girl named Scout whose father, Atticus, is a lawyer for a current case that involved civil rights. The main story has to do with a wrongful conviction based on the premise of skin color and stereotypes. Going to the play is always an interesting experience due to the fact that it is a live performance. Verser Theater is a very small theater and when I saw this performance the entire auditorium is packed, which I don’t mind so long as everyone stays quiet during the show. And during this performance it was a decent crowd of spectators. Despite the size of Verser Theater, it never ceases to amaze me in the quality of its productions. There were a variety of characters and ideas throughout the play.
Atticus seemed to me like the most down to earth, reasonable character. His ideology seemed to be the most justified when it comes to the issue of civil rights. Then we have Bob, from what I could tell the most unstable character of the entire performance. It seemed to be similar to a battle of good and evil, in the sense that there was a right side and a wrong side that even the law couldn’t comprehend at the time. To me, the purpose of this play was simply to portray racism of the time period. It also seemed to be a portrayal of how corrupt the justice system was, where one truth is weighed more heavily than other truths just based on the color of someone’s skin. The play also allowed us to view the “childhood ignorance” of the younger characters and their inability to understand why all these things were happening around them. I can’t really say whether or not this play succeeded or failed in its portrayal. Due to the fact that I have never read or seen this play
before.