Dinner in Drag
February 20 • 7–8pm
Get the party started early and spend the night with all your friends at MOCA! Diamonds! Stilettos! Furs! Pay tribute to America’s most loved blonde bombshell with a special evening at Café Nola. The night includes the reception, the play and the party!
$44 Members/$49 Non-Members
Tickets are available at the following locations:
- Cafe Nola @ MOCA – 333 North Laura Street – Downtown
- Purchase your tickets online now!
- At the door the night of the event, but there are a limited number of tickets being sold.
Champagne Reception
7-8pm
- passed hors d’oeuvres
- champagne
- signature cocktails
Marilyn: Forever Blonde.
8-9:30pm
Celebrate the glamour that was Marilyn — her rise to stardom, her views on sex, fame, and the men in her life in a play crafted entirely from Marilyn’s own words and songs performed during her movie career.
After Glow Party
9:30-2am
- Galleries will be open until midnight so that attendees may see Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe
- Attendees who come in Drag will receive a free “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” martini
- There will be a Glam Squad corner sponsored by Lockstar Studio providing professional hair and make-up touch ups with costumes provided by Lee Hamby & Players By the Sea.
- Live DJ spinning house music and the soundtracks for Drag Queen performances.
- Drag Queen Review featuring some of Jacksonville’s most beloved Drag Queens. Including Sondra Todd, Josephine Longstroke, China & Beverly Wilde.
Café Nola will be open to serve light dinner & classic 50s dishes with a modern twist.
After Glow Party Only
If you can’t make it to the Champagne Reception or Marilyn: Forever Blonde but still want to party the night away, tickets to the After Glow Party can be purchased for $15 at the door, by calling Café Nola at 366-6911 ext. 231 online here.
- Lockstar Studio – 869 Stockton Street #5 (Riverside) – CASH ONLY
- Incahoots Nightclub – 711 Edison Avenue (Riverside) – CASH ONLY