Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird at Huntington Theatre

Harper Lee’s enduring classicTo Kill a Mockingbirdis adapted anew asAaron Sorkin, the brilliant and beautifully idealistic creator ofThe West WingandA Few Good Men, returns to writing for the stage.

When upstanding lawyer Atticus Finch seeks justice for a wrongfully accused man, he is tested by the limits of his virtue and the uneasy work of forgiveness in a world ruptured in two. Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel has resonated powerfully for over six decades. What does it mean to revisit this beloved classic today with fresh eyes — to consider how far we’ve come, and how far we still need to go?

Artistic DirectorLoretta Grecocreates the first regional production of Sorkin’s soaring adaptation, especially for Boston.