To Kill a Mockingbird at Bethel College Everest Rohrer Auditorium

To Kill a Mockingbird adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee. Scout, a young girl in a quiet southern town is about to experience the dramatic events that will affect the rest of her life. Fascinated with the people of her small town; Atticas, a lawyer explains that he's defending a young Negro wrongfully accused of a grave crime. Since this is causing such an upset, Scout wants to know why he's doing it, "Because if I didn't" her father replies, "I couldn't hold my head up." When she asks why take on such a hopeless fight, he tells her, "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason not to try." Atticas fights his legal battle with a result that is part defeat, part triumph. As Atticus comes out of the courthouse, the deeply moved town minister tells Scout, "Stand up, Your father's passing!" This play is a meaningful work of art and we invite you to consider it.