2010 – 11 Season
Mainstage Season
Einstein’s Dreams
Based on the international best-seller by Alan Lightman
Adapted by David Gardiner & Ralf Remshardt
Directed by Kari Goetz
Extended! Sep. 16 – Oct. 10, 2010
Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm
Tickets: $24.50
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Alan Lightman, this adaptation by Ralf Remshardt and David Gardiner plays up the theatricality of dream imagery using a versatile ensemble with imagination to spare. Sleight of hand? Roller skates? The seeds of the Theory of Relativity? Check! “Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.”
Mindgame
By Anthony Horowitz, based on his novel by the same name
Directed by David M. Jenkins
Extended! Oct. 21 – Nov. 14, 2010
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.
The Odd Couple
By Neil Simon
Directed by Chris Holcom
Extended! Feb. 3 – 27, 2011
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.
Yellowman
By Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by Karla Hartley
Mar. 10 – 27, 2011
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.
Reasons To Be Pretty
By Neil Labute
Directed by David M. Jenkins
Extended! May 12 – Jun. 5, 2011
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 pretty introduces us to Greg, who really, truly adores his girlfriend, Steph. Unfortunately, he also says something stupid to his best friend and when it gets back to her 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.
The Taming Of The Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by David M. Jenkins
Extended! Jul. 21 – Aug. 14, 2011
Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm
Tickets: $24.50
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
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.
Ensemble
Job-side Productions
Book Of Enid – A Multimedia Reading
Featuring Videos, Projected Imagery, and Ellen Mueller Reading Live from Her Latest Work
By Ellen Mueller
Feb. 18, 2011
Fri. 11pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
The Book of Enid follows the narrative of Enid, a time traveller attempting to stop a violent conflict after it has already occurred. Supplementing the imagery of the book will be video works before and during the reading, including selections from the Practical Preparedness Series, a collection of videos which explores “practical,” everyday preparedness in our often fear-driven society. Refreshments will be served.
Sexy Sexy Murder
Written by Christen Hailey
Jul. 29 – 31, 2011
Fri – Sat. 11 pm, Sun. 7pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
The Chicken Or The Egg
Directed, written and performed by “ranney”
Aug. 5 – 7, 2011
Fri. – Sat. 11 pm, Sun. 7 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Job-side Staged Readings
Hot Nights For The War Wives Of Ithaka
By Christopher Buehlman
Directed by Chris Holcom
Sep. 20, 2010
Mon. 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Hugging The Shoulder
Directed by Lori Shannon
Sep. 27, 2010
Mon. 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Family. Can’t live with them, can’t shoot them. At least and get away with it.
Elsewhere
By Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by Lori Shannon
Mar. 14, 2010
Mon. 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Ted was just a UPS guy trying to deliver a package to Celia, a passive aggressive shut-in who loves to cook. Celia loves Ted, and Ted loves not having to work. Then her sister arrives and throws a wrench in Celia’s fantasy world. Proving is unattractive, Elsewhere is a sadly funny drama about family ties and unresolved issues. Elsewhere stars John Hooper, Jessy Quinones and Tiffany Sneeden.
The Psychiatrist Is Out
By Dahvi Waller
Directed by Lori Shannon
May 16, 2010
Mon. 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Show up late for your appointment and your therapist is dead. The patient before you is quietly hysterical, and then a lady cop with something to prove takes over the waiting room. Doesn’t look like you are making it back to work on time, does it?
