2008-09 NIACC Performing Arts Series

Community National Bank proudly presents…

To Kill A Mockingbird

Winner of the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is unquestionably an American classic. More than 15 million copies of the novel have been printed and it is required reading in high schools across the country. In 1962, the story was brought to the screen in an Academy Award-winning adaptation by Horton Foote.  The story was later adapted for the theatre. Though over 35 years old, this stage adaptation continues to compel and delight viewers worldwide with its warmth, wit, and wisdom.  The story of To Kill a Mockingbird is simple, yet it speaks deeply and eloquently of human nature and of human values. The action is set in the 1930's in a sleepy Southern town where Atticus Finch, an attorney and the widowed father of two young children, stands against his fellow townspeople by defending a young black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Through every step and with every word, Atticus instills in his children the traditional moral values of respect for others, honesty, courage, integrity, and above all, responsibility for one's actions. Without fanfare or bravado, Atticus Finch assumes prominence as a true American hero. Prejudice, racism, and human values are not issues of a particular time; they are issues of all time. To Kill a Mockingbird places these issues in a context that transcends the story's individuals and their actions. Atticus teaches his children that "you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." Through this live performance, audiences come as close as possible to taking that walk.

Saturday February 21^st, 2009, 7:30 PM

$25.00
$30.00 at the door
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