To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel
based on the novel by Harper Lee
directed by Rachael McDonald
Jan. 16,17,18,23,24,25,30,31 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 1, 2:00 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
 Balcony rear L-R: Daniela Suarez, Zahra Simpson-Stairs, Douglas Connors. Balcony front L-R: Kieran Chenier, Johnny Jordan, Chloe Rioux, Graeme McKee, Sekai Chikodzi, Greer Crosby. Below L-R: Garrett McCrea, Broghan Baker, Esme Purdy, Ken Sparrow, Cindy Chappell, Barbara Gillespie, Cathy Griffin, Jane Saunders, Lloyd Balme, Ian Butler, Donald Mitchell, Zhyon Headley, Dylan Chenier. |
 Left to right: Lynn Kerr, Kieran Chenier and Chloe Rioux. |
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird opens in a sleepy Alabama town in the midst of the Great Depression, where Scout and her brother, Jem, live with their widowed father, Atticus Finch.
Atticus is to defend Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping and beating a young woman. Atticus knows that because of the colour of his skin, Tom won't get a fair trial, but "simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.
Driven by an unshakeable moral conviction, Atticus defends Tom in a trial that sends violent waves through the community, and comes back to haunt his family even after the verdict. Timeless and lingering, this hard-hitting work explores prejudice, compassion and the courage to do what is right.
 Left to right: Chloe Rioux, Lisah Slack, Kieran Chenier, Lloyd Balme and Donald Mitchell. |
Harper Lee, the daughter of an Alabama lawyer, published To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and became one of the best-known and most-loved American novels of the century. Christopher Sergel's stage adaptation premiered in 1990 in Monroeville, Ala.—Harper Lee's hometown—where it has been performed annually at the Monroe County Courthouse ever since.
Cast |
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| Atticus Finch | Donald Mitchell |
| Scout Finch | Chloe Rioux |
| Jem Finch | Kieran Chenier |
| Calpurnia | Lisah Slack |
| Dill | Graeme McKee |
| Maudie Atkinson | Cathy Griffin |
| Walter Cunningham/Nathan Radley | Ken Sparrow |
| Reverend Sykes | Johnny Jordan |
| Heck Tate | Lloyd Balme |
| Stephanie Crawford | Cindy Chappell |
| Boo Radley | Connor Rombough |
| Mrs. Dubose | Lynn Kerr |
| Tom Robinson | Zhyon Headley |
| Judge Taylor | John Geddes |
| Mr. Gilmer | Dylan Chenier |
| Bob Ewell | Garrett McCrea |
| Mayella Ewell | Esme Purdy |
| Boy's Voice/Spectator | Elijah Reesor |
| Link Deas/Third Man/Spectator | Ian Butler |
| Fourth Man/Clerk/Town Person | Deryck Monsour |
| Court Spectators/Townspeople/Voices | Barbara Gillespie Jane Saunders Brogan Baker Ashley Stacoviak |
| Congregation | Douglas Connors Daniela Suarez Greer Crosby Sekai Chikodzi Zahra Simpson-Stairs |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | Dylan Chenier Cindy Chappell |
| Director | Rachael McDonald |
| Stage Manager | Leslee Oliver |
| Asst. Stage Managers | Marlene Buttress Sue Owen |
| Set Design & Chief Carpenter | Grant Buckler |
| Lighting Design | David L. Smith |
| Sound Design | Michael Gourgon |
| Costume Design | Ruth Moore |
| Properties | Kim Coffman-Dressel |
| Set Construction | Bob Brooks John Corrigan James Gow Erick Gow Lorna Jodoin Rick Jodoin Dave Kearney Dave Oliver Liz Schell D.T. McNichol |
| Scenic Artist | Kyla Todd |
| Set Painting | Cindy Chappell Kim Coffman-Dressel John Geddes James Gow Sue Owen Bernd Steglich Jay Steglich |
| Lobby Photography | Ian Malcolm |
| Archival Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Poster Design | Katie Flower-Smith |
| Lobby Art Curator | Liz Schell |
| Front of House Co-ordinator | Steve Powell |