Theatre Arts presents the riveting drama “Inherit the Wind
March 30, 2012
| Where: | PCC West Campus Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre 2202 West Anklam Road [view map] |
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| When: |
April 11-22: |
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| Tickets: | General admission $15 with discounts available | |
| Box Office: | Call 520-206-6986 or purchase online Box office hours: Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. and one hour prior to performance. |
PCC Theatre Arts presents Inherit the Wind, the gripping and inspiring fictional drama based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Nancy Davis Booth directs the play that tackles the ever-present debate over the right to freely think and question.
Set in a present-day small town, faith and science collide when a teacher is arrested, tried and convicted for teaching evolutionary theory to his public school students during science class. The whole town is forced to confront their long-held beliefs as a raging discourse ensues between the literal interpretation of creation found in the book of “Genesis” and the scientific theory of evolution as posited by Charles Darwin in his “Origin of Species” (1859).
A question and answer discussion follows each performance.