Karl Kenzler, Karen Killeen; photo by Liza Voll.
Presented by The Huntington
By Aaron Sorkin
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Harper Lee
Directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco
Music and vocals by Ashley Frith
October 8 – November 8, 2026
The Huntington Theatre
264 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115
TL;DR: The “TKAM” play is different from the novel. The Huntington’s production is great! Hire disabled actors to play disabled characters.
Content Advisories: Explicit racial slurs, theatrical haze, and sound of a gunshot. This link for more→.
Run Time: Schedule 3 and a half hours from arrival to exit.
BOSTON — Apropos of nothing, let’s dig in.
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is playing at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. In it, three children tell the story of Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson and a township’s failure of justice for a Black man. The 14th Amendment of the Constitution guarantees due process, not justice.
The Huntington’s summary of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is HERE.
The BBC has a comprehensive examination of Harper Lee’s novel with illustrations HERE.
For those wondering, this adaptation of the novel differs in several important ways. First, the story is told through three narrators: child and adult Scout (Karen Killeen), her brother Jem (Benjamin Izaak), and their new friend Dill (Andrew Stevens), instead of one, Scout. The play occurs over one summer instead of the book’s multiple seasons. We don’t see Miss Maudie’s house burn down or the destruction of the mad dog. Boo Radley (a solemn Jesse Hinson) remains, but his interactions with the children are reduced. Continue reading
