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810 E Skagway Ave, Tampa, FL 33604
Tampa, FL 33602

El Maleficio De La Mariposa
El Maleficio De La Mariposa
5/15 - 6/9/2024


El Maleficio De La Mariposa A spectacle based on the unfinished work by Federico Garcia Lorca Directed by TBA May 15 – June 9, 2024 ...

The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
7/10 - 8/4/2024


The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien Directed by David M. Jenkins, music direction by Jeremy Douglass Jul. 10 – Aug. 4, 2024 Jaeb Theater, ...

The Smuggler
8/14 - 8/25/2024


It’s 2023. Tim Finnegan is an Irish immigrant trying to make it as a writer on Amity, an affluent summer colony in Massachusetts, where tensions ...

The Smuggler: A Thriller In Verse


The Smuggler: A Thriller In Verse By Ronán Noone Starring Giles Davies Aug. 14–25. 2024 Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center Irish immigrant Tim Finnegan wants to ...


RELATED STORIES

Review: A Top Notch Cast Delivers with BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - March 17, 2024

What did our critic think of BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE at Jobsite Theater?...

Review: Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT Proves to Be a Romantic Case of Mistaken Identities at Jobsite Theatre


by Drew Eberhard - January 28, 2024

Twelfth Night is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare. Its central story revolves around twins Viola and Sebastian who were separated in a shipwreck. Viola (disguised as Cesario) falls in love with Count Orsino, who also happens to be in love with Olivia. ...

Photos: First Look At TWELFTH NIGHT At Jobsite Theater


by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2024

Jobsite, resident theater company of the Straz Center and  6x finalist for the NEA’s prestigious Shakespeare in American Communities Award, brings Shakespeare’s most musical of comedies to the Jaeb Theater. “If music be the food of love, play on!” See photos from their production of Twelfth Night. ...

Photos: Get a First Look at FRANKENSTEIN at Jobsite Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 20, 2023

Jobsite, resident theater company of the Straz Center, gives life to Spooky Season once again with Nick Dear’s award-winning adaptation of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN. Get a first look at photos!...

Review: A Blistering Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN Will Take Your Breath Away at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - October 20, 2023

Set to the “heartbeat” of an unbelievably brilliant sound design by Jeremy Douglass, Jobsite Theater’s presentation of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein, is a slow-burn, salt-in-the-wound, gripping, tour-de-force that will leave you speechless. ...

Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - September 18, 2023

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, an absurdist, existential tragic-comedy written by British Playwright Tom Stoppard opened Friday evening amidst a room full of eager audience members and hearty laughter. Bringing a cast so deserving of the praise to the top of their game, showcasing their hard...

Review: A Remount Of Epic Proportions Brings TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992 Back at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - August 20, 2023

27 Characters, 1 performer, allow me to say it again...27 DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, 1 PERFORMER. Over the course of a 2 Hour span, 1 Performer has the daunting task of honing in on 27 different perspectives, different accounts of a real event. A real event that happened in 1992 but hits just as hard at ...

Review: An Epic Remount Brings New Life to LIZZIE at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - July 16, 2023

Rage! Sex! Betrayal! Bloody Murder! Sounds like the makings of a good time right? What if the good time is focused on a retelling of myth, lore, and just pure rock & roll. ...

Review: A BOLD AND TWISTED TAKE ON THE LEWIS CARROLL CLASSIC, ALICE GETS THE JOBSITE TREATMENT at JOBSITE THEATER


by Drew Eberhard - May 15, 2023

If its the weird and somewhat twisted that you seek...if you find entertainment in exploring a warped sense of fantasy, then look no further than the genius that is the Ensemble Company of Jobsite Theater. Ever since its production of Shockheaded Peter, Jobsite has harnessed a niche in the realm of...

Jobsite Theater to Present THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, TWELFTH NIGHT, and More in 25th Season


by Blair Ingenthron - April 15, 2023

The 2023-24 season is Jobsite's 25th year of bringing the Tampa Bay area exciting, engaging live theater experiences between the Jaeb Theater and Shimberg Playhouse as the Straz Center's official resident theater company....

Past Shows

The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
3/13 - 4/7/2024


The Beauty Queen Of Leenane By Martin McDonagh Directed by Paul J. Potenza Mar. 13 – Apr. 7, 2024 Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center Jobsite fans ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
1/17 - 2/11/2024


Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare Directed and adapted by David M. Jenkins with original music by Jeremy Douglass Jan. 17 – Feb. 11, 2024 Jaeb ...

JOBSITE ROCKS! 25TH BIRTHDAY BASH


JOBSITE ROCKS! 25TH BIRTHDAY BASH Sat., Dec. 2, 2023 7:00 – 11:00 pm New World Tampa Music Hall VIP ticket information coming soon Our Jobsite ...

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
10/18 - 11/12/2023


Frankenstein Adapted by Nick Dear from the novel by Mary Shelley Directed by David M. Jenkins Oct. 18 – Nov. 12, 2023 Shimberg Playhouse, Straz ...

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead


Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead By Tom Stoppard Directed by David M. Jenkins Sep. 13 – Oct 8, 2023 Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center Before winning ...

Misery
3/15 - 4/9/2023


Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive ...

Animals Out Of Paper
Animals Out Of Paper
7/13 - 8/7/2022


Ilana, a world-renowned origami artist, is going through a divorce and her dog has run away. She hasnt answered her phone in two months. Then, ...

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui


Bertolt Brechts 1941 literary shot-across-the-bow at the Nazi takeover, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui recasts Hitlers rise to 1930s Chicago where a gangster methodically ...

A Clockwork Orange: A Play With Music


Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange lures audiences into a glass-edged, testosterone-filled underworld of a dystopian future. In 1962, the explosive tale of little Alex and ...

SHOCKHEADED PETER
SHOCKHEADED PETER
6/9 - 6/27/2021


A little bit Edward Gorey, a little bit Tim Burton, Shockheaded Peter is the phantasmagorical musical staging of Heinrich Hoffmans dark, mildly-terrifying 19th-century German childrens ...

Shockheaded Peter
6/11 - 6/27/2021


A little bit Edward Gorey, a little bit Nightmare Before Christmas, Shockheaded Peter is the phantasmagorical musical staging of Heinrich Hoffman’s dark, mildly-terrifying 19th-century German ...

HENRY V
HENRY V
5/18 - 5/31/2021


Englands in tumult and who ascends the throne but everyman playboy prince Hal an untested royal who spent his youth slumming around London. Now crowned ...

Henry V
4/9 - 4/25/2021


England’s in tumult and who ascends the throne but playboy prince Hal—an untested royal who spent his youth slumming around London. Now crowned King Henry ...

Hand to God
2/26 - 3/14/2021


Meek and mild Jason takes solace in the Christian Puppet Ministry after the death of his father. When his originally soft-spoken puppet Tyrone takes on ...

Doubt
1/13 - 12/31/2020


In this brilliant and powerful drama set in 1964 Sister Aloysius (Roxanne Fay), a Bronx parochial school principal, takes matters into her own hands when ...

Doubt, A Parable
12/3 - 12/20/2020


Jobsite Theater John Patrick Shanley...

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
11/11 - 12/2/2020


Anna Deavere Smith; dir: David Cecsarini....

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1/15 - 2/9/2020


Shimberg Playhouse: A Midsummer Night's Dream...

The Thanksgiving Play
10/27 - 11/17/2019


Ah, Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays: when families gather to celebrate the warmth of home, the bounty of the harvest — and a legacy ...

Hedda
5/10 - 6/2/2019


Ingun Bjørnsgaard in dance risk dialogue with Ibsen's most enigmatic and modern woman....


Shimberg Playhouse: Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield; dir: Katrina Stevenson....

Othello
1/11 - 2/3/2019


Shimberg Playhouse: adapt: David Jenkins from William Shakespeare; dir: David Jenkins....

Edgar & Emily
10/12 - 11/4/2018


Joseph McDonough; dir: William Hayes. The Ed Ricci Main Stage:...

Man in Snow
3/9 - 4/1/2018


Israel Horovitz; dir: Andrea Paciotto....

The Tempest
1/19 - 2/18/2018


There could scarcely be a more provocative start to the season—or a more vivid way to experience Shakespeare’s beloved final play. Unique staging that transports ...

The Flick
9/1 - 9/24/2017


Annie Baker; dir: Summer Bohnenkamp....

Cloud 9
7/12 - 8/6/2017


Caryl Churchill; dir: Gavin Hawk....

Gloucester Blue
5/17 - 6/11/2017


Sex, murder and mayhem in a sleepy New England seaside village; now, that’s pure Chamber of Commerce! The renovation of an old Gloucester, MA harbor ...

A Skull in Connemara
3/15 - 4/9/2017


Martin McDonagh; dir: Paul J. Potenza. Shimberg Playhouse:...

As You Like It
1/11 - 2/5/2017


An idyllic Forest of Arden provides the lush backdrop for Shakespeare's glorious romantic comedy of courtiers, clowns, philosophers and provincials—all bewitched by the trials and ...


Israel Horovitz; dir: Israel Horovitz. Shimberg Playhouse:...

LIZZIE the Musical
10/12 - 11/6/2016


book: Tim Maner; lyrics: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner; music: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt; dir: David Jenkins....

LIZZIE the Musical
10/12 - 11/6/2016


book: Tim Maner; lyrics: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner; music: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt; dir: David Jenkins....

The Underpants
9/7 - 10/2/2016


Steve Martin; dir: Karla Hartley....

The Underpants
9/7 - 10/2/2016


Steve Martin; dir: Karla Hartley....

Time Stands Still
7/6 - 7/27/2016


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Time Stands Still
7/6 - 7/27/2016


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Antony & Cleopatra
4/27 - 5/22/2016


We are collaborating with two of the world's most prestigious theaters – The Public in NYC and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK – ...


Christopher Durang; dir: Paul Potenza....

Lebensraum
1/6 - 1/31/2016


Jakop Ahlbom heeft de afgelopen jaren naam gemaakt als uniek en grensverleggend theatermaker. In Lebensraum brengt hij samen met muzikanten van Alamo Race Track de ...


book: Hunter Bell; lyrics: Jon and Al Kaplan; music: Jon and Al Kaplan; dir: David Jenkins....

Almost and Evening
9/11 - 10/4/2015


Ethan Coen....

Occupation
7/8 - 8/2/2015


An old woman’s recollection of romance under the Japanese occupation of Singapore causes her young interviewer to re-evaluate life, memory and history. Written by award-winning ...

Annapurna
4/29 - 5/24/2015


Sharr White; dir: David Jenkins....

Virginia Woolf's Orlando
3/4 - 3/29/2015


Sarah Ruhl; dir: Giles Davies....


Israel Horovitz; dir: Israel Horovitz....

Twelfth Night
1/7 - 2/1/2015


adapt: David Jenkins from William Shakespeare; dir: David Jenkins....

Shimberg Playhouse:
7/9 - 8/3/2014


Inventing Van Gogh Steven Dietz; dir: Karla Hartley....

Jaeb Theatre:
6/10 - 7/6/2014


Return to the Forbidden Planet Bob Carlton; dir: David Jenkins....

Crimes of the Heart
3/5 - 3/30/2014


Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play. The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the ...


Shimberg Playhouse: adapt: Steven Canny from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; dir: Katrina Stevenson....

Macbeth
10/30 - 11/24/2013


Shimberg Playhouse: adapt: David Jenkins from William Shakespeare; dir: David Jenkins....

The Lonesome West
7/10 - 8/4/2013


Martin McDonagh; dir: Paul Potenza....

Behind the Gates
5/1 - 5/26/2013


Jobsite partners with the Tampa Jewish Community Center & Foundation for the eastern United States premiere of this controversial and important play. "Passionate ... powerful ...

Much Ado About Nothing
3/13 - 4/7/2013


Shimberg Playhouse: - adapt: David Jenkins from William Shakespeare; dir: David Jenkins....

Hay Fever
1/9 - 2/3/2013


Shimberg Playhouse: - Noel Coward; dir: David Jenkins....

Chapel Perilous
7/19 - 7/29/2012


Fraternal twins Mae and Jake own a dodgy beach bar and massage parlor. When they learn a hurricane is on the way, they do what ...

Closetland
7/12 - 7/29/2012


In an unnamed country, in unspecified times, a man purporting to be the government’s representative interrogates a female author of children’s fiction, on the grounds ...

Race
5/10 - 5/27/2012


Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Pan, god of shagging everything, have come to wreak havoc on the island of Ithaka. Fill your wine glass, nail ...

The 39 Steps
1/12 - 1/29/2012

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Jukebox Saturday Night - 80s Edition in Tampa Jukebox Saturday Night - 80s Edition
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