Pandora Productions to Present Lillian Hellman's THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

Pandora Productions continues the 2015-2016 season with Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. A play that was too scandalous to be considered for a Pulitzer in 1934 due to its lesbian theme. Ms. Hellman, known as much for her politics as for her playwrighting, penned this, her first play, at the tender age of 29. She would become one of the most famous female playwrights of the century. The play explores issues of homosexual persecution in that time period. Pandora is proud to bring this play to life during Women's History month.

Karen and Martha run a girl's school in 1930's New England, where they become entangled in a devastating story of deceit, shame and courage. When a student is punished for one of her many misdeads, the mean spirited youngster rushes to her rich, indulgent grandmother to explain why she has run away from school. She accuses her teachers of having an "unnatural relationship" and blackmails another student into corroborating her accusation. This whisper spreads and triggers a chain of events with extraordinary consequences.

The Children's Hour is being directed by guest Georgette Kleier and stars: Lenae McKee Price, Lauren Argo, Carol Tyree Williams, Melissa Combs, Joseph Hatfield, Katelyn Daley, Arabella Paulovich and Lexie Stites. The production will run March 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p and March 13 and 20 at 5:30 p with the only matinee set for March 19 at 2:00 p. The play will be performed at Pandora's home theatre in the Henry Clay building located at 604 South Third Street, 3rd Floor, Downtown Louisville.

Single tickets are available for $20 in advance and $22 day of show for this production and are available online at http://www.PandoraProds.org, or via phone at 502.216.5502.