“To Kill a Mockingbird” comes to Whitefish and Missoula
Whitefish Theatre Company’s season opens Sept. 18-19 with a performance of Harper Lee’s classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” presented by the Montana Repertory Theatre.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturday at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center.
Whitefish Theatre Co., in collaboration with the Flathead County Library System and the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read program, is bringing this Pulitzer Prize-winner to the Flathead Valley. The Big Read is a program that aims to restore reading to the heart of American life.
“It has been 10 years since the Montana Rep’s national tour has come to Whitefish,” said Carolyn Pitman, executive director of the Whitefish Theatre Co. “We are thrilled to be working with the Flathead Library System and the Big Read to bring this wonderful story to our audience members.”
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