As its acclaimed production of “Shockheaded Peter” wraps this weekend, Tampa’s Jobsite Theater has shared the plays that’ll make up its 2021-22 season. Five of the six shows were planned for the last two seasons, which both got cut thanks to the pandemic.
And since Jobsite was dark for so long, the theater has lost a lot of season pass holders, so think about supporting local theater by buying one. Through July 19, a pass for all shows is $129.90, then goes up to $147.60. A season Thursday night preview pass is also available for $78.
The first half of the plays will be at the Jaeb Theater, then eventually the productions will move back to Jobsite’s regular home base of the Shimberg Playhouse. Jobsite hopes to host full-capacity audiences at both locations by fall.
See the 2021-2022 season lineup for Tampa’s Jobsite Theater below, and visit jobsitetheater.org for more information.
Dr. Ride’s American Beach House
Oct. 1-10; previews Sep. 29-30
Set the night before Sally Ride was the first woman to go into space in this “intimate snapshot of queer anti-heroines.”
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Oct. 22-Nov. 14; previews Oct. 20-21
Just in time for Halloween–Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of the classic which the San Francisco Chronicle called “…a play that seems truer to (Robert Louis) Stevenson but hipper, sexier … it is intense.”
Romeo and Juliet
Jan. 14-Feb. 6; previews Jan.12-13
The Bard’s tale of the star-crossed teens. Jobsite’s version takes place in the 1980’s and “features an 80s-influenced original score by resident composer Jeremy Douglass and high-definition video design by director David M. Jenkins.” Matinees will also be available for school field-trips.
A Clockwork Orange: A Play with Music
March 4-27; previews March 2-3
If it’s anything like the movie, this “glass-edged, testosterone-filled underworld of a dystopian future” will probably not be offering school field trips.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
May 13-June 5; previews May 11-12
“Bertolt Brecht’s 1941 literary shot-across-the-bow at the Nazi takeover,…recasts Hitler’s rise to 1930’s Chicago where a gangster methodically pulls the greengrocer trade into a stranglehold” Cauliflower to be exact.
Animals out of Paper
July 15-Aug. 7; previews July 13-14
Rounding out the season is a dramedy that revolves around origami, depression and complicated relationships
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This article appears in Jul 1-7, 2021.