“Florida Blue and Florida Theatre share a mission to enhance our community’s
quality of life,” said Darnell Smith, Florida Blue Market President. “We
do it by helping people achieve better health, and Florida Theatre does it by
bringing diverse and memorable arts and entertainment experiences to our
community. We love supporting the Florida Theatre because it makes our
community such a vibrant place to live. There is nothing quite like the unique,
historic Jacksonville landmark that is Florida Theatre.”
"The historic Florida Theatre is pleased to play its part in providing
Northeast Florida with the music, dance and theatre programs that are part of
what gives Jacksonville the unique character that we have all come to
appreciate, and expect, as residents of a great city,” said Florida Theatre
President, Numa Saisselin. “The theatre earns 85% of its annual budget from
its business activities, and support from the business community, like our
returning Corporate Partner Florida Blue, helps to close that small budget gap
every year and keep the Florida Theatre and its programs something special for
our community.”
The historic, nonprofit Florida Theatre is sponsored by Community First Credit
Union. For a complete list of upcoming events or to buy tickets visit the
Theatre's official web site floridatheatre.com.
About Florida’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield: The company, has been
providing health insurance to residents of Florida for more than 75 years.
Driven by its mission of helping people and communities achieve better health,
the company serves more than 5 million health care members across the state. In
total, Florida Blue and its affiliated companies serve 45 million people in 45
states. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., it is an independent licensee of
the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
About Florida Theatre: Located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the
historic Florida Theatre first opened its doors in 1926, and is famous for a
series of six Elvis Presley performances in 1956 covered by Life magazine.
Restored and reopened in 1983 as a nonprofit performing arts center, today the
Florida Theatre is recognized as one of the Top 10 most attended theatres in
the US under 2,000 seats according to Pollstar magazine, and the #1 most
attended sports and entertainment venue in the State of Florida under 2,000
seats according to VenuesNow magazine. The theatre is managed by The Florida
Theatre Performing Arts Center, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, and is an active
promoter of its own programing. 175-200 music, dance, theatre, comedy and arts
education performances take the Florida Theatre stage every year. In recent
years the theatre has been seen on Showtime (Larry Wilmore), AXS TV (Lynyrd
Skynyrd) and Netflix (Katt Williams), and heard on NPR (Whad’ya Know?).
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