Box Office – First Date
First Date
Mar 10 – May 20, 2012
A collaboration of The 5th Avenue Theatre & ACT: A Contemporary Theatre.
The hilarious new musical about one date, two people, and all the voices in their heads. How can they know if they're right for each other when old boyfriends, ex-fiancées, best friends, pushy relatives, and even the waiter keep offering unsolicited advice? First Date will be performed in the intimate Falls Theatre at ACT. ACT Theatre is located at 700 Union Street, just two short blocks east of the The 5th Avenue Theatre.
Book By: Austin Winsberg
Music and Lyrics By: Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner
Directed By: Bill Berry
Parental Guidelines
Rated PG 13
Please note: First Date is a new musical with the script subject to change.
Adult Language: First Date is a contemporary musical that contains both strong language and sexual references; it is not suitable for very young theatergoers.
Violence: None
Sexual References: The entire play takes place during Aaron and Casey's first date: most of it occurs in a restaurant. Both characters, however, imagine encounters with past sexual partners who interfere with this budding relationship; they also imagine that they hear their best friends, who offer dating tips (other customers in the restaurant intermittently take on these roles). In particular, Aaron imagines Gabe, his cocky, arrogant friend who considers himself a ladies' man, giving him (bad) advice from the "Gabe School of Dating." The main characters also ask and answer questions during their dinner together about their past relationships. One character (Casey's best friend Reggi) is gay.
Drugs/Alcohol: The characters drink wine and beer. They also discuss past drug use (one has used drugs, the other has not).
Plan Your Visit
Location
First Date will be performed in the intimate Falls Theatre at ACT. ACT is located in downtown Seattle, at the corner of 7th Avenue and Union Street.
Parking
Washington State Convention & Trade Center Garage, located at 8th Avenue and Pike Street. Evening prices are $6 after 5:00 p.m. and $7 during the day (subscribing members pay only $4). The nearest parking garage for 5th Avenue Theatre season ticket holders is across the street at the Union Square Garage.
Accessibility
Parking for People with Disabilities Parking for people with disabilities is available at the Convention Center Garage. If you require wheelchair-accessible seating, please contact our Ticket Office, service@acttheatre.org or (206) 292-7676.
Passenger Drop-Off Area A passenger drop-off area is conveniently located just off the right lane of Convention Place (in the Convention Center underpass). The entrance to ACT is located through the doors of the Convention Center, next to the entrance to Moby's Restaurant.
Assistive Listening Devices ACT is equipped with the SCR/Sennheiser Listening Enhancement System, which amplifies stage sounds with the aid of headsets. Headsets are available free of charge in the lobby. And they're not only for people with hearing loss! Headsets can be helpful for anyone wanting a bit of extra help to catch every line.
Large Print Programs Available for every ACT Mainstage production. Just ask a House Staff member before the show.
Children
Our general recommendation is age 14 and older. However, we recommend that you call our Ticket Office at (206) 292-7676 to verify if a particular show is appropriate for you and your family.
As a courtesy to our audience and actors on stage, ACT does not allow at any time babes in arms or anyone younger than age five. Everyone entering the theatre must have a ticket.
Cameras, cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices
Photographic or recording equipment are not allowed in the theatre. As a courtesy to our audience and actors on stage, we ask that all cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices be turned off BEFORE the show.
Food and Drink
Beverages and snacks are available in the lobbies before the performance and during intermission. Our full bar includes a selection of wines and beers, as well as a complete array of top shelf mixed cocktails. At concessions, we offer fine chocolates, an assortment of candies, nuts, mints, and cookies. We also offer coffee, juices, sodas and water.We allow drinks in our theatres, provided they are in a plastic cup with no ice. No glass allowed. And, please, no food.
The 5th Avenue / ACT Theatre Partnership
First Date is a co-production of The 5th Avenue Theater and ACT: A Contemporary Theatre. It follows in the footsteps of last season's Vanities, the inaugural co-production which played during the spring of 2011.
The 5th Avenue and ACT Theatre began these partnerships in order to stage musicals they might not otherwise produce on their own. With shared resources, the theaters can explore a wide variety of new and lesser known musicals. The Falls Theater at ACT is an ideal space to stage the more intimate musicals selected for these partnerships.
The 5th Avenue is extremely pleased to continue the partnership with ACT Theatre for the 2011-12 season with First Date. This production offers a remarkable chance for 5th Avenue subscribers and single-ticket buyers alike to experience the birth of a brand new musical comedy, as well as to visit one of Seattle’s foremost theaters, perhaps for the very first time.
ACT: A Contemporary Theatre is located at 700 Union Street, just two short blocks northeast of The 5th Avenue Theatre.