Creating Connection | Of Mice and Men, The Classic Depression Era Drama To Be Presented by Aiken Community Theatre
John Steinbeck’s classic novella comes to life this October at the Aiken Community Theatre (ACT) under the direction of Bob Franklin, who is taking a major turn from his guidance of last summer’s ACT hit comedy “Gibson and Sons” to tackle one of the major dramatic stories from the Depression Era of the 1930s. The director explained his change of pace by explaining, “I have always been drawn to scripts that make audiences think, that are timeless in their themes, and that present characters with multiple layers.” He noted that he finds plenty to work with in Steinbeck’s intense, testosterone-fueled world of hard men fighting for survival during hard times
