For one night only, the Starkville Community Theatre stage will host a revival fundraiser performance of the powerful drama “Anne and Emmett”, at the Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Produced by Theatre MSU, this play centers around an imaginary conversation between Holocaust martyr Anne Frank and 1950s lynching victim Emmett Till.
The Janet Langhart Cohen drama highlights Frank, a 13-year-old Jewish girl whose diary provided insight into the Holocaust, and Till, a 14-year-old African American youth whose brutal murder in Mississippi sparked the American Civil Rights Movement.
Originally staged on the Mississippi State University campus in fall 2020, “Anne & Emmett” is being revived and taken on the road to Birmingham for performances at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Before the show hits the road, the cast will perform this last public show in Starkville. Through a generous partnership with Theatre MSU, all proceeds from admission costs will serve as a fundraiser for SCT.
“Anne and Emmett” contains derogatory racial language and imagery that could be disturbing to audiences, but reflects the realities of the lives and deaths of these hate crime victims. The intended audience for this production is junior high school and older.
This performance is not included as part of any SCT season ticket, and admission can be purchased online (at https://starkville-community-theatre.ticketleap.com/anne-and-emmett/) or by calling the box office at 662.323.6855. Tickets are $15.
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