The Guys

By Anne Nelson

Directed by Shawn Paonessa

Sep. 8 – 25, 2011

Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm

Tickets: $24.50

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

Winner!

Creative Loafing Best of the Bay – Best Actor – Paul Potenza

Days after 9/11, Joan, a New York City editor, is asking the same question Americans are asking everywhere: "what can I possibly do?" Then, she meets Nick, an FDNY captain who lost most of his men in the attack. He needs someone with the tools to help him craft the eulogies. The afternoon meeting turns to evening, as Nick and Joan recall these ordinary guys: their humor, their faults, their passions. In the process, they discover the possibilities of friendship, their shared love for the unconquerable spirit of the city, and of course, the tango.

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Quills

By Doug Wright

Directed by David M. Jenkins

Extended! Oct. 20 – Nov. 13, 2011

Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm

Tickets: $24.50

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

This brilliantly inventive and heart-stopping scary thriller comes just in time for Halloween as Jobsite continues their very own holiday tradition. A prominent true crime novelist enters a secluded mental institution to interview a serial killer. Mindgame has been riveting audiences on London's West End, and now Tampa Bay audiences will see what the buzz is about. Adapted by Anthony Horowitz from his novel.

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The 39 Steps

By Patrick Barlow, based on the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Directed by Katrina Stevenson

Extended! Jan. 12 – Feb. 5, 2012

Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm

Tickets: $24.50

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

Likely the surprise of the season to the Jobsite faithful, this 1965 Tony Award winner for Best Play is being given an unsanitized revival by one of Tampa's most consistently daring and quality companies. Felix and Oscar duke it out in this contemporary comic masterpiece from one of America's best-loved playwrights.

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Hot Nights for the War Wives of Ithaka

By Christopher Buehlman

Co-directed by Chris Holcom and Christen Petitt Hailey

Mar. 8 – 25, 2012

Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm

Tickets: $24.50

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

A multi-character memory play about an African-American woman who dreams of life beyond the confines of her small-town Southern upbringing and the light-skinned man whose fate is tragically intertwined with hers. The play explores the negative associations surrounding male blackness as well as the effect these racial stereotypes have on black women.

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Race

By David Mamet

Directed by David M. Jenkins

Extended! May 10 – Jun. 3, 2012

Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm

Tickets: $24.50

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

A love story about the impossibility of love, reasons to be prettyintroduces us to Greg, who really, truly adores his girlfriend, Steph. Unfortunately, he also thinks she has a few physical imperfections, and when he casually mentions them, all hell breaks loose. A hopelessly romantic drama about the hopelessness of romance, reasons to be pretty is a gorgeous play and the final act in the trilogy including The Shape of Things and Fat Pig.

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Closetland

By Radha Bharadwaj, based on her 1991 screenplay

Directed by Gavin Hawk

Jul. 12 – 29, 2012

Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm

Tickets: $24.50

Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts

Winner!

Creative Loafing Best of the Bay – Best Actor Reader's Poll – David M. Jenkins

Shakespeare is back in pure form on the Jobsite stage! One of the Bard's best-loved comedies, this modern-dress, commedia-inspired zippy cutting of the story of Kate and Petruchio will be sure to delight audiences across the board.

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