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Georgia Ensemble to present play based on Scopes Monkey Trial

By Joel Anderson
Feb 22, 2011

The Georgia Ensemble Theatre will present "Inherit the Wind" starting Thursday night at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.

The play is based on the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial" in 1925, when a Tennessee high school biology teacher was found guilty in state court of violating the law by teaching evolution.

The play is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.  Tickets cost between $19.50 and $33. The Ensemble will present the show more than 30 times through April 24.

For those interested in attending the show, please contact https://www.expressoticketing.com/get/pickevent.aspx or call (770) 641-1260.

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