A Lesson Before Dying

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Previews: January 25, 26, 27, and 31
Opening: February 1
Run: January 25 – February 24
Talkbacks: January 27 and February 7

January 25 – February 24

By Romulus Linney
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines
Directed by Ed Smith

This powerful adaptation of Ernest Gaines 1993 National Book Critics Award winning novel centers on a young African-American man wrongly sentenced to death in a deeply prejudiced 1940’s. Through a reluctant school teacher, he is taught how to live and die with grace and dignity. A Lesson Before Dying is about the ways in which people insist on declaring the value of their lives and addresses the basic predicament of what it is to be a human being. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and an Oprah’s Book Club choice.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings at 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 3 p.m.

Call or stop by the Jubilee Box Office at 817-338-4411, Tuesday thru Friday from noon to 6 p.m. or 45 minutes before curtain time.

Our History

Jubilee Theatre was incorporated in 1982 and received 501(c)(3) status in May 1983. After one season at 1801 East Vickery, the Board of Directors under the leadership of Darwin and Muriel Mendoza decided to become what the local press affectionately called a “gypsy theatre"… performing in local theaters or nightclubs, filling in on off days, and occasionally getting a chance at weekend runs.

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