To Kill a Mockingbird, March 27, 2008
What a performance by the Arizona Theatre Company! I was swept off my feet. To Kill a Mockingbird is a moving and thought-provoking story about race in America. It is set in America in the 30's in the South and the actors easy took me to that place.
The play was so wonderfully acted and produced. I was impressed by every detail; from the Reverend and Calpernia's singing to the dirt on the poor farm characters to the cries of Robinson's mourning wife. Daria LeGrand, who played Scout, stole the show with her pure and powerful performance. I instantly loved John Rensenhouse who played Scout's father, Atticus. But each and every actor in this show put their very best foot forward and treated me to an enchanted evening.
This is the second play by ATC that I've seen and it was even better than the first (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). I can't believe I've lived in Phoenix this long and have been missing out on such great theater. Thank goodness for me that's changing.