Theatre and Dance Series to Present ‘The Trip to Bountiful’

Samford University’s Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman Theatre and Dance Series will present Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” on Feb. 28–March 2 at 7:30 p.m., and March 3, at 2:30 p.m. All performances will be in Samford’s Harrison Theatre. Stage veteran Margie Bolding, the department of theatre and dance’s 2013 guest artist, will take the lead role of Carrie Watts.

Foote’s signature voice of love and humanity permeates this beautiful family drama set in rural Texas in the 1950s.

Foote, who died in 2009, received a Pulitzer Prize for his play “The Young Man From Atlanta,” and won Academy Awards and Writer’s Guild of America honors for his “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Tender Mercies” screenplays. His screenplay for “The Trip to Bountiful” earned him a third Academy Award nomination.

For tickets, call 205-726-2853 or visit www.samford.edu/arts.