First production set for the grand opening of Tallassee’s Mt. Vernon Theatre
The Talisi Historical Preservation Society Jan. 19 will stage the inaugural performance at the reopening of the Mt. Vernon Theatre with a cast of 47 in a script based on local recollections and true stories of World War II. Directed by Jeanna Kervin and written by Adrian Lee Borden, Dear Mama: Letters and Music from World War II will feature local actors in a series of 41 historically accurate chronological vignettes.
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