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→
