Emmy Award® Winner Richard Thomas Will Star as Atticus Finch in Thousand Oaks Engagement of First National Tour of Critically Acclaimed, Record-Breaking Production of Harper Lee’s *To Kill a Mockingbird*, a New Play by Aaron Sorkin Based on Harper Lee’s Classic Novel
Playing Bank of America Performing Arts Center June 25–30, 2024
THOUSAND OAKS, CA ― The American Theatre Guild is thrilled to present TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s new play, directed by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee’s classic novel. Emmy Award®-winning actor Richard Thomas is confirmed to star as Atticus Finch for the complete third touring season of the First National Tour of the history-making production. This production will close out the 23–24 BROADWAY IN THOUSAND OAKS SERIES and at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center June 25–30, 2024.
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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 27, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 28, 2024, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 29, 2024, 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 30, 2024, 1:00 & 6:30 p.m.
Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch has been embraced by critics and audiences alike. His performance has been called “Easily the most powerful work I’ve seen from Richard Thomas” (BWW Charlotte), “A memorable performance rarely seen in a touring Broadway production” (Curtain Up Phoenix), and “Sheer perfection - this role was made to be played by Thomas” (Around the Town Chicago). The Buffalo News proclaims “Both modestly human and divinely heroic. All rise for Richard Thomas,” and the Dallas Voice declares “Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch is at the height of his career.” Complete casting will be announced later.
Since its tour launch in March 2022, the First National Tour of To Kill a Mockingbird has played more than 500 performances in 44 cities, seen by more than 1 million theatergoers (1,107,617 as of July 2, 2023) and hailed as “A must-see” (Northwest Herald, Chicago), “The most powerful telling of this story you’ll ever experience” (St. Paul Pioneer-Press) and “Amazing – a perfect 10!” (KOA News Radio, Denver).
To Kill a Mockingbird holds the record as the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history. It began performances on November 1, 2018, at the Shubert Theatre and played to sold-out houses until the Broadway shutdown in March 2020. On February 26, 2020, To Kill a Mockingbird became the first-ever Broadway play to perform at New York’s Madison Square Garden, in front of approximately 18,000 New York City public school students, also marking the largest attendance at a single performance of a play ever in world theater. The production resumed performances on October 5, 2021 and concluded its run at the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 2022. On May 20, 2023, To Kill a Mockingbird concluded its run on London’s West End, playing for more than a year to packed houses at the Gielgud Theatre.
Set in Alabama in 1934, Harper Lee’s enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence centers on one of the most venerated characters in American literature, small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. The cast of characters includes Atticus’s daughter Scout, her brother Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker, Calpurnia, their visiting friend Dill, and a mysterious neighbor, the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley. The other indelible residents of Maycomb, Alabama, are Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson, prosecutor Horace Gilmer, Judge Taylor and Mayella Ewell.
To Kill a Mockingbird is designed by Miriam Buether, with costumes by Ann Roth, lighting by Jennifer Tipton, sound by Scott Lehrer and an original score by Adam Guettel. Musical direction is by Kimberly Grigsby, hair & wig design by Campbell Young Associates, casting by The Telsey Office, and design adaptation and supervision by Edward Pierce. The national tour is produced by Barry Diller.
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NEWS RELEASE
Show Information: Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Bank of America Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, presented by The American Theatre Guild
June 25–30, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 14, 2024
Contact:
Cathy Long, Shelby DuPont
Associate Director, Communications, Communications Associate
The American Theatre Guild