The Guys
Night of the Living Dead
By Lori Allen Ohm
Based on the screenplay by George Romero
Directed by Chris Holcom
Extended! Oct. 22 – Nov. 15, 2009
Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm
Tickets: $24.50
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Held hostage by an impending mob of flesh-eating zombies, seven people are trapped in an isolated farmhouse. Their survival is doubly threatened when they begin to turn on each other as the dead encroach.
“Night of the Living Dead is to modern horror what Ibsen's A Doll's House is to the modern theatre.” – Erie Times
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Night of the Living Dead is a gripping, terror-filled play that brings all the fright of the cult classic film to life. This blend of thrilling horror, laced with touches of black humor, envelops the audience in the action and unfolds into a shocking theatrical ending.
Jobsite Producing Artistic Director David M. Jenkins notes that the script for Night of the Living Dead is “truly almost word for word from the original” and that “the show will feature the largest cast that Jobsite has ever put on stage in Shimberg Playhouse ... and with lots of surprises planned both outside and inside the theater, this show will be a complete experience from the time patrons arrive until they get in their cars to leave.”
Food Drive and Ticket Discount
Jobsite Theater will host a food drive to benefit the food bank at Metropolitan Ministries for this final weekend of their smash hit Night of the Living Dead. With the holidays right around the corner, Jobsite hopes to help make a difference to Bay area families in need during what's been for many a very challenging year.
Patrons may bring two canned goods or other non-perishable food items within 90 minutes of curtain and receive a $10 ticket to see Night of the Living Dead on 11/12 at 8p, 11/14 at 8pm or 11/15 at 4pm. This offer is not valid on the 11/13 8pm performance. One $10 ticket will be offered per two items donated. Subject to availability. Not valid on prior sales or in conjunction with any other offer.
Metropolitan Ministries touches the lives of more than 22,000 households composed of hurting men, women, and children every year by providing food, a safe place to live, and hope for a new future. None of this would be possible without the generous support of the Tampa Bay community.
Night of the Living Dead is Jobsite's best selling production since January's Picasso at the Lapin Agile and is poised to close as a top five all-time best attended Jobsite Theater production. Originally slated to close Nov.8, the production was extended through Nov. 15 to account for the popular demand.
Additional questions regarding the food drive or the production may be directed to .
About the Artists
This staged version of Night of the Living Dead was adapted by Lori Allen Ohm from the original screenplay by George Romero.
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Jobsite's high-end production will feature film-quality special effects from Danny McCarthy (graduate of the Tom Savini School of Special Effects), polished video sequences by Lorenzo Cantera, sets and lights from Jobsite's resident designer Brian Smallheer, costumes from two-time Best of the Bay Award-winner Katrina Stevenson, choreography by Jenn Jones and a sound design by David M. Jenkins. Night of the Living Dead is directed by Artistic Associate Chris Holcom.
Jobsite's production features Kari Goetz, Matt Lunsford, Dayton Sinkia, Kyle Porter, Betty-Jane Parks, Caroline Jett, Alvin Jenkins, Molly Jacobson, Michael McGreevy, Jason Evans, Nick Carter, Matt Frankel, Seth Firestone, Christen Petitt Hailey, Jen Rae, Katie Castonguay and Jeff Diamond.
See more about the cast and crew.
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