To Kill a Mockingbird News Release

NEWS RELEASE                                                                                                interPLAYERS Theatre

                                                                                                                                174 S. Howard

                                                                                                                                Spokane, WA 99201

January 11, 2006                                                                                                (509) 455-7529

                                                                                                                                Mary Ann McCurdy

                                                                                                                                (509) 954-7143/cell

info@interplayers.com

For Immediate Release

To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by Christopher Sergel, takes the stage at Spokane interPLAYERS Theatre from January 12 to January 16, 2006.  This Readers Theatre performance will be directed by acclaimed Spokane actor/director, Ann Whiteman.  In Readers Theatre, actors read directly from scripts and are able to tell a story without props, costumes or sets.  Our most recent Readers Theatre production, Tuesdays with Morrie was very well received.  Entertaining and imaginative-- actors and audiences meet centerstage in Readers Theatre. 

The Play and Cast
Set in a small southern town during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of eight year old Scout Finch, her brother Jem and their father Atticus.  To Kill a Mockingbird is an appealing depiction of childhood innocence, a scathing condemnation of racial prejudice, and an affirmation that human goodness can withstand the assault of evil.  To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer in 1961, has been translated into more than 30 million copies worldwide, and was voted best novel of the 20th century by librarians. This was Harper Lee's first and only published novel and won three Academy Awards.  The roles for this production include: Maudie-Ann Whiteman, Scout-Tami Grady, Jem-Terry Sticka, Atticus-Maynard Villers, Dill--Damon Mentzer, Calpurnia-Liz McAlpine, Stephanie Crawford & Mrs. Dubose-Susan Hardie, Judge Taylor-Jim McCurdy, Heck Tate & Link Deas-Kim Berg, Mr. Gilmer & Walter Cunningham-Chris Kennedy, Tom Robinson-David Casteal, Rev. Sykes & Clerk-David Denman Smith, Bob Ewell-Reed McCollum, Mayella Ewell-Tessa Gregory.

Tickets--An Outstanding Opportunity for Students
To Kill a Mockingbird opens Thursday, January 12 and continues through Monday, January 16.  Productions are scheduled for 7:30pm Thursday, 8:00pm Friday and Saturday, with 2:00pm Matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday, and 3:00pm Monday.  Regular Season subscriptions include tickets for two of three Readers Theatre performances. Tickets can be purchased by calling (509) 455-PLAY (7529), on the website www.interplayers.com, or at the Box Office at 174 S. Howard, Spokane 99201.  The interPLAYERS Box Office is open Wednesday through Saturday, Noon to 5:00pm and one hour before performances.  All Readers Theatre tickets cost $10.  Group Events Coordinators, Darla DeCristoforo and Carol Shore coordinate arrangements for special group events for schools and organizations:  Phone (509) 455-PLAY or email groupsales@interplayers.com .  

Benefit
A holiday performance on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16 at 3:00pm, will benefit the Gonzaga University Carl Maxey Scholarship Fund (for undergraduates). Carl Maxey (1924-1997) was a legendary Spokane attorney and nationally recognized civil rights leader who graduated from Gonzaga University and Law School.  He truly devoted his efforts on behalf of minorities, the indigent and the imprisoned, frequently representing the NAACP.

The Gellhorn Gallery
The Gellhorn Gallery is featuring landscape and floral oil paintings by local artist Shirley Hackett until January 23.

Following To Kill a Mockingbird, interPLAYERS February production will be a Readers Theatre of the romantic classic Love Letters.  Gonzaga Prep art department will show in the Gellhorn Gallery.  On Friday,  February 24 at 8:00pm David Casteal will do a benefit performance at interPLAYERS of the highly acclaimed "York."  Contact the Box Office now for tickets.