'A Clockwork Orange' at Tampa's Jobsite Theater is based more on the book than the movie

It runs through March 27 at Straz Center.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 12:01 pm

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Photo by Ned Averill-Snell c/o Jobsite Theater

Photo from a technical rehearsal of A Clockwork Orange, on stage March 2-27 at the Straz Center's Shimberg Playhouse in a Jobsite Theater production.

If you’re familiar with Stanley Kubrick 1971 film “A Clockwork Orange,” then don’t worry: Jobsite Theater’s production is based more on Anthony Burgess’ 1962 dystopian novel about free will and moral action (Burgess actually didn’t like the movie).

And if you think you’re not ready to see a live production built around such a heavy topic, then know that another part of the book is about a person’s capacity for change.

Now, if you’re looking to see a young cast interject some dark comedy into a script that tackles some of the toughest themes from the last six decades of human existence, well, then, you’re in the right place. Preview performances of "A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Music" start Wednesday, March 4 at Tampa's Jobsite Theater, located at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida. Tickets start at $29.50 and are available now.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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