A Classic Five and Dime

In “Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean”, the story took place in a Five and Dime store in drought-ridden Texas. With a single interior set, the preshow lighting featured shadowing the store with back lights, creating the look of a store closed down for the night with “emergency” lighting on.

“Come Back…” had two casts - a present and a past and several times both eras were on stage at the same time. To help the audience follow the “Then” and “Now”, the teens were bathed in colors whenever their scene was happening, and the adults were in a stark light. When both casts were on at the same time, areas of the stage were soloed in either the colors or the ambers.

COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN performed in May, 2019 at the Evergreen Playhouse in Centralia, WA.