The 20-year-old traveled almost 800 miles from Alabama to Annapolis just to take on the role of rock icon Buddy Holly at the Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre.
To put this in perspective, consider that out-of-town talent in the world of local theater usually means someone from Baltimore or Prince George's County. After all, it's a nonpaying gig.
But Jackson is so enamored of the part, which he first played last winter in a production in his hometown of Birmingham, that he was...
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