To Kill a Mockingbird

Montana Repertory Theatre

Based on the novel by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird is unquestionably an American classic.  Prejudice, racism, and human values are not issues of a particular time; they are timeless issues. To Kill a Mockingbird places these issues in a context that transcends the story’s individuals and their actions.  Through a dramatic trial that divides the town, lawyer Atticus teaches his children that “ you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”  Rather than condensing the entire show, the one-hour school production features the pivotal courtroom scene.