Beaufort Theatre Company will hold auditions for To Kill a Mockingbird” on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23 at 7 PM at 801 Carteret Street on the historic USCB campus. Based on the Pulitzer prize winning novel by Harper Lee, the play tells a story based on events that took place in the South of the 1930’s. Scout and her brother, Jem, are being raised by their widowed father, Atticus, and by a strong-minded housekeeper, Calpurnia. A lawyer, Atticus is appointed to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman. The children struggle to understand what is happening, as the other citizens of the town turn against them. Atticus fights his legal battle with a result that is part defeat, part triumph. Roles are available for a large, diverse cast. Three roles are available for children who can play ages 8-13. A Southern dialect in not necessary for auditions. This celebrated story about race in America will be under the direction of Ian Sprague and Jeff Evans. Show dates are May 13 -22. Scripts may be checked out from the box-office with a $15 deposit. For more information, call Bonnie Hargrove, Director of the USCB Center for the Arts, at 521-3145 or email her at bhargrov@uscb.edu
Margaret Evans is the editor of Lowcountry Weekly, where she has been penning her award-winning column, Rants & Raves, for over 20 years. She and her husband Jeff also publish The Island News. Margaret’s articles and essays have appeared in magazines and anthologies throughout the South, including 'State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love,' 'Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy,' and 'Southbound' magazine. She is the former editor of 'Beaufort Magazine' and former editorial assistant to novelist Pat Conroy. The South Carolina Press Association named her the state's top newsweekly columnist of 2021 and its top 'humor columnist' of 2022. Either Margaret is getting funnier, or people will laugh at anything these days.
Beaufort Theatre Company will hold auditions for To Kill a Mockingbird” on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23 at 7 PM at 801 Carteret Street on the historic USCB campus. Based on the Pulitzer prize winning novel by Harper Lee, the play tells a story based on events that took place in the South of the 1930’s. Scout and her brother, Jem, are being raised by their widowed father, Atticus, and by a strong-minded housekeeper, Calpurnia. A lawyer, Atticus is appointed to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman. The children struggle to understand what is happening, as the other citizens of the town turn against them. Atticus fights his legal battle with a result that is part defeat, part triumph. Roles are available for a large, diverse cast. Three roles are available for children who can play ages 8-13. A Southern dialect in not necessary for auditions. This celebrated story about race in America will be under the direction of Ian Sprague and Jeff Evans. Show dates are May 13 -22. Scripts may be checked out from the box-office with a $15 deposit. For more information, call Bonnie Hargrove, Director of the USCB Center for the Arts, at 521-3145 or email her at bhargrov@uscb.edu
