In Residence at Boston University
Boston, Ma
May-June 1996
Director: Charles Towers
Scenic Designer: Bill Clarke
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Novak
Lighting Designer: Jacki Manassee
"The adaptation at the Huntington pulls it off, though, and it does so by keeping things simple and subtle, as simple as the honesty of the father, Atticus Finch, and as subtle as the novel's ability to weave together the personal and political so that the play, like the movie, is of a time but not stuck in time."
Ed Siegel
The Boston Globe
May 24th, 1996, Friday
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"Catherine Epstein, 10, who plays Scout in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "To Kill a Mockingbird," is a wonderful reminder of why they call plays plays. She's having fun. This summer Epstein will attend the Middlesex School Summer Arts program in Concord and look for more roles. Based on her performance in "Mockingbird," she shouldn't have any trouble finding them."
Michael Bowlen
The Boston Globe
June 3rd, 1996, Monday
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Stratford Festival
The Avon Theatre
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
May 30th-October 27th, 2007
Director: Susan H. Schulman
Lighting Designer: Kevin Fraser
Costume & Scenic Designer: Charlotte Dean
"So, in the end, while this adaptation may lack the grace and elegance of either the novel or the movie, it is, nonetheless a memorable piece of theatre, marked as it is with impressive nerve and literary skill and elegance."
John Coulbourn
The Toronto Sun
June 1st, 2007, Friday
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"Nevertheless, what makes the play worth watching is the high level of the acting from the principals. Peter Donaldson gives a wonderfully nuanced performance as Finch, able to let us see anger, frustration and strength shining behind his outwardly placid exterior. In 10-year-old Abigail Winter-Culliford as Scout, 13-year-old Thomas Murray as Jem and Grade 7 student Spencer Walker as their friend Dill, the Festival has found a truly remarkable trio of child actors."
Christopher Hoile
Principal Reviewer for Stage Door
http://www.stage-door.org/reviews/misc2007a.htmmisc2007a.htm
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Hartford Stage
Hartford, Connecticut
February 25th-April 4th, 2009
Director: Michael Wilson
Scenic Designer: Jeff Cowie
Costume Designer: David C. Woolard
Lighting Designer: Rui Rita
Orignal Music & Sound: John Gromada
Production Stage Manager: Lori Lundquist
"A mist of memories wafts over Hartford Stage's delicate and affectionate production of "To Kill a Mockingbird." There's the memory of Harper Lee's beloved book, of the late Richard Mulligan's sensitive 1962 screen version and of the audience's own real or imagined past recalling youthful wonder, parental protection and innocence in simpler times. Eventually, that nostalgic glow fades and a separate yet honorable version emerges in helmer Michael Wilson's graceful production, starring Matthew Modine as Atticus Finch."
Frank Rizzo
Variety
March 2nd, 2009-March 8th, 2009
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"To Kill a Mockingbird retains its value for its thematic commentary upon race, gender, importance of family, and reaffirmation of fair justice. The Hartford Stage production honors the novel through Sergel's dramatization and the cast's excellent portrayals. Modine presents a sympathetic figure: one who understands that his priorities, in life, include his children, personally, and defense of moral truth, professionally. Modine is poised and relaxed within the context of the role. His relationship with Scout and Jem is natural, as if they might actually be his children."
Fred Sokol
Connecticut Regional Reviews
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/ct/ct50.html
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Intiman Theatre
Queen Anne, Seattle
September 19th-November 10th, 2007
Director: Fracaswell Hyman
Scenic Designer: Alec Hammond
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Hope Clancy
Lighting Designer: Greg Sullivan
Original Music & Music Coach: Grant Dermody
Sound Designer: Joseph Swartz
Fight Director: Geoffrey Alm
Dialect Coach: Judith Shahn
"For the fourth play in its ambitious five-year American Cycle revisiting classic texts, Seattle's Intiman Theatre is presenting "To Kill a Mockingbird," the stage version of the beloved 1960 novel that became perhaps an even more beloved movie. The inevitable comparisons seem almost unfair. Is this play as profound or poetic as Harper Lee's book? No. Are the performances as indelible as those of screen stars Gregory Peck or young Mary Badham? Of course not. But in a fundamental way, the production is a success, insofar as it points audiences back to one of the most illuminating tales ever told of social injustice and coming of age in small-town America."
Lynn Jacobson
Variety
October 8th 2007-October 14th, 2007
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"Harper Lee's beloved novel and its perhaps more beloved film version starring an Academy Award winning Gregory Peck are a tough act to follow for a stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, but happily Christopher Sergel's text for the stage and Fracaswell Hyman's subtle and loving direction combine to make the Intiman Theatre production (virtually sold-out and twice extended before it opened) one to treasure."
David Edward Hughes
Seattle Regional Theatre Review
http://talkingbroadway.org/regional/seattle/se349.html
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La Mirada Theatre
La Mirada, CA
November 4th-November 20th, 1994
Director: Jules Aaron
Scenic Designer: John Iacovelli
Costume Designer: Richard Odle
Lighting Designer: Martin Aronstein
Sound Designer: Jon Gottlieb
Production Manager: David Lober
Production Stage Manager: Nevin Hedley
Technical Director: Steven Jones Watson
Properties Master: Nancy Tarczynski
Casting: Julia Flores
Press Representative: Rick Miramontez Co.
"Director Jules Aaron assembles the right ingredients for the West Coast preem of a new dramatization of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," but he never quite stirs properly. Play is more of a showcase for Bruce Davison in the Gregory Peck role than a probing drama. While Davison delivers a sturdy, if uninspired performance, he can't save the production and the text from its soporific pall."
Dan Cox
Daily Variety
November 14th, 1994, Monday
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Ford's Theatre
Washington D.C.
September 26th-November 18th, 2001
Director: Timothy Childs
Costume Designer: David R. Zyla
Lighting Designer: Rick Martin
Scenic Designer: Douglas Huszti
"Christopher Sergel's stage adaptation, seen a few seasons ago at the Olney Theatre Center, doesn't turn the fine novel into a great play. It sprawls -- there are 22 actors in this show -- yet feels as if it's skimming; it's over in less than two hours. Director Timothy Childs makes the show feel even more skeletal by moving bluntly and unemotionally through a tale that, at its core, still ought to be touching and dynamic. It's a clinical experience."
Nelson Pressley
Washington Post Staff Writer
October 4th, 2001, Thursday
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