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THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963
January 23, 2022 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
$18 – $28
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963
Production Partners: ADL, NAACP, and the Urban League
FACT SHEET / CALENDAR LISTING:
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Adapted by Reginald Andre Jackson
From the book by Christopher Paul Curtis
Directed by Rachel Dickson
LOCATION:
3400 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
DATES & TIMES:
Sunday, January 23 & 30 and February 13, 2022 at 2:30pm
ACCOMMODATIONS PERFORMANCES:
Audio Described Performance: February 13 at 2:30pm
ASL Performance: February 13 at 2:30pm
Sensory-Friendly / Relaxed Performance: January 30 at 2:30pm
PLAY INFORMATION:It’s 1963 and the Watsons, an African-American family, journey from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama to take their troublesome son, Byron, to live with his grandmother, a trip that lands them in one of the darkest moments in America’s racial history. A fictionalization of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Curtis’ novel won the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Awards.
Recommended for fifth grade and older.
Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
TICKET PRICES AND DISCOUNTS: $18 – $28 (Group rates (10 or more) available.)
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
Information & Charge by Phone: 713.524.6706 / Charge Online: MainStreetTheater.com
WEBSITE: MainStreetTheater.com
