Community Concert Hall to stage “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old”

featuring Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes

Durango, CO – Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes bring their unique “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old” stage show to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m. As the duo notes, “Every saga has a middle age, and this is what happens when Jay and Silent Bob get old.”

As discussion of sex and drugs, and use of profanity are part of the comedic and sometimes sentimental show, it is not recommended for children.

A New Jersey born and bred actor, Jason Mewes burst onto cinema screens in 1994 playing the grass-smoking, fast-talking, foul-mouthed and over-sexed – but very likeable – Jay in Kevin Smith’s classic indie comedy Clerks. The off-beat and philosophical drug dealing characters of Jay and Silent Bob, created by Mewes and Smith, were reprised in additional films directed by Smith: Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks 2. Mewes has gone on to perform in additional non-Smith projects including, Pauly Shore is Dead, My Big Fat Independent Movie and Feast.

The “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old” stage show was originally launched by Smith as a podcast recorded live in front of an audience as a weekly intervention for Mewes (now clean and sober), whose drug addiction had spiraled out of control. The podcasts proved widely popular and the Jay and Silent Bob tour followed.

Smith and Mewes have now performed more than 100 “Get Old” shows across the country, and no two performances are alike. Typically, however, Smith will always quietly watch on stage as his close friend Mewes pours out his stories, and Smith even encourages the more alarming ones, insisting the audience heed them as cautionary lessons.

Listen to the earlier podcasts of “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old” at www.smodcast.com, ranked #1 on iTunes comedy podcasts.

Tickets for “Jay and Silent Bob Get Old” – $29/$34/$39 – are available by calling 970.247.7657, on the web at www.durangoconcerts.com, or visit the ticket office inside the Welcome Center at 8th St. and Main Ave. in Downtown Durango. Purchase tickets to three or more Concert Hall productions in one sales transaction and receive 10 percent off each ticket. Discounts cannot be combined, and all sales final.

Showtime is 7 p.m., with doors to the Concert Hall and concessions, serving beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages and snacks, opening at 6 p.m. On show day, the box office at the Concert Hall will be open one hour prior to curtain, and remain open through intermission. When no intermission is scheduled, ticket sales will continue one hour past curtain.

The Community Concert Hall is a not-for-profit, multi-use performance venue located on the campus of Fort Lewis College. Its ability to bring a diverse spectrum of shows to Southwest Colorado is made possible through a partnership with the college, a state-supported, independent institution of higher education, and through financial and in-kind contributions from generous members of the community.