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Alabama Story
2023 • ABET - All Beaches Experimental Theatre
In 1950s Alabama, a librarian and a state senator find themselves on opposing sides of a censorship battle that shakes their world.
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Dates
Friday, September 29, 2023 —
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Showtimes
Friday, September 29, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 30, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 1, 2023
2:00 p.m.
Friday, October 6, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 7, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 8, 2023
2:00 p.m.
Friday, October 13, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
2:00 p.m.
Playwright
Kenneth Jones
Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of the American South during the civil rights era, ‘Alabama Story’ follows librarian Emily Wheelock Reed as she fights to keep a controversial children’s book on the shelves. Her challenger? A conservative state senator, E.W. Higgins, who believes the book could stir racial unrest. The personal and political collide in this poignant drama that reveals the complexities of censorship, race, and the stories we tell.
Cast
Emily Wheelock Reed
Senator E. W. Higgins
Lily Whitfield
Thomas Franklin
Garth Williams
Joshua Moore
Bobby Crone
Hershel Webb
Henry Branch
White Passerby
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