Overview
Akeelah and the Bee
September 1 – October 11, 2015
Akeelah has a crazy passion for words: the more abstruse and labyrinthine, the better. But this gift is almost overwhelmed by the challenge of her daily life in a tough Chicago neighborhood, and by Akeelah’s yearning for a different life. The first theatrical adaptation of the critically-acclaimed film is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright (Motown The Musical) and captures all the hope and spirit of the original story, in an inspiring tale of a community united behind one young girl’s dream.
Akeelah has a crazy passion for words: the more abstruse and labyrinthine, the better. But this gift is almost overwhelmed by the challenge of her daily life in a tough Chicago neighborhood, and by Akeelah’s yearning for a different life. The first theatrical adaptation of the critically-acclaimed film is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright (Motown The Musical) and captures all the hope and spirit of the original story, in an inspiring tale of a community united behind one young girl’s dream.
