Park Street Players to present "To Kill a Mockingbird"
May 5, 6 and 7 at 7:00pm in the AHS Performing Arts Center, the Park Street Players will present "To Kill a Mockingbird." The novel by Harper Lee was published in 1960 and was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize. It was adapted into an Oscar winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown (Monroeville, Alabama) in 1936, when she was 10 years old.
As a Southern Gothic novel, the primary themes of "To Kill a Mockingbird" involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that the author also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers.
Tickets are $6 each and are available in advance at AHS or from any cast member or you may purchase at the door prior to each performance.