Theatre Jacksonville is a volunteer based community theatre whose mission is to enrich lives and broaden cultural understanding through community participation in theatre arts. This mission supports inclusion and the development of diversity in the Company's artistic, volunteer, audience and donor bases. This goal is achieved through presenting plays and programs of noted artistic excellence, supporting volunteers and students with exceptional training and educational opportunities, and allowing for the development of unique and/or original performance projects and events by Florida artists. The theatre opened in 1919 and is now entering its 91st season. Theatre Jacksonville is located at 2032 San Marco Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.theatrejax.com. Adult tickets will cost $25 for all shows.
Theatre Jacksonville's 91st Season
Classics in San Marco: ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare
SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 3, 2010
A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo's first encounter with Juliet. Within this climate of loathing, two tender lovers discover each other and risk everything to follow their hearts. ROMEO AND JULIET's radical and defiant act illuminates the depths of passion and the price paid when misunderstanding and hatred prevail. Rediscover the world's most enduring love story: a tale of pure passion between the children of sworn enemies. This most beloved of Shakespeare's tragedies is also one of his funniest and the home of some of the greatest characters to live onstage. ROMEO AND JULIET is a must-see for all lovers of theatre, lovers of language, and lovers of a good story. (Rated PG)
A VAMPIRE REFLECTS
by Frank Semerano
NOVEMBER 5 - 20, 2010
Twilight's
Edward Cullen has nothing on zany Count Zescu. The Count, a Vampire from the old country, has taken up residence in the American southwest accompanied only by his coffin and Mattie, an all too amorous co-ed he can't seem to lose. Seemingly stuck in meaningless exile with few available necks to bite, the Count finds a mission: the secret nearby military base is doing awful things with an experimental bomb and the local bat habitat - and he must stop the carnage. It's a campy homage to "creature features" of days gone by! (Rated PG)
RABBIT HOLE
by David Lindsay-Abaire
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 5, 2011
As improbably funny as it is heartbreaking, this story of a family in crisis won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Becca and Howie had the perfect life - a great marriage, a beautiful house, and a lovely son. But after a tragic accident, the couple faces the challenges of surviving great loss and making a life with the family that remains. When Becca's younger and perpetually troubled sister Izzy announces that she is pregnant, the couple's differing styles of grieving are thrown into sharp relief, as Becca's desire to escape the constant reminders of her son clash with Howie's attempts to hang on to details of their little boy's past. (Rated R)
INHERIT THE WIND
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
MARCH 11 - 26, 2011
Considered one of the great American plays of the twentieth century, Lawrence and Lee's gripping, relevant drama is inspired by the famous 1925 Scopes ‘Monkey Trial' when school teacher John Scopes stood accused of violating a Tennessee statute by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution to his students. In this fictionalized account, two legal Titans confront each other when a close knit community puts freedom of thought on trial. A film version of the play, released in 1960 starring
Spencer Tracy and
Gene Kelly, received four Academy Award nominations. (Rated PG)
CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE STAKES
by Bruce Graham
APRIL 29 - MAY 14, 2011
It's a very special day at the racetrack, when track regular "Champagne" Charlie has had a race named in his honor. Charlie decides to place his life's savings, "the whole she-bang" on the race, to the dismay of those closest to him. The play is a heart-warming comedy about love, integrity and growing old gracefully. The Philadelphia Inquirer calls playwright
Bruce Graham's (Moon Over the Brewery) piece: "A gentle comedy with its roots in recognizably human behavior... a lovely piece of work". (Rated PG)
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
music & lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
JUNE 10 - 25, 2011
Get ready to be transported to a magical, wonderful world! A world where the critics are in awe, the audiences are in heaven and the neighborhood is buzzing with excitement. Welcome to THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, a love letter to musical comedy, that's chock full of laughs and boasts the most 2006 Tony Awards of any musical on Broadway! It all begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called "THE DROWSY CHAPERONE," and the show magically bursts to life onstage. We are instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the rafters. (Rated PG)
