The Fayetteville Public Library, in partnership with TheaterSquared and local NPR affiliate KUAF, will present “Free to Read” in celebration of Banned Books Week 2011 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27.
The event will consist of an evening of dramatized readings and dialogue from four banned and/or challenged works.
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The readings, both comedic and serious, will include selections of classic and contemporary pieces from some of the following works:
- The Giver by Lowis Lowry
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Excerpts from these selections will be brought together in a formal script and performed by TheatreSquared actors.
This event is free and open to the public, and will take place in the library’s Walker Community Room.
