The stage play Hiram Becoming Hank, which depicts the transformation of Hiram King Williams into Hank Williams, one of America’s most famous country music stars, will be performed at the Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, AL. The production will include live performances of songs which inspired the young Hiram to become the great singer/songwriter Hank Williams. The play was written by longtime Atlanta Journal and Constitution journalist and author Rheta Grimsley Johnson, along with retired LaGrange (GA) College English professor and Georgia’s Author of the Year in Fiction, John M. Williams.

Performance dates are April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25, 2021. Friday and Saturday performances will begin at 6:30 pm, with Sunday matinees beginning at 2:00 pm. Weather permitting, the play will take place outside in the Otha Lee Biggs Amphitheater; otherwise, the play will be staged in the courtroom.

Tickets are $25 and may be purchased online via Eventbrite or by contacting Monroe County Museum at mchm@frontiernet.net or 251-575-7433. Tickets will be non-refundable. All Covid-19 regulations in place at the time of the play’s production will be followed.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts with additional generous support provided by Alabama State Council on the Arts, Alabama Tourism Department and MW Smith Jr Foundation, Gate Precast, Peoples Exchange Bank of Monroe County and R & R Contractors.

For more information, contact:

Wanda Green, Executive Director

Monroe County Museum

31 N. Alabama Avenue

Monroeville, AL 36460

251-575-7433

mchm@frontiernet.net

monroecountymuseum.org