The Last Night of Prohibition, with Joe the Bartender Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) presents The Wet & The Dry: The Last Night of Prohibition, with Joe the Bartender, written and performed by Bruce Collier, February 20 at 7.30 p.m. An audience walks into a bar…and meets Joe the Bartender. We’re in a speakeasy somewhere in Cincinnati. It’s December 4, 1933, nearly midnight. At the stroke of 12, the Noble Experiment that was Prohibition will come to its legal end. After nearly 13 years, a fellow can buy a beer, or a whiskey, without having to look over his shoulder. Joe has been there, done that, and before he closes, he’d like to share a story or two. About saloons, temperance, human nature, the United States government, and what all these Whoops and Jingles might have meant. Join Bruce Collier for “The Wet & The Dry,” his fourth Storyteller Series play for Emerald Coast Theatre Company. His previous three shows, “Three Palaces at Yalta,” “The Fall of April,” and “Winston Churchill: Through the Storm” all had their world premieres at ECTC.

Nathanael Fisher, co-founder and producing artistic director of ECTC says, “Take a trip back in time as Joe the Bartender tells stories of a time when “grabbing a drink” could earn you time in the clink.”

The Wet & The Dry: The Last Night of Prohibition, with Joe the Bartender will be staged in ECTC’s Second Stage area located on the second floor of 560 Grand Boulevard in Grand Boulevard Town Center in Miramar Beach. Tickets are between $24 – $40 depending on seat choice. There is an additional processing fee for ticket purchases. Purchase tickets online at www.emeraldcoasttheatre.org. You can now choose your seats when you purchase your tickets.

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ABOUT EMERALD COAST THEATRE COMPANY: Emerald Coast Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2012 by Nathanael Fisher, MFA, and his wife, Anna Fisher, MA. Based in Miramar Beach, Florida, ECTC’s mission is to enrich and entertain the Emerald Coast community through professional and educational theater. ECTC operates year-round with a two-fold mission to provide both educational and professional offerings to the Northwest Florida community. Educational programs include after school and home-school programs, Theatre for Young Audiences productions, field trip opportunities for local children, touring and staged productions, summer camps, workshops and classes. The professional theater efforts are focused on thought-provoking productions and collaborations, as well as acting and improv workshops and classes for adults.

Emerald Coast Theatre Company Presents The Wet & The Dry