With our 25th Anniversary of the restoration right around the corner, we are pleased to announce another restoration we have almost completed!

As many of you have noticed our website has gone through quite an extreme makeover, one it needed! The main reason behind the change was so that we, the staff have the ability to update the site daily. In this business things are constantly changing and now the site can change with us.

One of the best parts of the new site is the interactive blog! What a concept!!! We received many complaints before about our novel of a blog and how you couldn’t leave or make a comment. Well now you can so start letting us know what you think.  As you can tell, Katie and I are pretty random about what we choose to blog about. But thanks to everyone who reads it!

Something else we felt very important to include in the site is the information about our annual Art After Dark. In the past we had a completely separate site for this, but now it is so easy to find! Look under...

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Ahoy, me hearty!

This year's Talk Like a Pirate Day be on this here day, the 19th o' September. I decided to scribble me blog about what a fine holiday this day be. With all the international swash bucklin' and arrr-ing going on, we fine people at th' Florida Theatre feel we need to do some representin'. Cap'n Hart started the day off with a great, enthusiastic "Arrrr!" just to make sure we was all remembrin' what this day be. Th' staff resounded with a solid "Aye, aye, Cap'n. Aye, aye." Now that e'ryone be on the same page, we could get goin' with th' day.

First off, me hearty Kendall and meself did some workin' on our new site on the Web of ye internets this mornin'. The old site be restin' in peace in Davy Jones' locker, down there at the bottom of the seas. Ne'er to be seen again! Do yerself a favor and go check it out. It be prividin' lots of impressive, enlightenin' facts and such about th' theatre and what be goin' on we vessel here. Arrr, mateys!

The Cap'n and a few of us crew handsomely...

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There has been a question that has curiously popped up in my life in more ways than one quite recently. It really came to my attention after reading the question posed by a character in a book I’ve been reading, just a week or so after it was posed to me by a friend, who we could consider quite a character as well. Do I dazzle you? Hmm…interesting. A forward question, yes. Fundamentally, to dazzle is to hinder one from thinking clearly, to be so brilliantly overwhelming for one to act without normal, logical behavior. Wow. That’s quite a power to have over another human being. The character in my book is found to be dazzling by his counterpart, obsessively so. I like to say that I’ll admit to being dazzled by a few persons, places and things in my life. When I was 10, my room was plastered with Jonathan Taylor Thomas posters. I don’t know if that constitutes dazzling, maybe just obsession. I had a bag once that was bedazzled. But I don’t think that counts either. Japan was dazzling. There were many...

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With help from Fay, I have rediscovered reading. For the last two weeks I have been submerged in stories about wizards and vampires- two entities I normally steer clear of. After visiting my roommate’s elementary classroom, I decided to give Harry Potter a chance. I have never seen a movie or read one of J.K. Rowling’s famous novels, so my knowledge of Mr. Potter was merely that he was a literary phenomenon. I never understood what all the hype was about and how so many different types of people, ages, girls and guys, etc could be so obsessed with wizards! Well after reading about Harry’s first year at Hogwarts, I get it. I think the best way to describe how you can get sucked into these books is by the quote: " Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are." Mason Cooley So far I have read Year 1 and 2 as well as seen the movies, which just like the books- are captivating. I’m about to finish Year 3, and then it’s movie time before moving on…. Now, not only have I hooked...

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 Due to the recent stormy weather, Jacksonville has turned into “Overreactionville,” a new nickname for the River City that I just recently read on one particular social network...

I’ve got it. I really didn’t see it coming. It keeps me up at night and constantly distracted. I have Olympic fever. Woooooo!!!! Go USA!! It all started last Saturday night. A group of us (about 10 people actually), were enjoying dinner at Al’s Pizza when we realized- MICHAEL PHELPS is going for his first gold medal in this Olympics. As we all huddled around to get a view of this iconic athlete, the energy was contagious. We caused quite a scene, but it didn’t matter- the cheering continued and the celebration had everyone on their feet when his first gold was achieved. And that’s when it started. So for the last 5 nights I have been glued to NBC. I’ve caught a few beach volleyball games, but my main focus has been swimming and gymnastics (and when track and field begins, I’ll have my fix!). I’ve seen Mr. Phelps win all 6 of his Gold’s...

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I will be taking a road trip today. Packing up the Honda, plugging in the new 80 gig and peeling out. Ahead of us, my best friend Brittany and me, will be about two-and-a-half hours of beautiful Florida highway, some ridiculous singing, a possible caffeine pit stop and a college town, complete with our two other best friends. Yes, Jacksonville, I am calling the next two days a Tallahassee weekend. And it couldn’t come at a better time. A transitional period always calls for a vacation. Our season will begin soon, within the few months (so be on the lookout for all our upcoming shows!), and with that the sleepy summer will pass. Many nights out of the week will be spent at the theatre, far past the usually 9-5ers. Everyone kicks into high gear, and we all become a little nuttier than before. But that’s the sparkle of working in a theatre; it gets your blood moving and your mind working. So before that tidal wave comes, I’ll wade myself across the state to spend some quality time with the people I love,...

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I will be taking a road trip today. Packing up the Honda, plugging in the new 80 gig and peeling out. Ahead of us, my best friend Brittany and me, will be about two-and-a-half hours of beautiful Florida highway, some ridiculous singing, a possible caffeine pit stop and a college town, complete with our two other best friends. Yes, Jacksonville, I am calling the next two days a Tallahassee weekend. And it couldn’t come at a better time. A transitional period always calls for a vacation. Our season will begin soon, within the few months (so be on the lookout for all our upcoming shows!), and with that the sleepy summer will pass. Many nights out of the week will be spent at the theatre, far past the usually 9-5ers. Everyone kicks into high gear, and we all become a little nuttier than before. But that’s the sparkle of working in a theatre; it gets your blood moving and your mind working. So before that tidal wave comes, I’ll wade myself across the state to spend some quality time with the people I love,...

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Katie and I are collaborating on this blog and going to put the food critics of the world to shame. No, not really, but we will tell you about the great places to eat here in Jacksonville! Monday Al’s Pizza (Riverside) - definitely one of our favorite places in Jacksonville. On this particular day I had a BBQ Chicken calzone, which sounds crazy, but the combo of cheese, chicken and bbq sauce is unbeatable! Katie had the classic- Al’s Chicken Salad, and that will make anyone a salad lover. Tuesday Lunch: We were lucky enough to have a “lunch meeting” with Gayle (AAF Prez, boss’s wifey, good friend!) and ordered a little bit of everything they had!!! We munched on tabouleh, stuffed grape leaves, fried kibbie, meat pie, falafel, labneh and makdous. If you are unfamiliar with any of these terms (which we were, no worries) visit http://www.thecasbahcafe.com/. All was delicious! Dinner: Moss Fire Grill!!!! (Five Points) First of all we got the best place to sit- the couches upstairs! Feels like you are...

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