All rise for the nation’s most momentous courtroom drama from May 14 to 19 in the Steven Tanger Center’s presentation of To Kill a Mockingbird! Join the jury and cast your verdicts in this perennial classic by Pulitzer Prize winner Harper Lee, and stand in resolution with the honorable Atticus Finch (Richard Thomas) in his fight to defend equality in the court of law. Set in Alabama during the throes of the Great Depression, our story explores society’s deep-seated prejudices against class and race, hauntingly depicted through a series of tragedies and loss of innocence. Adapted for the stage by Academy Award-winning playwright Aaron Sorkin, To Kill a Mockingbird succeeds under the vision of distinguished director Bartlett Sher, winning awards from the Tonys, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle. The performance is part of the production’s ongoing tour, now on its 2023-2024 season, and is slated to hit Greensboro, North Carolina, this coming spring. Get your tickets soon!
To Kill a Mockingbird Tickets
“Elegiac and effective.” – The New York Times
“One of the greatest plays in history.” – NPR
Broadway’s critically acclaimed stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird continues its 2023-2024 touring season with over forty additional shows across North America. This spring, the production will visit the state of North Carolina, featuring eight highly anticipated performances from May 14 to 19 at Greensboro’s Steven Tanger Center.
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
Explore injustice, racial prejudice, and classist structures in an enduring story that gripped America’s heart for over SIXTY YEARS. To Kill a Mockingbird tells a tale of compassion and innocence set against the backdrop of Depression-era Alabama, where a horrific crime wraps around the courts of county law and public opinion. Stand witness to honorable small-town lawyer Atticus Finch as he represents Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape, in 2 ½ hours that promise one of this decade’s most haunting theatrical experiences.
To Kill a Mockingbird portrays a powerful denouncement of racism and discrimination, reflecting the harsh truths from its period of conception and those of our recent times. Balanced by humor and unwavering warmth, the story is brought into invigorated life through compelling performances and an impeccably paced, built, and framed narrative.
“Blisteringly relevant. Sorkin sets a new gold standard for adapting one generation’s cry from the heart to another’s.” – Rolling Stone
“A time–honored tale, skillfully told.” – Entertainment Weekly
The classic novel penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee was adapted for theater by Academy and three-time Golden Globe Award winner Aaron Sorkin, with direction from Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher. As Broadway history’s highest-grossing American play, To Kill a Mockingbird also employs the following team of decorated creatives:
- Miriam Buether – Scenic Design
- Ann Roth – Costume Design
- Jennifer Tipton – Lighting Design
- Scott Lehrer – Sound Design
- Adam Guettel – Original Score
- Kimberly Grigsby – Musical Direction
- Campbell Young Associates – Hair and Wig Design
- The Telsey Office – Casting
- Edward Pierce – Design Adaptation and Supervision
- Barry Diller – Producer
THE CAST
- Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch
- Maeve Moynihan as Scout Finch
- Jacqueline Williams as Calpurnia
- Justin Mark as Jem Finch
- Yaegel T. Welch as Tom Robinson
- Steven Lee Johnson as Dill Harris
- Mary Badham as Mrs. Henry Dubose
- Ted Koch as Bob Ewell
- Jeff Still as Judge Taylor
- Christopher R. Ellis as Horace Gilmer
- Mariah Lee as Mayella Ewell
- Travis Johns as Sheriff Heck Tate
- Greg Wood as Link Deas
- Anne-Marie Cusson as Miss Stephanie, Dill’s Mother
- Ian Bedford as Mr. Cunningham, Boo Radley
Supporting our main cast are General Understudies Lance Baker and Stephen Cefalu, Jr., in addition to a dedicated team of ensembles composed of Denise Cormier, Rae Gray, Greg Jackson, Joey LaBrasca, David Andrew Morton, Andre Ozim, and Dorcas Sowunmi.
“I love that she’s so curious, and wants to know more about the world, and isn’t afraid to use her voice, and to question things,” actor Maeve Moynihan reflected upon her role as Scout.
“This is theatrical storytelling so assured and involving it’s hard to imagine anyone not being mesmerized.” – Hollywood Reporter
Harper Lee’s seminal literary classic first shocked, challenged, and inspired the nation in 1960, sweeping across critic and reader circles with unprecedented acclaim. It was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize the next year, cementing its place as one of America’s greatest achievements in literature as well as an exemplary text for the country’s legal professions.
To Kill a Mockingbird was adapted for the silver screen by Horton Foote under the direction of Robert Mulligan, launching in cinemas in 1962 to both critical and box office success. The film claimed three Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay, and was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in 1995.
In 1990, its first stage adaptation, written by Christopher Sergel, debuted in Monroeville, Alabama, where it continues to be the city’s annual May performance tradition. A new production, written by Aaron Sorkin, would later find Broadway lights in 2018 with an official opening at the Shubert Theatre on December 13. The run was immediately lauded and deemed a contender come award season, clinching one win each from the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Before the pandemic suspension in 2020, the play made history in Madison Square Garden with a free exhibition in front of 18,000 NYC public school students — the largest single-day attendance record for a play in the world.
And in 2022, the production transferred to West End London at the Gielgud Theatre, receiving five nominations from the Laurence Olivier Awards.
“Superbly entertaining and handsomely acted.” – The Guardian
The extended North American tour for To Kill a Mockingbird will land a week-long stint in Greensboro, North Carolina, on May 14 to 19 LIVE at the renowned Steven Tanger Center. Click the “Get Tickets” link now to book your seats for the performance!
Review for The Maryland Theatre Guide by Lynne Menefee:
“Masterfully directed by Bartlett Sher, this ‘Mockingbird’ is a breathtaking and totally captivating production on every level, with a fantastic cast supported by the exemplary work of the creative team. The play has taken the book apart and structurally reassembled the events to great effect. The play packs a powerful, emotional punch even though we already know the terrible, practically inevitable outcome. But there is also humor, tenderness, and joy.”