A controversial children’s book about a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit stirs the passions of a segregationist State Senator and a no-nonsense State Librarian in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. Meanwhile, the reunion of two childhood friends — an African-American man and a woman of white privilege — provides a private counterpoint to the public events swirling in the state capital. Political foes, star-crossed lovers, and one feisty children’s author inhabit the same page in a Deep South of the imagination that brims with humor, heartbreak and hope.

A play about censorship, Civil Rights and American character. Inspired by true events. By fall 2024, it will have been seen in more than 60 productions around the U.S.

It is published by Dramatists Play Service, which handles its licensing.

Based on true events and mixing fact and fiction, this love letter to reading — a finalist in the 2014 National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and a nominee for the ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award — leaps from pages of history, exploring the moving story that earned librarian Emily Reed international headlines when she defended "The Rabbits' Wedding," a picture book by Garth Williams, best known for his artwork for "Little House on the Prairie" and "Charlotte's Web."

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, “At a time when intolerance is on the upswing and empathy is under siege, ALABAMA STORY is just the play we need.”