VAPA and the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts will present a live production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” next week. The performances at Spyker Theatre will be Feb. 17-19 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. The play is based on Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which shares her life experiences in Monroeville, Alabama. Mark Clark, a music professor and director of the play, said both ULM students and students from the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts will act in the play. “The cast of the play was chosen from talented acting students at ULM and includes four gifted students from the Strauss Youth Academy for the Arts,” Clark said. Admission is free for ULM students with ID. Faculty and staff admission is $5 and general admission is $10. Tickets are available on the Eventbrite website.