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PHOTOS BY JASON R. TERRELL
Defense attorney Helen Drummond (right) (Gabby Valasquez) challenges the beliefs of Matthew Harrison Brady (Ben Chappell) in “Inherit the Wind.”
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‘Inherit the Wind’ GCT presents youth production of classic play
Defendant Bertram Cates (Jonathan Gibson) pleads with girlfriend Rachel Brown (Emma Johnson) not to share his secrets while on the stand. Balif Meeker (Lizzie Dean Friend) tries to calm Cates down.
By Jason R. Terrell terrell@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2509
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hen it comes to dramatic plays with polarizing characters and themes, it’s hard to match Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee’s play, “Inherit the Wind.” But, the youth cast at Germantown Community Theatre mastered the high intensity drama of this play based on the real Scopes Trial held in Dayton, TN in 1925 that elevated the debate about the teaching of evolution in the public schools. The play is directed by Ryan Kathman and sports a large cast including Ben Chapell, Zephyr Barlow, Jonathan Gibson, Maggie
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Luther, Emma Johnson and Gabby Velasquez, just to name a few.
Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The play runs through August 9. For tickets or more info, go to gctcomeplay.com.
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The 32nd annual National Night Out is tonight in Memphis, Collierville and Bartlett. Local communities in the Mid-South are expected to team up with their police departments to work together on this day to ight crime. The goal of “NNO” is for all residents to get together in their neighborhoods and communicate with each other to form strong community bonds. The activities help to build safer neighborhoods where everyone looks out for one another and takes a stand against crime to decrease criminal behavior. NNO is designed to heighten crime and violence prevention awareness, generate support for and participate in local anti-crime programs, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and ighting back. Neighborhoods may participate by having block parties, cookouts, community walks, ice cream socials and more. During these events, participants will “turn on their porch lights and stand together in turning of the lights on crime.” In addition, neighborhoods that register their event with the police will be visited by oicers and town leaders to meet and discuss issues within the community. On Oct. 6, Bartlett will host another event, Bartlett Night Out, and the police department is asking for neighborhoods to organize events such as block parties, carnivals, lashlight walks and youth programs.
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