Coffee House 

Creative writer Tierny Touch performs "Sruk Khmer," a spoken word piece about her Cambodian roots

Coffee House is an annual event featuring a collaboration of the arts areas at Douglas Anderson. A theme is selected by the Junior and Senior creative writing classes in early fall. Recent themes have included Ancient Voices, Doors & Keys, Architecture, Electricity, and Destinations. The 2022 theme will be announced in late September. 

All students have the opportunity to audition their work in collaboration with another art form, such as writing and dance. All work must be 100% original, from the writing to the choreography, and incorporate the theme in its interpretation.

Coffee House is held in the DA Gym and the adjacent outdoor amphitheater. 

• Event date: Friday, December 2, 2022

Read about Coffee House on jacksonville.com
See more photos from the 2017 show at Lindsey Durham photography

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Creative writing major Olivia Meiller opens the 2017 show

Writers Terrence Scott & Kelsey Johnson collaborate for their musical number "Live This Way" at Coffee House 2015

Reece Braswell, a creative writer, shares her vocal and instrumental skills at Coffee House 2016

Musical theater major Rhea Ailani performs "Paint Me Pretty," a humorous and poignant musical number about talent, self-worth, and showbiz

2016 Coffee House cast after the show

Evette Davis (right) performs her original one-act play with fellow creative writer Emma Sprague.

Shelby Woods and Noland Blain rehearse "Motel 6," a pair of lyrical tag-team monologues set during a police investigation

For 2017's theme "destinations," Ashley Chatmon delivers a powerful spoken word poem about race in America titled "Destination Nowhere."

Students from vocal, guitar, creative writing, and other arts areas make up the band The Rugrats

Hannah Bardhi and Kanga Jamba collaborate to create a beautiful performance with dance and spoken word