A Dramatic Reading of Alabama Story

Date: 02/25/2024
Time: 3:00 pm-5:00 pm

We are pleased to present a dramatic reading of Alabama Story, playwright Kenneth Jones’ six-actor drama about censorship, book banning, and Civil Rights. The play introduces the world to the little-known true story of a librarian named Emily Wheelock Reed, who was persecuted by politicians for protecting a children’s picture book in the Jim Crow South. The Washington Post called it a play “of national relevance.” The controversial and challenged children’s book at the center of Alabama Story is “The Rabbits’ Wedding,” published in 1958, which depicts a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit. Politicians and citizens in Alabama wanted the book burned. The play is set in 1959, and freely mixes fact, fiction, humor, and drama. The play will be read by a group of Northwest Corner actors, directed by Macey G. Levin.

This is a Weekend in Norfolk event. Registration below is requested, but not required.

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