On Stage January 11-21, 2024
Straz Center’s Shimberg Theatre
Straz Center’s Shimberg Theatre
Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones is inspired by true events in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. The story centers on a state librarian who faces backlash for adding a children’s book depicting a black and white rabbit’s marriage to the library. As the Civil Rights movement brews, the book’s perceived message of racial integration and equality sparks the outrage of a powerful and determined segregationist State Senator.
A contrasting story involves childhood friends—an African American man and a white privileged woman—reunited in adulthood, forming a boundary-breaking friendship. The play features political foes, star-crossed lovers, and a feisty children’s author, all inhabiting a Deep South filled with humor, heartbreak, and hope. Set against segregation, these characters’ lives intersect as they confront racism, and book censorship, and discover literature’s transformative power.
Ron Nummi
Candace Del Rio
Theron (T.R.) Butler
Victor Carr
Lisa Negron
Ashton Cote
Sheri Whittington
Brianna Brand
Chris Corley
Angelina Martinez
Ami Sallee
Omar Negron
Visit our ALABAMA STORY Artists Wall. Seven artists created their interpretation of the play ALABAMA STORY.
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