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 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.”

Night of the Living Dead is to modern horror what Ibsen's A Doll's House is to the modern theatre.

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.
Kari Goetz in Jobsite's Night of the Living Dead. (Photo: Pritchard Photography.)

Media

Giving thanks for 2009

It’s mid-November and we’re all smack-dab in the middle of the season for gratitude, of giving thanks for all that we have. Jobsite is very

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Previews

Zombie specialist to direct Jobsite Theater’s production of Night of the Living DeadSt. Petersburg Times

Halloween Round-Up – Creative Loafing

Celebrate this Halloween at the theatre – examiner.com

Being a zombie’s not so bad, really – Tampa Tribune reporter Ryan Bauer’s account of being a Night of the Living Dead guest zombie

Cast & Crew

  • Chris Holcom – Director
  • Jaime Giangrande-Holcom – Stage Manager

Cast

  • Jason Evans – Cemetery Zombie/Chief McClellan
  • Kari Goetz – Barbara
  • Molly Jacobson – Karen Cooper
  • Alvin Jenkins – Harry Cooper
  • Caroline Jett – Helen Cooper
  • Matt Lunsford – Johnny
  • Betty-Jane Parks – Judy
  • Kyle Porter – Tom
  • Dayton Sinkia – Ben

Video Performers

  • Steve Garland – Russell Streiner
  • Shawn Paonessa – Dr. Templeton Q. Westlake
  • Katrina Stevenson – Jill Cardill

Featured Zombies

  • Nic Carter
  • Katie Castonguay
  • Seth Firestone
  • Matt Frankel
  • Christen Hailey
  • Alex McGreevy
  • Michael C. McGreevy
  • Geneva Rae

Crew

  • Lorenzo de la Cantara – Video Producer
  • Christen Hailey – Zombie Coordinator
  • David M. Jenkins – Sound Designer
  • Jenn Jones – Choreographer
  • Danny McCarthy – Special Effects Designer
  • Greg Newcomb – Graphic Designer
  • Shawn Paonessa – Video Engineer
  • Brian M. Smallheer – Scenic and Lighting Designer
  • Katrina Stevenson – Costumer Designer
  • Suzan Wright – Make-up Artist

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