Gorey Stories
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Get your learn on when Tampa Bay's original "Bad Boys of Abridgement" return to give audiences a crash course on the best of Western Literature in All the Great Books (abridged). This time around, they cover 89 of the greatest books in 90 minutes. They study hard so that you don't have to!
This is the (abridged) cast and crew Tampa audiences have come to love since Jobsite produced The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). They've also presented abridgements of The Bible and American History. All of those productions were area premieres, enjoyed sold-out runs and ranked as Top 10 plays by Creative Loafing.
"The actors are unwilling to let any member of the audience have a bad time, and their simple joy is infectious. They are absolutely fearless and unending fun," said the St. Petersburg Times of Jobsite's Shakespeare (abridged) effort.
In the tradition of earlier (abridged) shows, All the Great Books uses vaudeville and circus humor: giant silly props, goofy wigs and costumes, musical numbers and audience participation – whether they like it or not! (Bring a poncho if you plan to sit in the front!)
It's a fast, funny and physical performance with a flair for current events. It's as if the Marx brothers took over a street circus and added material from The Daily Show and Tenacious D. It's new vaudeville imbued with an anarchistic rock 'n' roll sensibility and a healthy dose of satirical commentary that's pure Jobsite.
Seeing "an (abridged) anything at Jobsite" was listed as the #12 "thing you gotta do" to be considered a true Bay area resident by Creative Loafing just earlier this year.
See all the world's great poems combined into a single piece, watch as Little Women is explained in football X's and O's and marvel at Don Quixote performed completely en Espaņol - just make sure you don't arrive late or let your phone go off during the show!