 The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Based on the book
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Adapted for the stage
by Reginald A. Jackson
Directed by Daria James
It's 1963 and the Watsons, an African-American family in Flint, Michigan, travel to Birmingham, Alabama to take their juvenile delinquent son, Byron, to live under the civilizing influence of his Grandmother Sands. Their struggle to mend their family lands them in one of the darkest moments in America's racial history. A fictionalisation of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 received the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Awards.
Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market
4617 Montrose Blvd.
Public Performances
Saturdays at 1:00pm and 4:00pm
February 2, 9, and 16, 2008
School Groups Monday - Friday
January 30 - February 22, 2008
9:30am and 11:45am
Recommended for 5th Grade and up
Children under the age of 3 not allowed in the theater
Call 713-524-6706 for Tickets
School Groups call 713-524-7998 x101
The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 is produced in part
through the generous support of the
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