WILKES-BARRE, PA – Critically-acclaimed documentary film Agnes will return to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, PA on Friday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. The special screening will take place on the 51st anniversary of the Agnes Flood of 1972 that devastated much of the Wyoming Valley.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 6 at 10:00 a.m. and are available online at kirbycenter.org, at the F.M. Kirby Center Box Office, and charge by phone at 570-826-1100
Tickets to the screening are $10. All proceeds benefit the Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society. DVDs will be available ONLY at the show.
About Agnes
Agnes premiered at The Kirby last June 23 to a sold-out house and, due to popular demand, three additional screenings were added. The documentary includes rare photographs, local news footage, newspaper clippings, interviews with Agnes survivors, and, for the first time ever, archived national network footage. It was not shown on television. Hailed as “emotional,” “powerful” and “inspiring,” the film serves as a testament to the strength and fortitude of the people of the Wyoming Valley, who overcame what at the time was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. DVDs will be available ONLY at the show.
Learn more about Agnes here.
About the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
The F.M. Kirby Center is a historic Art Deco-Moderne-style performing arts center located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Photo Caption: Critically-acclaimed documentary film Agnes will return to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, PA on Friday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m.
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