5 & Dime

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the World Premiere musical “5 & Dime”. Based on the play and film “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” by Ed Graczyk, this rockin’ country musical is centered on the 20th anniversary reunion of a small-town James Dean fan club. As a group of the women catch up and reminisce about the thrilling period when the “Rebel Without a Cause” actor filmed the movie Giant nearby, a stranger arrives to settle old scores. A favorite in TheatreWorks’ 2024 New Works Festival, “5 & Dime” features music by Dan Gillespie Sells (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Everybody's Talking About Jamie”) and book by Ashley Robinson (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Fall of '94”). Actor/activist Shakina (NBC’s “Connecting,” NBC’s “Quantum Leap,” Hulu’s “Difficult People”) writes lyrics and stars as Joanne in this new musical, helmed by TheatreWorks Artistic Director Giovanna Sardelli.