Inherit the Wind presented by BC Dramatics Society
Sunday, November 17, 2024 2pm
About this Event
Robsham Theater Arts Center, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
http://bc.edu/ticketsIn the unassuming, pastoral town of Hillsboro, a schoolteacher is put on trial for violating a state law that prohibits the teaching of evolution. As flashy reporters, big-city lawyers, and politicians with national ambitions descend on the town, the temperature of the courtroom ratchets to a dangerous fever and an explosive battle on free speech, the separation of church and state, education, and "the right to think,” ensues – One that will change the town, and the nation, forever.
A thrilling literary classic inspired by real events in 1925, and written as a response to 1950s McCarthyism, Inherit the Wind asks us to examine the tensions that lie within the promise of freedom and considers the ways we might reconcile those tensions.
Directed by Max Rodriguez '26
Stage Managed by Ella Neary '26