Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Virginia Samford Theatre

The Virginia Samford Theatre's take on To Kill a Mockingbird, which I caught on its opening night, is something rare: a staging that manages to feel both reverent and alive. It dispenses with the Sentimentality often attached to memory we see in plays and gives us, instead, an evening of genuine, unadorned theatrical substance.

The brilliance here is in the quiet authority of the performances. The ensemble is tremendously talented. Atticus Finch anchors the narrative not through grand speeches, but through an almost muted strength, a performance that trusts the audience to understand the gravity behind the man's stoicism.

And the young people — Scout, Jem, and Dill — do not simply "act" their parts; they inhabit them. They possess a clarity and commitment that drives the story's moral weight. Their presence is the necessary lens through which we, the audience, must confront the uncomfortable truths of Maycomb.

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1. JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH (Northeast Alabama Community College)

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12.5% of votes

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