Hedy Weiss to Lead Talkback After Raven's DIRECT FROM DEATH ROW THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

This Sunday, July 24, help Raven Theatre welcome Chicago Sun-Times Theater and Dance Critic Hedy Weiss! After the 3 pm matinee performance of Direct from Death Row The Scottsboro Boys, Hedy will interview the cast and director and take questions from the audience.

The talkback will begin at approximately 5:30. Admission to the post-show discussion is free and open to all, subject to availability. Regular ticket prices and reservation procedures apply to the performance. Click here or call 773-338-2177 to order show tickets.

Hedy Weiss has been Theater and Dance Critic of the Chicago Sun-Times since 1984, reporting on local, national and international productions, as well as a wide range of other subjects including art and architecture, music, books, travel and international affairs.

Since 2002, she also has served as Theater and Dance Critic for "Chicago Tonight," the nightly news magazine on WTTW-Channel 11, Chicago's PBS station, and she has contributed frequently to radio programs on WGN and WBEZ radio. A Contributing Editor to Dance Magazine, Weiss' work also has appeared in the London Observer, the Boston Globe, the Lincoln Center Playbill, Pointe Magazine, American Theater Magazine and many other publications. She has served on the Pulitzer Prize panel for Drama three times. She is the recipient of awards from the Arts and Business Council of Chicago, the Jeff Awards Committee and the Sara Siddons Society. Before turning to journalism, Weiss, who grew up in New York and graduated from Hunter College, was a dancer and choreographer, and taught at the Theater School of DePaul University.

About DIRECT FROM DEATH ROW THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS - Nine African-American teenagers falsely accused in 1931 of assaulting two white Alabama women spent decades in the legal system fighting for their lives. They return from eternity to our stage, where they keep their story alive through songs, a magic act, skits and soft shoe - all to convey the tawdry show that their case became.

Ticket prices: $42 general admission ($39 online); $37 for seniors ($34 online); $18 for students ($17 online). Buy tickets here or call 773-338-2177 to order by phone.