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National Players Present ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
To Kill a Mockingbird, playing at the Florissant Civic Center
for one night only on Friday, April 10 at 8 p.m.
The National Players from Olney, Maryland, will present To Kill a Mockingbird, a play inspired by Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, on April 10 at 8 p.m. at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre.
The play is presented as part of the Florissant Fine Arts Council Applause/Applause series. Tickets are $28 for adults and $26 for seniors and students. Group rates are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 314-921-5678 or visit the website at www.florissantfinearts.com.
To Kill a Mockingbird was originally published in 1960 and deals with serious societal issues during the 1930s in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. To Kill a Mockingbird was made into an Academy Award movie in 1962 and the play, adapted by Christopher Sergel, debuted in 1990.
In the story, a sleepy, southern town confronts difference and justice through the eyes of six-year-old Scout in the heroics of her father, the struggles of her friends and neighbors, and the threat of a bogeyman. On stage, Scout lives through the joys of childhood innocence and the pains of growing up.
Scout’s father Atticus is a lawyer who is appointed and agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a young white woman. Although Atticus presents a defense that proves Robinson’s innocence, the town’s prejudice seems to weigh heavier on the jury’s final decision.
The Florissant Fine Arts Council presents the Applause/Applause series with financial support from our members, the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, the Employees Community Fund of Boeing and the City of Florissant.
