Hudson, NC – Inherit the Wind relates the story of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. John T. Scopes was put on trial in Dayton, Tennessee for teaching evolution. Director Keith Smith says that “The play is not so much about Creationism versus Evolution as much as it is about human beings’ freewill to think and choose for themselves. The playwrights, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, were both deeply spiritual men, Lee, a Methodist and Lawrence, a practicing Jew. Both believed that faith and science were compatible. They wrote the play in 1955 in the time of McCarthyism and they used the Scopes trial as a backdrop to present their feelings about McCarthyism. I contend that unless faith is reached by freewill and by a reasonable question and thought process, it holds no value. You can’t force someone to believe a certain way. That is robotic. One of the strengths of this show is that it is relevant in any social and political setting, including our modern day country. Good theatre entertains but also makes one think.”
This highly acclaimed and award winning drama will play on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 2nd, 3rd and 4th. It is a dinner theatre, catered by Dan’l Boone Inn. Dinner will be served at 6:30 PM with the show to follow at 7:30 PM nightly, with the exception of the Sunday matinee, with dinner at 1:30 PM followed by the play at 2:30 PM. You can obtain tickets in one of three ways. Go by the HUB Station Box Office at 145 Cedar Valley Road Hudson on Tuesdays and Thursdays, call (828) 726-8871 anytime or most conveniently, go to the HUB Station (https://thehubstation.com/) or Town of Hudson website and follow the link to tix.com. Tickets are $37 for dinner and the show, $20 for the show only.
The show will pit real life retired lawyer, Charlie Finkel, playing Henry Drummond, against Director Keith Smith as the character of Matthew Harrison Brady. Mr. Finkel is a retired lawyer and experienced actor, who moved to North Carolina some 4 years ago from California. Local audiences have seen him at the HUB in Welcome to Mitford, To Kill a Mockingbird, and in On Golden Pond among other shows.among other shows. The Drummond character is based on Clarence Darrow, a notorious Civil Rights lawyer and the Brady character is based on William Jennings Bryan, famous orator and three time presidential candidate.
Hudson Dinner Theatre is supported by funding from the Caldwell Arts Council and McCreary Modern Furniture.
