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MUD: Starring Matthew McConaughey & Reese Witherspoon

May 21 - May 30

14 year-old Ellis (Tye Sheridan) lives on a makeshift houseboat on the banks of a river in Arkansas with his parents, Mary Lee (Sarah Paulson) and Senior (Ray McKinnon)....

Vanishing Orchards: Come celebrate Apple Growing in Rhode Island

May 23

Vanishing Orchards: Apple Growing in Rhode Island tells the story of how Rhode Island farmers continue to succeed in a business that is inherently risky and fraught with...

Frances Ha: Starring Greta Gerwig

May 31 - June 06

Frances lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend...

Copperhead: Pre-release screening with Director Ron Maxwell in attendance as Fundraiser for Seaman's Church Institute

June 12

COPPERHEAD: A pre-release screening and a fundraiser for the Seaman's Church Institute

Excting new film about the civil war from fillmaker Ron Maxwell who...

National Theatre Live: The Audience Starring Helen Mirren: LIve from London

June 13

‘The Audience is going to be one of the theatrical highlights of 2013.’
Daily Mail

Helen...

Before Midnight:Starring Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke

June 14 - June 27

We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

Before Midnight is an...

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Kickstarter Campaign Success! Digital Conversion Funded

December 28, 2012

WE DID IT! Thanks to all of you!

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94 years on Washington Square

Built in 1834

The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center (JPT) has become known for showing the best movies available, movies that are hand selected to play to the discriminating taste of our audience. We present a mix of first-run movies, documentaries and art films and utilize our stage and venue to bring unique presentations to Newport.