The First Act Children's Community Theatre Inc.

05/22/2026

Need a fun Summer Camp idea? Ever tried a theatre camp for kids? Been in a play? We still have some spaces in our June 1st to 12th camp and our June 29th to July 10th camp. Both cater for 3rd through 5th Graders but we can be flexible. Contact Aine on 904 509 1472 or email her at [email protected]. Camps run 9am to 1pm Mon to Friday

05/12/2026

Places are filling up for Summer 2026!! June 15th camp is full but still some places left in the below camps.
Summer Camp 2026 Calendar!!!
June 1st to June 12th 3rd- 5th Grade
June 29th to July 10th 3rd - 4th Grade
July 20th to July 24th (one week) 1st - 3rd Grade
July 27th to August 7th Middle to High School Grades 6-9th

Sign up now by emailing Aine at [email protected] or call her on
904 509 1472 with any questions at all.
All camps are from 9am to 1pm daily Mon- Friday
All grades are suggestions in the lower grades so let us know what dates suit best or if siblings would like to attend together!!
Tuition is $260 per child per week
$100 check deposit made payable to The First Act CCT to be sent in advance and non refundable if the booking is canceled within one week of camp.
From rising 2nd through to 10th Graders, there is something for everyone. High School students seeking community service hours who have an interest in theatre and who love working with children are also welcome to apply to volunteer as camp assistants.
Every camp culminates in a full play with lights, sound, costume and props on the last day.
Everything provided apart from basic wardrobe items.
Cooler bag lunch and comfortable clothes are all that's required.
Fun, lively, physical and educational with non stop person to person interaction.
All camps held at The Adele Grage Cultural Center Theatre -
716 Ocean Blvd at 7th Street, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233

04/30/2026

Summer Camp 2026 Calendar!!!
June 1st to June 12th 3rd- 4th Grade

June 15th to 26th 4th-6th Grade
June 29th to July 10th 3rd - 4th Grade
July 20th to July 24th (one week) 1st - 3rd Grade
July 27th to August 7th Middle to High School Grades 6-9th

Sign up now by emailing Aine at [email protected] or call her on
904 509 1472 with any questions at all.

All camps are from 9am to 1pm daily Mon- Friday

All grades are suggestions in the lower grades so let us know what dates suit best or if siblings would like to attend together!!
Tuition is $260 per child per week

$100 check deposit made payable to The First Act CCT to be sent in advance and non refundable if the booking is canceled within one week of camp.

From rising 2nd through to 10th Graders, there is something for everyone. High School students seeking community service hours who have an interest in theatre and who love working with children are also welcome to apply to volunteer as camp assistants.
Every camp culminates in a full play with lights, sound, costume and props on the last day.
Everything provided apart from basic wardrobe items.
Cooler bag lunch and comfortable clothes are all that's required.
Fun, lively, physical and educational with non stop person to person interaction.

All camps held at The Adele Grage Cultural Center Theatre -
716 Ocean Blvd at 7th Street, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233

04/28/2026

A very special show this weekend at The First Act. Our fourth Reminiscence Theatre Project, 'Once Upon Our Time'
culminated in our show, 'The Past As A Present' and was a great success. Thanks to the city of Atlantic Beach for their grant towards putting it all together. And to our Mayor Curtis Ford and Leah for coming to support the children on Saturday.
Thanks to all the children and their parents for all the hard work and encouragement and to Holly Blanton Art for the tremendous work she put into her wonderful sets. Thanks to Bella, Jillian, Nora, Carolina and Leah for all the tech and semester help and to Nico for the photographs.
Thanks to all the staff at Possibilities Plus thrift store for their support with costuming and props.
To Sarah McCawley for her writing contribution and to Ingrid McCawley for all their work with the Reminiscence Group. And especially to all the reminiscence participants for sharing their childhood stories with the children. We will miss you and all the chats on Mondays and the spontaneous breaking into songs. It was a fabulous time and your stories will be treasured by us all.
If I forgot to thank you please fogive me and consider yourself well and truly thanked for your help.
Next up, Summer Camp Bookings are on our website thefirstactcct.org

04/28/2026

12/17/2025

Throwback to 2012 and ABET's production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, featuring the children from The First Act. They are all somewhere out there, hopefully having a wonderful life. It was a fantastic production. They were so proud that people had to pay to come and see them! Merry Christmas to you all, wherever you are and thanks for the memories, ya hooligans!

12/01/2025

We are open for registrations for this beautiful 12 week group for seniors. If you know anyone who might be interested, please get in touch. We would be happy to answer any questions. Just call or email Aine

11/24/2025

Perfect for people who don't get out much but who would befenit from meeting up in a social setting to share stories and be part of something educational and interesting over coffee. This free 12 week group will br run at The Adele Grage Cultural Centre from Jan to April.

11/24/2025

https://voyagejacksonville.com/interview/check-out-aine-healy-richardsons-story

The nice people at Voyage Jacksonville Magazine interviewed Ms Aine about our program past, present and future. If you have any friends who might like to join our Reminiscence/Theatre Project in January, do get in touch. We need some middle school children to take part too. So please spread the word about it. Sorry it's so long. I'm old.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Aine Healy Richardson. Hi Aine, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today? Originally from Dublin, Ireland, I [.....

10/22/2025

The First Act are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant by the city of Atlantic Beach to help us with a very special Intergenerational Reminiscence Theatre Project in the Spring semester of 2026. The Project involves local seniors who will be invited to take part in a 12 week Reminiscence group where they will share memories of their lives from childhood to present day. They will meet with a group of children from our drama program at the outset and answer questions and tell stories to the children about their experiences at the same ages as the children. The children will then begin work with Aine and Sarah McCawley and other community volunteers to turn the stories into theatre in the form of Vignettes which the children will rehearse and perform in April 2026. The seniors and their families will be invited to come and see the performances based on their storied and to be honored. Over the course of the Reminiscence Group meetings, the seniors will also act as consultants to the production. We are very excited to bring our third Reminiscence Theatre Project to the stage at The Adele Grage and very grateful to the city for their interest and financial support in this innovative community based program. Thank you so much!!
Photos are from previous shows