Georgia Ensemble Theatre in Roswell, GA, is giving Alabama Story — the six-actor, one-set drama about an embattled librarian in the Deep South — its state premiere Sept. 8-25, 2022, a time when librarians across the country are being persecuted for giving the public access to a wide variety of materials. Playwright Kenneth Jones’ fact-inspired drama is directed … Read Full Article→
After a winter 2022 postponement due to COVID-era issues, Georgia Ensemble Theatre in Roswell, GA, will give Alabama Story — the six-actor, one-set drama about an embattled librarian in the Deep South — its state premiere in September 2022, closing out the resident Equity company’s 2021-22 season later than expected. Playwright Kenneth Jones’ fact-inspired drama will be directed … Read Full Article→
Alabama Story, the six-actor/one-set social justice drama by Kenneth Jones, will make its professional streaming debut Jan. 18-Feb. 14, 2021, when Actors Theatre of Indiana offers an on-demand presentation of the archival recording of its fall 2019 production. The staging marked the Indiana premiere of the play about real-life Indiana librarian Emily Reed, who faced persecution … Read Full Article→
Oak Ridge Playhouse, the 77-year-old civic theater in eastern Tennessee, got more creative than usual for the year of COVID 19. Executive artistic director Reggie Law conceived a production of Kenneth Jones’ six-actor, one-set play Alabama Story to be fully staged — but without a live audience. Multiple cameras captured a performance, the video of which was … Read Full Article→
Alabama Story, the six-actor drama cited by The Washington Post for its “national relevance” — trafficking in racial tensions, bullying politicians, persecuted but persistent women, Civil Rights issues, and the continuing controversy over the Old South’s legacy — is seeing a surge of interest in the 2020 presidential election year, even as three planned productions were sidelined … Read Full Article→
Of the many gratifying experiences I’ve had witnessing the regional life of my play Alabama Story since 2015, I’m uniquely touched by the college and high school productions that have surfaced. I love that kids are using their hearts and minds to create characters that are new to the American theater, and that a younger generation is learning … Read Full Article→
Alabama Shakespeare Festival has announced casting for its March 2020 production of Kenneth Jones’ six-actor social justice drama Alabama Story — the Montgomery premiere of the acclaimed play that has appeared in more than 30 cities around the nation. ASF veteran actress and associate artistic director Greta Lambert will play the embattled, real-life librarian Emily Wheelock Reed opposite … Read Full Article→
