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2928 West 13th St. Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 phone: 440-964-3396 Search This Site: "To Kill A Mockingbird" Opens Jan. 16: Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 A small southern town is rocked with racial tension when a white lawyer defends a black man accused of a horrible crime in the play �To Kill A Mockingbird,� opening January 16 for ten performances. A popular lawyer in his small town, Atticus Finch is known and respected for his morals and fairness toward his clients. He is also a widow, raising his two children alone, except for the help of his female housekeeper, a strong-minded black woman named Calpurnia. It is through the eyes of Atticus� daughter, 7-year old Scout, that �To Kill A Mockingbird� takes place. Scout is a precocious youngster, yearning to be older than she really is. She is also fascinated by the world around her, and looks at the people who make up her small town with a blend of curiosity and innocence. But when Atticus stands against his fellow townspeople to defend a young black man whom he feels is not worthy of punishment, Scout learns the hard way just how unpopular you can be when you stand up for what you believe in. Scout notices a change in the town, and that her neighbors and friends have begun to look at her family a bit differently. The black people of the community have a special feeling about Atticus, and Scout doesn�t understand why. Meanwhile, many of her white friends are inexplicably hostile toward her family, and she doesn�t understand those feelings either. When the confused young girl asks her father why he is doing something that is causing such an upset within the town, Atticus simply replies, �Because if I didn�t, I couldn�t hold my head up.� Dramatized by Christopher Sergel, �To Kill A Mockingbird� is based on the novel by Harper Lee. Penned in 1960, the novel is loosely based on the author�s own childhood in the small town of Monroeville, Alabama. Lee won a Pulitzer Prize for the book in 1961, and it was made into a movie year later, featuring actor Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus. "To Kill A Mockingbird� is directed by Douglas Eric Anderson. The Cast List is as follows: Atticus ......................... Brint Learned Scout ........................... Christie Ellis Jem .............................. Danny Moore Calpurnia ...................... Daisy Baskerville Jean Louise Finch ........... Martha Sorohan Dill ............................... Michael Ellis Boo Radley ................... David Cole Judge Taylor ................. Ron Cramer Sheriff Heck Tate ........... Chad Helms Bob Ewell ...................... Tom Udell Mayella Ewell .................. Hannah Beaumont Tom Robinson ............... Charlie Bunch Helen Robinson .............. Mahalia Bunch Walter Cummingham ...... Eric Johnson Mr. Gilmer ...................... Larry Gasch Reverend Sykes ............. Evan Bunch Mrs. Henry Dubose ......... Ellen Kolman Maudie Atkinson ............. Alexandria Lowe Stephanie Crawford ........ Shanna Nichols Townspeople .................. Eric Torres, Debby Baker, Curtiss Barron, Missy Cimorell, Tom Hall, Mary Bunch and Jenna Bice The play will run for ten performances, January 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, and February 1. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8:00 p.m., while curtain for the Sunday shows is 3:00. As a special promotion, students coming to the performance on Wednesday, January 28, will be admitted for half price ($3.50). Curtain for this show is 8:00 p.m. In addition, dinner will be served prior to two Saturday performances, January 24 and 31. The menu for these dinners will be available at a later date; call the Arts Center for more information. Tickets are currently on sale for all shows.