Georgia Ensemble Theatre Presents Alabama Story
By Kenneth Jones
Based on true events, "Alabama Story" puts political foes, star-crossed childhood friends, and one feisty children's author on the same page to conjure a uniquely poetic Deep South of the imagination. This love letter to reading, a finalist in the 2014 National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and a nominee for the ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award, leaps from pages of history, exploring the moving story that earned librarian Emily Reed international headlines when she defended "The Rabbits' Wedding," a picture book by Garth Williams, best known for his artwork for "Little House on the Prairie" and "Charlotte's Web."