Clearly, Osborne and Eppler are writing about the people, places and things they have known from birth (in fact, on opening night, Osborne's family members from Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee were on hand to witness the world premiere of the play, thus his pedigree is assured) and they display an impressive knowledge of what constitutes proper funeral etiquette and the peculiarly Southern way of life and death in all its 'Jesus Called...And Dewey Answered' glory.
Celebrating fifty years since the original publication of this stunning American masterpiece, TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theater of Silicon Valley, presents TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, dramatized by Christopher Sergel and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee.
The Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival will celebrate its 75th anniversary this season, and while patrons will notice celebratory signs and banners as well as opportunities to sit in on historical lectures and talks throughout the season, the primary celebration is onstage. OSF has promised its audiences, to whom it has dedicated this milestone season that it will continue to focus energies on producing great plays this year.
Burning Coal Theatre Companysm will hold auditions for the first show of its 2010/2011 season, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand. The production will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ms. Lee's classic novel of the American South.
Cesear's Forum, Cleveland's small professional minimalist theatre, will present two American one-act plays in a May/June production run at it's Kennedy's Down Under, PlayhouseSquare venue: Horton Foote's THE ACTOR and Arthur Miller's ELEGY FOR A LADY.
Genevieve Bennett, creator of the 2008 Twin Cities Chekhov Festival and director of its sold-old production of The Seagull, has proved to be one of the Twin Cities most promising young directors.
Burning Coal Theatre Companysm will hold auditions for the first show of its 2010/2011 season, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand. The production will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ms. Lee's classic novel of the American South.
Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, an exhibition exploring the human need for heroes through the arts of one of the oldest and most influential cultures in history, will open in the Frist Center's Upper-Level Galleries January 29, 2010, and remain on view through April 25, 2010.
Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook, whose Mark Twain Tonight! has defined the image and style of the great American author for thousands of theatergoers for over five decades, will perform his much-loved portrait of the great author on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater.
2nd Story Theatre received a $5,000 National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece Grant, awarded by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA).
Genevieve Bennett, creator of the 2008 Twin Cities Chekhov Festival and director of its sold-old production of The Seagull, has proved to be one of the Twin Cities most promising young directors.
Mystery, Murder and Mischief at Historic Richmond Town Sleepovers for Grades 3 through 6
Groups of up to 20 Children; $45 Per Child, Call (718) 351-1611, ext 281
Harper Lee's coming-of-age classic remains one of the most beloved and influential stories of our time. The adventures of Scout, Jem and Atticus Finch are at once an epic saga brimming with stark lessons of tolerance and quiet heroism, and a simple story of love, hope and family.
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