TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Opens Tonight at Judson Theatre Company

Two weeks from tonight is opening night for the Judson Theatre Company production of To Kill a Mockingbird, the final show of JTC's 2014 season. The production will open tonight, October 2 and run through Sunday, October 5 at Owens Auditorium at Sandhills Community College, located at 3395 Airport Road in Pinehurst.

Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird stars television favorite Johnny Whitaker (Jody on Family Affair, Johnny on Sigmund and the Sea Monsters) as Judge Taylor, Jeff LaMarre (The Blacklist, All My Children, Guiding Light) as Atticus Finch, and Terri Eoff (Emerald Cove, The All New Mickey Mouse Club, Search for Tomorrow) as Maudie Atkinson. Also in the company are Julia Armitage, Tavis L. Baker, JD Demers, Katelyn Dowd, Adam Faw, Carter Godwin, Mark Hance, Dwan Hayes, William Kalland, MacKenzie B. Kennedy. Christopher Manns, Sharon Moyer, Billy O'brien, Allison Podlogar, Max Reeder, Randy Rime, and Paula Reeder Thompson.

To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, and his daughter Scout. As Scout grows up and her father faces an important trial, together they experience an odyssey of justice, truth, prejudice, and courage. Harper Lee's novel won the Pulitzer Prize and has sold over 30 million copies to date. In 1962, the novel was adapted for the screen by Horton Foote. Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his film portrayal of Atticus Finch. Christopher Sergel's stage adaptation debuted in 1990 in Monroeville, Alabama (Harper Lee's hometown) and has been performed throughout the world, including a 2013 London production starring Robert Sean Leonard.

The performance schedule is as follows:

- Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

- Friday, October 3, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.

- Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

- Sunday, October 5, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.

To purchase tickets or request additional information, please visit http://judsontheatre.com/ or call eTix at (800) 514-ETIX (3849). Groups of 10+ email JudsonTheatre@gmail.com for group pricing information.

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