ABET announces 17th Season
ABET announces 17th Season
2008-09 Plays Schedule
Don't Miss a Minute of Our Exciting 17th Season!
The Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre (ABET) is proud to present high-quality drama, comedy, and musical theater productions and staged readings. Shows include original works, revivals, classics, and plays not previously produced locally. While ABET is in the heart of Atlantic Beach, at the Adele Grage Cultural Center, they attract theater-goers from the entire Jacksonville and Northeast Florida area.
Nunsense (Musical)
By Dan Goggin
Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Off-Broadway Musical in its original New York production.
"A hail of fun and frolic! Wacky and outrageous with a hysterical anything-goes sense of fun!" - NY Times
Admission: $20 - Main Stage Musical
September 12-14, 18-21, 25-27, 2008
Rear End (Comedy-Thriller)
By Richard Wolf
This original play by Fernandina Beach and former New York playwright, Richard Wolf, is a howling, comic spoof of the famous classic movie thriller, Rear Window. Just in time for Halloween!
Admission: $10 (not included with season pass) - ABET Two
October 17-19, 24-25, 2008
Sanders Family Christmas (Musical Comedy)
By Connie Ray
Sequel to the popular hit Smoke on the Mountain. The Sanders family keeps the audience laughing, clapping and singing along with over two dozen Christmas favorites. A richly entertaining, wildly infectious musical.
Admission: $20 - Main stage musical
December 5-7, 11-14, 18-20, 2008
Love Letters (Comedy-Drama)
By A.R. Gurney
A unique and imaginative theater experience comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. Evocative, touching, and frequently funny.
Admission: $15; $12 for seniors (65 & older), students, military - Main stage
January 9-10, 16-18, 22-24, 2009
Forrest (Courtroom Drama)
By Tom Hickman
In this original script, Jacksonville playwright Tom Hickman gives Nathan Bedford Forrest the war crimes trial he never received in reality. He gets his day in court, withstands withering cross-examination, and must abide by the verdict that you, the audience choose to give him.
Admission: $15; $12 for seniors (65 & older), students, military - Main stage
February 27-28, March 6-8, 12-14, 2009
Hughie (Drama)
By Eugene O'Neill
One of O'Neill's last works. Originally intended as part of a series of short plays, but became the lone survivor when O'Neill mysteriously destroyed the others.
"…it has a deep interest and importance for those fascinated by our foremost dramatist…" - NY Post
Admission: $10 (not included with season pass) - ABET Two
April 3-5, 10-11, 2009
The Exact Center of the Universe (Comedy-Drama)
By Joan Vail Thorne
"A charming, insightful reflection on age, change, situational morality, the limitations of love and the difficulty of feeling at home in the world …wise and funny…" - NY Times
"A delightful, old-fashioned, well-made play…tickles with its juicy dialogue and zesty characters." - NY Magazine
Admission: $15; $12 for seniors (65 & older), students, military - Main stage
May 15-16, 22-24, 28-30, 2009
Show times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 8 PM; Sunday: 2 PM
Box office opens: 45 minutes before show
Doors open: 30 minutes before show
Reception after each Opening Night show!
Reservations and Information: 904-249-7177
Location of performances:
Adele Grage Cultural Center
716 Ocean Blvd., corner of 7th St.
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Mailing address:
ABET
1015 Atlantic Blvd., #175
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Email: celiaabet@gmail.com
Home page: http://www.abettheatre.com
