Concord Community Players. Stage 'To Kill a Mockingbird' At Audi This Weekend

CONCORD, NH — Audiences will have three chances to see The Community Players of Concord present To Kill a Mockingbird at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., from May 1 to May 3, 2026.

The production is the theater group’s third main stage offering of its 98th season and features Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Performances are scheduled for Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m. The May 3 performance will be ASL interpreted, according to the announcement. Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for juniors and seniors, and can be purchased online at communityplayersofconcord.org. The theater box office will open 90 minutes before each performance.

The production is directed by Elizabeth Lent, whose previous credits include The Gods of Comedy and Murder on the Orient Express. The story follows Scout and Jem, who live with their widowed father, attorney Atticus Finch, in Depression-era Alabama. According to the announcement, the town’s calm surface begins to break when a young Black man is accused of a crime, and Atticus defends him in a trial that shakes the community.

“Though set in 1935, it is not a nostalgic look back, but a hard-hitting look at the costs of the undercurrents of prejudice, class and race, which continue to resonate in our society today,” Lent said. “There are many perspectives in the story that need to be considered, perspectives that vary according to each of the characters as the town bears witness to the events as they unfold.”

The cast includes Chris Demers as Atticus, Emerson Sullivan as Scout, Emerson Morse as Jem, Simon Hutchins as Dill, Saphaedra Renee as Calpurnia, Patricia Kegel as Miss Maudie and Matthew Murray as Tom Robinson. Also listed in the cast are Tina Annis, Chris Connell, Angel Douglas, Nicole Gauvreau, Erik Hodges, Jeremy Lent, Matt Mattingly, Dana Sackos, Gregory Stuart, Griffin Stuart, and Sharon Sweet, along with others portraying townspeople.

The Community Players of Concord warned that some of the content of the play includes racial slurs, depictions of violence and racism, and references to sexual abuse. There will be a brief gunfire sound effect.

Deaf patrons attending the May 3 performance can contact box office chair Jim Webber at Jim.Webber@communityplayersofconcord.org to reserve seats in the section nearest the interpreters.

Merrimack County Savings Bank is the presenting sponsor for the Community Players’ 98th season. The production is sponsored by Orr and Reno, and ASL interpretation is funded by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.