Newtown Arts Company Presents 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

“There is something I would like to ask. If you’ll do it, you’ll get along with all kinds. You see, you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” ––

ATTICUS FINCH

Hear the wisdom of Atticus Finch (as played by Matt Duchnowski) as he quietly disperses these words to his children; Scout (Lucy Killian) and Jem (Zachary McDevitt), in Newtown Arts Company’s production of To Kill A Mockingbird.

In a masterful stage adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning book which opens October 19, Newtown Arts Company presents To Kill A Mockingbird, a classic story of standing up to racial injustice for one week only, October 19 to 25 at Newtown Theatre, 120 N. State Street, Newtown, PA 18940,.

The play unfolds through the eyes of Scout Finch, a young girl in a quiet southern town who is about to experience dramatic events that will affect the rest of her life. Her lawyer father, Atticus, is defending Tom Robinson (Malik Khaaliq-Abdul)), a young black man wrongfully accused of a crime, bringing recriminations from townspeople. When Scout asks why he's doing something that is causing so much turmoil, Atticus replies, "Because if I didn't, I couldn't hold my head up."

Things get bitter, and Atticus fights his legal battle with a result that is part defeat, part triumph over prejudice and division. This thought-provoking, stirring dramatization is a meaningful work of art.

"It's very exciting to work on this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel. I am very fortunate to have such a talented cast and creative team. Newtown is in for a treat this Fall!", says director, Joe McKernan.

Join our versatile cast––Dill (Andrew Louden), a small boy who is wise beyond his years; Miss Maudie (Jane Landes), a woman of wisdom and compassion; Miss Crawford (Anne McKernan), the neighborhood gossip; Heck Tate (Jim Banar), the town sheriff; Bob Ewell (DJ Holcombe)who lives by the town dump––and you will see why To Kill A Mockingbird takes the words of one of the greatest American novels ever written and brings them to life.

Newtown Arts Company continues celebrating its 34th anniversary season by surpassing

$180,000 in total scholarship awards to local students pursuing higher education in the

arts.

Produced by Maryellen Raymond and Eric Raymond, performances of To Kill A Mockingbird are for one week only at Newtown Theatre, 120 N. State Street, Newtown Thursday, October 19

at 7:30 PM.; Friday, October 20 at 8 PM.; Saturday, October 21 at 8 PM.; Sunday,

October 22 at 2 PM.; Tuesday, October 24 at 7:30 PM.; and Wednesday, October 25 at

7:30 PM.

Front Reserve tickets are $21. Rear Reserve Rows are $18. Special seating in Row I (8th row) with extended legroom available for additional accommodation fee. There is a $2 per ticket discount for groups of 10+.

Tickets are available by credit card online at www.newtownartscompany.com or by

calling 800-838-3006 (fee applied). Tickets are also available at the Newtown

Theatre Box Office during regular theater hours, usually beginning one hour before the

movie showings. For reservations or information call 215-860-7058 or e-mail tickets@newtownartscompany.com.