Peter and the Starcatcher (USA, 2015)
Light Design by Kenton Yeager
Set Design by James Kronzer
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Timely 'Alabama Story' fuels censorship arguments
Timely ‘Alabama Story’ fuels censorship arguments
By Lynn Venhaus
Managing Editor
State Librarian Emily Wheelock Reed would have largely gone unnoticed in a job she did quite well had it not been for a children’s book, “The Rabbits’ Wedding,” which became a lightning rod for deep South segregationists in 1959.
This play by Kenneth Jones, written in 2015, has illuminated a time not that long ago – 60 years – where people were judged by the…
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Art and Politics Collide in 'Alabama Story' Coming to The Rep
Art and Politics Collide in ‘Alabama Story’ Coming to The Rep
Alabama Story continues The Rep’s Mainstage season with a potent collision of art and politics. Running January 2-27, this new play by Kenneth Jones is directed by Paul Mason Barnes.
A determined librarian and a segregationist senator face off over an innocent children’s book in 1959 Montgomery. Depicting the marriage of two rabbits – who happen to have different-colored fur – the story has Sen.…
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