2011 – 12 Season
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
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.
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
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
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. The 39 Steps is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 eccentric characters – played by a prodigiously talented cast of four – an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance.
Hot Nights for the War Wives of Ithaka
By Christopher Buehlman
Co-directed by Christen Hailey and Chris Holcom
Mar. 8 – 25, 2012
Thu. – Sat. 8pm, Sun. 4pm
Tickets: $24.50
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
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
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
Creative Loafing Best of the Bay
- Best Actor Reader’s Poll – David M. Jenkins
Ensemble
Job-side Productions
We’re Here, We’re Queer… It’s Complicated!
Written by Edward Perry
Feb. 8 – 12, 2012
Tickets: Feb. 8 – $10; Feb 9 – 12 – $15; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Little Tunes
Written and performed by Ned Averill-Snell
May 19 – 21, 2012
Sat. 10 pm, Sun. 6 pm, Mon. 8pm
Tickets: $7 advance tickets; $7 at the door;
$1 at the door with a ticket stub from any performance of Race;
FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Chapel Perilous
Written and directed by Christen Hailey
Aug. 9, 2010
Mon. 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders.
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Job-side Readings

Hugging the Shoulder
By Jerrod Bogard
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.