LIZZIE
A Killer Rock Musical by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt
Directed by David M. Jenkins
Jul. 14 – Aug. 6, 2023
Preview Performances: Jul. 12 – 13
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center
Tickets
Events in July 2023
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Jul. 9, 2023
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Jul. 11, 2023
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8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Preview – Tickets: $24.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Preview – Tickets: $24.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Opening Night – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
4:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
Jul. 17, 2023
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Jul. 19, 2023
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8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
4:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
Jul. 24, 2023
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8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
4:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
Jul. 31, 2023
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Aug. 1, 2023
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8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
8:00 PM: LIZZIE: The Musical – Tickets: $39.50+ |
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Single ticket prices listed ($29.50) are base-line prices. Prices for individual performances will increase based on demand.
What It’s About
Audiences are in for another dark treat with the Drama Desk Award-nominated LIZZIE, a killer rock musical that’s been a certified hit around the world.
Four ferocious women front a savage six-piece rock band to tell the story of Lizzie Borden, America’s favorite double axe-murderess and Victorian hometown girl-next-door. In 1892 on a sweltering August day in a small New England town, a well-to-do-elderly man and his second wife were brutally murdered with an axe in broad daylight. Lizzie Borden, their youngest daughter, was the prime suspect. She was arrested and tried for the crime, but, with no actual witnesses to the hideous event, was acquitted.
The murders remain unsolved making Borden an enduring pop culture icon to this day. History tells us Lizzie was innocent, but the legend as still chanted in schoolyards and playgrounds to this day leaves no doubt about her guilt. Full of hot rock licks, riot-grrrl attitude, and gleeful gallows humor, LIZZIE has made Top 10 lists in New York, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, and is now ready to rock Tampa!
LIZZIE, whose creators describe as “an epic rock concept album come to life on stage” debuted at the Living Theater in New York in 2009. Ralph Remington, former director of the theater division of the NEA called Hamilton, Here Lies Love, and LIZZIE “the future of the American musical. Get ready.”
It’s rare for show tunes to require this much intellectual engagement, but every turn of phrase is a revelation … Musically, visually, and storywise, LIZZIE is the next generation mash-up of Spring Awakening and Hedwig and the Angry Inch that will surely be packing in the audiences, young and old
A gothic rock ritual with a riot-grrrl attitude … an eerie hybrid of rock club and a turn-of-the-century New England parlor.
Production History
Jobsite first produced LIZZIE Oct. 14 – Nov. 6, 2016. That production earned Fo’i Meleah, recently heard as the voice of Audrey II in the Straz Produced Little Shop of Horrors, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical from Theatre Tampa Bay.Media
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Previews
- ‘Lizzie,’ a rock musical about an axe murderer, is here for Halloween season – Tampa Bay Times
Cast & Crew
2017 Cast & Crew
- David M. Jenkins – Director
- Jeremy Douglass – Music Director
- Spencer Meyers – Assistant Director
- Mark Warren – Band Leader
- Matthew Ray – Stage Manager
Cast
- Christina Capehart – Alice
- Colleen Cherry – Lizzie
- Heather Krueger – Emma
- Fo’i Mealeah – Bridget
Musicians
- Elwood Bond – Drums
- Jeremy Douglass – Keys
- Nader Issa – Bass
- Tom Kersey – Cello
- Rebekah Pulley – Guitar
- Mark Warren – Guitar
Crew
- Alison Burns Jackson – Choreographer
- David Cohen – Sound Engineer
- Reuben Hirsh – Lighting Designer
- Brittany Reuther – Costume Designer
- Brian Smallheer – Scenic Designer
- Julia Smith – Directing Apprentice
Patron Reviews
- Good show! Enjoyed it very much. – Frances Factor
- We greatly enjoyed Lizzie. First rate production. Very talented cast. – Jeffery Gerew
- The show was amazing!!! Perhaps the best vocal performance of any show, Broadway or otherwise, I have seen at Straz 🙂 – Jamie Klingman
- What a treat! We saw "Lizzie" on Friday and had a great time. I am sincerely blown away.... Loved the band, too. Good players and good orchestration. The "Lizzie" arrangements were album-ready and well-played. Congratulations. What a tour de force performance! Rock on! – Tom Sivak
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Saw it yesterday! Brave ladies! Fantastic voices!
– Pasqualino Beltempo
- AX-citing!!! Fabulous show! – Jannine Cherry
- Lizzie is so cool. The Borden house is rockin'! Congrats to this team! – Jonathan Vandyke
- 'LIZZIE' at the Jaeb is an AHMAHZING production quality with powerhouse punk performers. I loved every moment and can't wait to see it again!! – Samantha Ehrnman
- Had the opportunity to see the show last night and LOVED it! I highly recommend it! – Connie Hubach Horn
- I saw this show last night and it was way better than I hoped!!! So amazing and Entertaining!! I loved every second and totally recomend this show. These girls can sing! – Melanie Rodriguez
- I was lucky enough to score a ticket and loved it. So much rock n' roll fun- you'll catch many a headbanger musical reference, and it's like the lighting director was channeling arena rock best moments (I'll bet pyrotechnics were discussed.) The best part though was the singing! We are lucky to have this kind of talent in Tampa- from the costumes to the band, what a great show! – Anne Scott Vela
- This show is frightfully brilliant! Yes, #LizzieTampa is that good! Must see! – @denisermt
- Great music. Great acting. And an ending to be remembered. – @PhilGerb
- If you mount another musical this year, you'll be up for two #BOTB awards. @cl_tampabay #LizzieTampa #BestConcert – @jelijahcho
- #Tampa got to see #LizzieTampa @StrazCenter @jobsitetheater Absolutely loved the Music, powerful all women cast! Amazing!!! #Datenite #Mustsee – @CGormon
- Saw #lizzietampa last night & it was incredible! Wonderful performances & rockin music. Brava, ladies! @jobsitetheater @StrazCenter – @brax292
- Marvelous! Everything - voices and choreography - set and story, audience of all ages, wonderful ... Quite a coup. Those words will stay on my mind, ...41. Great for the Jaeb, hope you can extend. Congrats. – Susanne Neilsen
- Saw the show tonight and was blown away!! We loved it. Thinking about coming again - it was that good! – Lorinda Gamson
- Saw the show tonight, it was fantastic! Loved everything about it! Talented group of ladies! – Mindy Choate
- Great show tonight – Steffan Boule
- tonight was amazing – Charles Hampton
- I am very passionate about a lot of things but maybe nothing more than strong women belting their FACES OFF. Lizzie – a killer rock musical at Jobsite Theater blew me AWAY. I can't get over this show and never will. #YAAAAAAAS – Katie Berger
- Saw the Preview last night. Terrific show. – Robert Simon
- It was totally awesome!! The cast killed it!! – Brandie McCallum
- The show was awesome! Thank you all for a great evening – Susan Belvo
- It is fabulous and begs to be seen!!! Great stuff!!!! The band is pure dynamite!!! However-- it's the ladies that compel us to keep our eyes glued to the stage, and so affixed that when looking away, we are eagerly seeking the next visual gorefest treat, be it verbal or visceral. All 4 ladies have voices to die for, and it would be hard to say one lady's voice is more to the point and key than another's ... If you are able, "chop up" the price of a ticket and SEE this incredible show with tour de force work all around and give yourself an incredible Hallowe'en treat!!! – Joseph Parra
- Just got done seeing this tour de force! I understand there are 5, only 5 more opportunities to see this marvel! 4 women who are forces to be reckoned with! Do it miss this! – Lori Pate
- So incredible!! A total must see!! – @littlewys
- The notes these performers are hitting in @LizzieMusical is incredible! – @RyTheNewsGuy
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Lizzie' is
— really incredible talent from both the cast and the band. Go see it, Tampa ppl. – @bubbaprog
- Just saw #LIZZIETampa. Amazing music and vocals. These women rocked!! @jobsitetheater – @brendalovell
- People, go see @jobsitetheater LIZZIE...you WILL thank me later! Absolutely stunning performances. #GO – @JeanneTPA
- Blown away by the depth of character from the actors in #LIZZIETampa. Totally on Lizzie's side. – @stephemera
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