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Jacksonville University Adjunct Acting Prof. Jason Nettle’s one-man show about 9/11 on Monday, Nov. 4, at Swisher Theater on campus will be preceded by a symposium featuring Nettle and three other JU professors who will provide a pretext to the performance.
“911 Recall: A Symposium” will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 4 in Terry Concert Hal; admission is free. Nettle’s “9/11: We Will Never Forget” is at 7:30 p.m. at Swisher Theater.
Nettle and three other JU panelists will give 10-minute presentations on their perspectives of the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks, and a 15-minute question-and-answer session will follow. The other panelists are Cheryl Sowder, associate professor of art history; Bandar Albuliwi, visiting assistant professor of film; and Brian Palmer, associate professor of dance.
“9/11: We Will Never Forget” was profiled in the Florida Times-Union before his Sept. 9 performance of it at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, where Nettle is the stage manager. He lived in New York at the time of the attacks.
Nettle spent six months researching and four months writing “9/11 We Will Never Forget,” and performed it for the first time on 9/11’s 10th anniversary. In the show, Nettle portrays 17 New Yorkers who were affected by the day’s events in different ways.
“This show will allow you to look into 17 drastically different points of view of the millions that are out there and touch on the humanity and unity we experienced in the minutes, hours, and days after this horrible ordeal,” said JU College of Fine Arts Dean Bill Hill.
The show contains strong language and graphic details.
Tickets for “9/11: We Will Never Forget” are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and military personnel, $5 for children and students, and admission is free for JU students, faculty and staff.
Tickets are available at the Swisher box office or by calling (904) 256-7374.
Click here to read the Times-Union article previewing Nettle’s Alhambra performance of “9/11: We Will Never Forget.”