The Sit-In Experience: Ax-Handle Saturday FREE ADMISSION

Name: The Sit-In Experience: Ax-Handle Saturday FREE ADMISSION
Start: 2025-08-24T15:00:00-04:00
Location: WJCT Studios

Schedule

Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

WJCT Studios | Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, FL – Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, Theatre that Enlightens, is excited to present an immersive theatrical presentation of The Sit-In Experience: Ax-Handle Saturday. Stage Aurora will have one performance, FREE ADMISSION, Sunday, August 24 at 3:00pm at WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32202. The Experience is created and directed by Darryl Reuben Hall, a veteran of the stage.
Tentatively scheduled to appear: Rodney Hurst Sr. (Author, It was never about a hotdog and a Coke), Dr. Chris Janson, Deborah McDuffie and the Ritz Voices plus a cast of 40 actors who will bring the reenactment to life. The general audience will partake in a talkback/town hall on the experience and how not to repeat these atrocities from the past led by surviving participants, family members, city officials, and historians.
The Sit-In Experience: Ax Handle Saturday is an immersive reenactment of a 1960 Sit-In that occurred August 27, 1960 at Woolworth's Department Store and Hemming Plaza in downtown Jacksonville. The Experience will reenact Black students protesting at an 'All white' lunch counter. The Experience will fuse Entertainment, ‘Step’, Part Script, Improvisational Theatre and a cappella Negro music to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of Ax-Handle Saturday.
This production contains instances of strong language that may be upsetting to some audience members.
To RSVP and for more information, visit our website StageAurora.org, or https://givebutter.com/Sit-InExperience. Admission is Free, however a suggested donation of $20 is appreciated, or Pay What You Can to help cover production costs.
Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, founded in 2001, has produced 200+ productions of award-winning theatre in FL. Our goal is to produce 'Theatre that Enlightens'. We aim to build bridges of understanding between cultures in relation to the human experience.