 Artists Collaborative Theater will be debuting their 2024 historical fiction production Inherit the Wind beginning on Saturday, March 1st. The genesis of that trial is is obvious in the play, but what this play is about is about the freedom of individuals to think. The play, which is loosely based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, is set in Tennessee where school teacher Bertram Cates is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism. Do you worry about having enough money to last throughout retirement? Give Reed Potter at Raymond James a call. Reed has 26 years experience helping folks enjoy their best life in their retirement years. It's been a good adventure so far, but you know it's a process like anything else. You get a script, you read through the script, you start to learn your lines, you start to learn your character. The director tells you in one meeting or two meetings this is where you stand, this is where you move to, this is how you deliver this and so on and so forth, and we've been doing that. Artists Collaborative Theater's production of Inherit the Wind will debut at the University of Pikeville's Booth Auditorium on Saturday, March 1st at 7.30 p.m. For a list of showtimes and dates, you can visit the Artists Collaborative Theater Facebook page. For Mountain Top News, I'm Kelsea Fidell.