Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee. Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theatre presents To Kill a Mockingbird on their Main Stage. Based on the unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill a Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. The novel went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award -winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic and deeply moving, this story takes us to the roots of human-behavior, to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos.