Alabama Story, playwright Kenneth Jones’ six-actor, one-set drama about censorship, book banning, Civil Rights and American character in “the Deep South of the imagination,” had its world premiere by Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. By 2026, the highly theatrical play will have been produced in more than 85 cities, introducing the world to the … Read Full Article→
Alabama Story, the drama that tells the true story of a librarian who was persecuted for protecting a children’s book in 1959, will get its Chicago premiere in apt venues: bookstores. Ghostlight Ensemble produces the storefront stagings Sept. 27-Oct. 20, first at After-Words Bookstore on East Illinois Street and then at Haymarket Books on West Buena Vista … Read Full Article→
Once upon a time there was a children’s picture book, “The Rabbits’ Wedding,” about a bunny with white fur who marries a bunny with black fur. Written and illustrated by Garth Williams, best known for his artwork for “Charlotte’s Web” and the “Little House” books, it was published in 1958 at the height of the Civil Rights … Read Full Article→
Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founders Cynthia Collins and Don Farrell face off as foes in the Indiana premiere of Kenneth Jones’ six-actor social justice drama Alabama Story, the true story of a Hoosier native who became state librarian in Alabama in the 1950s only to be attacked for her commitment to the freedom to read. Jane … Read Full Article→
Alabama Story, the fact-inspired six-actor drama about an Indiana librarian who made international headlines when she stood up for the freedom to read in the segregated Deep South, will make its Hoosier State premiere in October 2019 in a production by Actors Theatre of Indiana in Carmel, IN, just north of Indianapolis. Kenneth Jones’ highly theatrical tale … Read Full Article→
