Upcoming Events at The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company
Sat Jul 13, 10:00 AM - Sat Jul 13, 8:30 PM
The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company
112 Adams Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Community: Westside
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presents SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE FESTIVAL One-Act play festivals are a popular way for audiences to experience a lot of great storytelling in a short period of time. The 5 & Dime’s Short Attention Span Theatre Festival will showcase works that usually last under a
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SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
One-Act play festivals are a popular way for audiences to experience a lot of great storytelling in a short period of time. The 5 & Dime’s Short Attention Span Theatre Festival will showcase works that usually last under an hour, directed by seasoned artists and some surprising newcomers. It’s the same great storytelling The 5 & Dime has become famous for... only in bite-sized pieces! Join us as we bring you as many compelling stories that we can fit in one day!
Saturday, July 13, beginning at 10:00amSee below for full schedule of one act plays
The 5 & Dime112 East Adams Streetin Downtown JacksonvilleDIRECTIONS
All-Access Passes are $40, and provide entry to any or all one act plays, with the exception of THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD.**All-Access Pass buyers will receive an Access Code in their confirmation email for the purchase of $10 tickets to the July 13, 9pm Special Performance of THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD, written and performed by Al Letson. Additional performance dates available. Click HERE for more information.**
Walk-up tickets for each individual one act will be available, first come, first served, for $10 each beginning 15 minutes before curtain.
SCHEDULE:
10:00am - A Eulogy for Jack Cole10:50am - Medea Redux11:35am - Gruesome Playground Injuries12:35pm - Sure Thing2:00pm - Far Away3:20pm - A Sky Full of Airplanes / Pain4:15pm - For Whom the Souther Belle Tolls5:00pm - The Humanoid Chicken is a Metaphor7:00pm - Apartments
**9pm - The Centre Cannot Hold - Special Performance**The summer of 2017 has been named by some as "The Summer of Hate." Starting with Charlottesville, VA, violent protests broke out across the country. During that summer, nationally-syndicated radio host and First Coast native, Al Letson, covered a protest in Berkeley, CA for Reveal, the multi-platform medium of The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit organization founded in 1977. The "Rally Against Hate " brought protestors, counter-protestors, Antifa, right wing agitators, and police face to face. At that rally, Letson saw five masked protestors beating an unarmed man. Using his body as a human shield, Letson protected the man from being seriously injured. When it was all ov
