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"For any guy wanting to know what women are really thinking, A Girl's Guide to Chaos ought to be required viewing." – The Tampa Tribune

A Girl's Guide to Chaos

By Cynthia Heimel
Directed by Ami Sallee Corley

Before Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda cut a wide swath through the men of New York on HBO’s acclaimed Sex and the City, Cynthia, Rita and Cleo were doing the same in A Girl’s Guide to Chaos. They were the 1980s creations of Cynthia Heimel, a humorist whose books include Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye and When Your Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll Be Me. If you are a fan of Fran Lebowitz, Bridget Jones’ Diary or Sex and the City, you certainly won’t want to miss this sassy comic venture into the romantic & sexual escapades of the urban female which Jobsite whips up late-night style!

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(L-R) Kari Keller, Shawn Paonessa and Summer Bohnenkamp-Jenkins in A Girl's Guide to Chaos

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Being single, meeting new people, dating again, safe sex, breaking up, supporting despondent friends, then repeating the whole agonizing cycle. It’s the relationship hell of the modern woman, and the adult comedy A Girl’s Guide to Chaos explores that hell with biting wit, sarcasm, and humor. The frustrations of being single run rampant. Some characters staunchly rely on themselves, others hide behind their loneliness, and others desperately cling to a boyfriend, because, darn it, finding a new one is the pits!

A humorist and delightful neo-feminist (someone who views men not as the problem, but part of the solution), Cynthia Heimel has regularly written for Cosmo, Village Voice, and Playboy. She is best known for her hilarious and celebrated book, Sex Tips for Girls, which A Girl’s Guide to Chaos is based on. Learn about “the Great Boyfriend Crunch” and other facts of life for the contemporary single woman in this laugh out loud comedy.

Warning: This show contains adult language and is intended for mature audiences.

Cast & Crew

A Girl’s Guide to Chaos features Summer Bohnenkamp-Jenkins (subUrbia, Cloud Nine, Bloody Poetry) as Cynthia (originated by Debra Jo Rupp of That Seventies Show fame), Kari Keller (Bloody Poetry, and who was also a member of Second City L.A.) as Cleo, Nevada Young Caldwell (MAXWELL, Murder Ballads) as Rita, Katrina Stevenson (Cloud Nine, Titus Andronicus, Dracula) as Lurene and Shawn Paonessa (Cloud Nine, all Complete… (abridged) shows) as Jake, the boyfriend, plus other assorted male roles. This show is directed by Ami Sallee Corley who was chosen Best Director in the 2003 Weekly Planet Best of the Bay edition for Cloud Nine.

Director:
Ami Sallee Corley
   
Cynthia:
Summer Bohnenkamp-Jenkins
Cleo:
Kari Keller
Rita:
Nevada Caldwell
Lurene:
Katrina Stevenson
Jake, et al:
Shawn Paonessa
   
Stage Manager:
David M. Jenkins
Light Designer/
Technical Director:
John Lott

Production History

Jobsite first produced A Girl's Guide to Chaos at the Shimberg Playhouse at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, January 9-25, 2004. Due to popular demand, the show was held over through January 31, 2004.

A Girl's Guide to Chaos held two encore performances, April 16-17, 2005 before touring to the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, April 21-23, 2005.

Tours

Want to us perform at your theater? A Girl's Guide to Chaos is now available for booking by contacting David M. Jenkins at 813.222.1092 or by e-mail. Learn more about our Tour program here.