harper lee's, to kill a mockingbird


to kill a mockingbird logoAugust 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, September 1, 2012
Dramatized by: Christopher Sergel
Drama
Directed by: Phil Funkenbusch
12 males, 8 females, extras
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee , is a Pulitzer Prize winning story and centered loosely on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The play is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity.

 

about the director

Phil Funkenbusch (Director) of Petersburg is happy to be revisiting To Kill A Mockingbird, which he directed for the Springfield Theatre Center in 1991. Phil recently took a sabbatical in Springfield, and traveled down to Georgia and directed Tom Poland’s, SWAMP GRAVY: Solid Ground. They performed the show in September and he will be going back in March of 2012. Phil has directed numerous productions, such as The Last of Mrs. Lincoln in May at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. He has directed many productions at New Salem over the years including Our Town, Spoon River Anthology, Steel Magnolias, Between Daylight and Boonville, The World of Carl Sandburg, and Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years. Phil’s hometowns are Carrollton, Missouri and Havana, Illinois.

cast

Atticus - Ed MacMurdo
Scout - Cecila Donathan
Jem - Elijah Clark
Dill - Alex Remolina
Jean Louise - Julia Harney
Miss Maudie - Lisa Adams
Mrs. Dubose - Priscilla Seay
Judge Taylor - Jim Seay
Heck Tate - Terry Jones
Miss Stephanie - Deborah Kerley
Bob Ewell - Jim Yale