Quote of the Day

"Apparently you should warn your wife when you have a full-size dummy sitting upright in your passenger's seat out in the driveway. Oops."

David Jenkins, of Jobsite Theater, on Facebook.

This has to be the frontrunner for best Facebook status update for 2014.

Jobsite Rocks: Benefit for Jobsite Theater

Jobsite is hosting their yearly Jobsite Rocks. The benefit concert, social event and raffle will raise funds for Jobsite Theater's next season.

8pm doors, 9pm show

Sat., Dec. 1, 2012

Single Tickets: $8 at the door

New World Brewery, Ybor City

Musical guests include Poetry N Lotion, TYPES (featuring Scott Harrell) and Karaoke Jockey Extraordinaire, and Stevan Polansky.

If you're real nice you might get David Jenkins to do Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips again. Unlike Coyne, don't expect David to be packing a grenade.

Great Jobsite Theater Deal

Jobsite Theater founder David Jenkins announced a PAY WHAT YOU CAN deal for tommorow's show of "The Lieutnant of Inishmore.

You can now get PAY WHAT YOU CAN tickets for tomorrow night's (4/9 8p) performance of our critically-acclaimed production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore.

You may purchase PAY WHAT YOU CAN tickets in advance by phone or at the TBPAC Ticket Office window. By phone, a service charge of 10% will apply. Day-of tickets sales will be cash only at the door, and no service charge will apply.

We truly hope you can join us tomorrow night if cash has been what's stopping you from attending. We MUST close Sunday. There is also a special half off special for the Sun., April 12 4pm final performance. Use promo code THOMAS and get your tickets for $12.25 plus service charge. As always, all performances have a $10 rush for students, seniors and members of the military with cash and a valid ID at the window.

Please share with anyone you think would appreciate these offers!

Call 813-229-STAR(7827) for tickets. Ticket prices for the show have been $24.50. Don't go to the theatre and offer a penny. Give a reasonable sum of money. The members of Jobsite aren't making a living during theatre.

Below is a clip of the play. This was filmed for an acting class. The scene and acting is fantastic. Note: this is not from the Jobsite Theater production.

Jobsite Theater Play Reading

Jobsite Theater will have a play reading of the Two Gentlemen Of Corina tonight. This is a good opportunity to support local theatre and see an low-priced performance.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF CORONA
By Jim Geoghan
A staged reading directed by Lori Shannon
Mar. 30, 2009
Mon. 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door; FREE for Jobsite season ticket holders and ensemble members
Shimberg Playhouse, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

Contact Jobsite Theater for more information.

Embedded

Tampa's Jobsite Theater will be performing Tim Robbins' Embedded. The performances will be in in Aug. of 2008. The play is about the Iraq war.

Jobsite will let political activists and candidates speak before the show and have talkbacks with the audience.

Jobsite Theater Fundraiser

Jobsite Theater has officially stated their fundraiser. Below is a donation widgit you can use to contribute to the nonprofit theatre company. I am calling on other Tampa blogs to get involve and place the widgit on their sites. This is a positive way for the Tampa blogosphere to work together and help the local scene.

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Nonprofit Causes of the Day

Jobsite Theater

I have been trying to organize a Jobsite Theater fundraiser. Until that happens I'm asking you to help the Tampa theatre company with a donation. The company was big winner at the Creative Loafing Best of the Bay awards. Help them continue providing Tampa with great theatre.

The Pretty Bird Woman House

Far too many women have experienced domestic violence, homelessness and sexual abuse. The Pretty Bird Woman House in South Dakota provides aid to women in need. These are the services PBWH has provided within a year's time.

* Served a total of 614 individuals with education and services.
* Answered 397 crisis calls
* Provided emergency shelter to 188 women and 132 children.
* Helped 23 women obtain restraining orders, 10 get divorces, and 16 get medical assistance
* Provided court advocacy support for 28 women, and
* Conducted community education programs for 360 women.

The shocker is PBWH have only a staff of three.

The house the they bought was vandalized and burned down. They need to raise $70,000.
Their current fundraising total is $24,341.01 Please help them get a new house to shelter women.

Jobsite Theatre Trial Run: Honk On Bobo

I floated the idea with David Jenkins of doing a Tampa blogothon for Jobsite Theater. The goal is to get Tampa blogs, on a specific day, ask readers to give money to Jobsite. If anyone is interested just leave a comment.

The video is a promotional piece for The March of the Kitefliers. Jenkins mouths the words "honk on bobo." The other actor is Shawn Paonessa. He wrote the play.

Donate to Jobsite Theater

Open Thread: The Loafies

I attended the Loafies. It was a rather surreal experience. I didn't go up onstage because my win was already announced in Creative Loafing. I was happy to see WMNF, Creative Clay and Jobsite Theatre win. I finally met Wayne Garcia. I saw David Jenkins, but he disappeared before I had a chance to say hi.

I saw Tommy Duncan and thought it was best we didn't talk. Sticks of Fire won readers' choice for best blog.

I technically didn't get my award. The CL staff don't know where it is. They looked. They're going to send it in the mail. Winners get a framed certificate. I declined my loaf of bread. I'm not mad at CL. It's just one of those things that happens. Besides, blogging shouldn't be about winning awards.

Anyone else who reads this blog at the Loafies? I like other people's take on it. It had a New York Eastside feel to it. I thought about cutting out when I saw the people in bath robes waiting to get in.

How many people split for the Hub before the show was over? I hated how the beer line was set up at the Tampa Theatre.

Update: David Jenkins has post up on the Loafies. He also left an interesting comment about the behind-the-scenes work Jobsite did at the Loafies.

The weirdest and most humorous part of the red carpet event was people getting in limos in front of the Tampa Theatre. The limos would drive around the block and drop the people off in front of the red carpet. Eric Snider and Katrina Stevenson were interviewing people with Loafies as prop microphones.

Update: Lorna Bracewell's musical performance impressed me. She performed the song Flowers On the Chains. The song can be heard on her Myspace site.

Update: I need to tell Jill about Lorna Blackwell. She has good (Ani DiFranco) and evil (Pussycat Dolls) musical tastes. I feel it's my duty to save her from the dark side.