Banned Books Onstage

Tue Oct 07 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, Dunn Avenue, Raleigh, NC, USA | Raleigh

University Theatre
Publisher/HostUniversity Theatre
Banned Books Onstage
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University Libraries and University Theatre present an evening of staged-readings of Banned Books
About this Event

In 2023, the American Library Association (ALA) documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship - a 65% increase over the previous year. Public libraries have been impacted with a 92% increase in targeted titles. Many of these books are targeted because they share LGBTQIA+ stories, are deemed sexually explicit, or address racism through the characters' experience. Some of these instances have occured in Wake and surrounding counties. NC State students create a performance drawn from banned and challenged books that personally impact them

Students will read excepts from select books in an evening of live staged readings.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, Dunn Avenue, Raleigh, NC, USA, United States

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