The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
Adapted by Reginald André Jackson. From the book by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Product Code: WB2000
Full-length Play
Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 7m., 3w., 1 either gender (some doubling).
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Synopsis
Ten-year-old Kenny chronicles the events of a fateful summer for the Watson family of Flint, Michigan, in this hilarious and deeply moving story. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta and teenage brother Byron, who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Concerned about this budding juvenile delinquent in their family, Momma and Dad decide it's time for Byron to have a lengthy stay with strict Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama. The family piles into the Brown Bomber and heads south—toward a horrific moment in American history: the bombing of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church during which four young black girls are killed. Mr. Curtis' novel was both a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
Notes
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Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code WB2000
- Minimum Cast Size 11
- Pages of Dialogue 86
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 90 min
- Staging Flexible stage, multiple settings.
Categories
- Target Audience Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults | Praise Groups
- Performing Group Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group | Praise Group
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583426470
Media Reviews
"A totally believable child's view of the world." -School Library Journal"Marvelous." -The New York Times Book Review
"Superb … a warmly memorable evocation of an African-American family." -The Horn Book Magazine
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