Banned Books Week is September 22-28
September 22-28
Banned books week promotion:
Spend $50 or more and get your choice of an Enamel pin or a copy of the Constitution
Spend $75 or more get your choice of a “Bans off Our Books” zippered pouch or a Right to Read T-Shirt
Spend $100 or more you get a T-shirt, enamel pin and Constitution
*While Supplies Last
Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones
A live theatrical production in the after-words event space,
in honor of Banned Books Week
September 27th at 7:30 pm (Preview Performance)
September 28th at 7:30 pm
September 29th at 2:30 pm
October 4th at 7:30 pm
October 5th at 7:30 pm
October 6th at 2:30 pm
Tickets are pay-what-you-will, with an average donation of $25. By donating more, if you are able, you help offset the cost for those who can't afford to give. The preview performance on September 27th has a suggested donation of $10.
Get your tickets HERE.
Ghostlight Ensemble will be performing a play that focuses on a 1950s Alabama librarian facing book-banning efforts from local community members and politicians against an illustrated children's book about a black bunny and white bunny who get married.
Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Company is a Chicago-based 501c3 theatre company with a mission to ask questions that challenge the status quo through timeless stories, immersive environments and unconventional staging. Ghostlight Ensemble was founded in 2016 and has its own ensemble of artists, with a number of regular collaborators and partners throughout Chicago. Visit www.ghostlightensemble.com for more information such as production history, ensemble bios, and more.