Alabama Story at Powerstories Theatre

Dates: (1/11/2024 - 1/21/2024 )

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Powerstories Theatre

Straz Center's Shimberg Playhouse, 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa, FL 33602
Tampa,FL 33602

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Phone: 813-205-3451

Tickets: $30 General Admission, $25 Senior & Military, $15 Student

Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones is inspired by true events in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. The story centers on a state librarian who faces backlash for adding a children's book depicting a black and white rabbit's marriage to the library. As the Civil Rights movement brews, the book's perceived message of racial integration and equality sparks the outrage of a powerful and determined segregationist State Senator.

A contrasting story involves childhood friends—an African American man and a white privileged woman—reunited in adulthood, forming a boundary-breaking friendship. The play features political foes, star-crossed lovers, and a feisty children's author, all inhabiting a Deep South filled with humor, heartbreak, and hope. Set against segregation, these characters' lives intersect as they confront racism, and book censorship, and discover literature's transformative power.

Powerstories is proud to be supported by the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners.

Alabama Story at Powerstories Theatre Schedule

Thursday through Saturday - 730 PM Sunday Matinee - 2 PM

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Where is Powerstories Theatre located?

Powerstories Theatre is at Straz Center's Shimberg Playhouse, 1010 N Macinnes Pl, Tampa, FL 33602, Tampa, FL.

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