Jobsite Theater's Lizzie Borden rock musical returns to Tampa this month

It runs through Aug. 6 at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 10:50 am

Photo by Stage Photography of Tampa via Jobsite Theater/Flickr

(L-R) Katherine Yacko (Bridget), Colleen Cherry (Lizzie), Heather Krueger (Emma), and Kandyce Walker (Alice).

Jobsite Theater is definitely kind of like a little family, but the ties go a little deeper when it comes to the return of the company’s 2016 Halloween rock musical production of the Lizzie Borden story.

Kandyce Walker (who plays Alice Russell) is the niece of Bay area bassist and theater regular Kenny Walker, while Jobsite’s Assistant Stage Manager is Josephine Midulla Reller, daughter of Tempus Projects’ Tracy Midulla and Jobsite’s first composer-in-residence, Paul Reller (who actually founded the first Tampa band named Clang).

A six-piece rock band soundtracks this rendition featuring original cast members Colleen Cherry and Heather Krueger, who play Lizzie and Emma Borden, respectively.

Tickets to see "Lizzie" at Jobsite Theater’s Shimberg Playhouse inside David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts on select nights from July 12-Aug. 6 are $29.50 & up. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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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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