Today at 4pm, Jobsite will host our final performance of A Dream Play . If you're sitting there with your coffee and saying to yourself "Gee, is it over already?  read more »

We have only four more performances of the surreal fantasy A Dream Play , adapted by Caryl Churchill from the 1901 play by August Strindberg. Thu. - Sat. at 8pm and Sun. at 4pm. "[ A Dream Play ] is like witnessing an exercise in free association ... once in a while, in the rambling chaos, you grasp a nugget that brings everything into focus ... Jobsite Theater's production does a fine job unearthing those rare treasures of wisdom." The Tampa Tribune "[Jobsite's production] shows that both Strindberg and Churchill succeeded. So has Jobsite, with its admirable take on a difficult work ... Chris Holcom and his cast handle the material with airiness and humor. But it's still substantial and thought-provoking, full of ideas and images that stick with you." St.  read more »

There's an extraordinarily brave little flying squirrel, the radiant Kari Goetz as Agnes, daughter of the Gods, in a PR shot from our upcoming production of A Dream Play.

Photo credit: Brian Smallheer

A Dream Play is already sold out on Sat., June 14 and is very close to that mark on both June 13 and 15. Lots of availability right now for opening night - Thu., Jan. 12. We'd love to see you then, or at any performance!  read more »

"A little more than a century ago ... August Strindberg made a stage play out of the structure and psyche of a dream. In 2005, British playwright Caryl Churchill pared that monumental effort down to a scale more appropriate for contemporary theater ... [Jobsite's production] shows that both Strindberg and Churchill succeeded. So has Jobsite, with its admirable take on a difficult work ... Chris Holcom and his cast handle the material with airiness and humor. But it's still substantial and thought-provoking, full of ideas and images that stick with you." - St. Pete Times  read more »

Director Chris Holcom and I (as sound designer) started by swapping out inspirado CDs, music that made us think of the show in the general. I took his first, listened to it, then hit him with my reponse CDs.

Somewhere in the middle is where we ended up, and that's the beautiful thing about collaboration. I enjoy doing sound, and this was no exception (if you don't count the 9 hour day I pulled yesterday simply fixing my computer so I could do the work ...)

Here is a list of representative artists used somewhere, somehow in the show:

Thievery Corporation
Portishead
Slowdive
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Angelo Badalamenti
Brian Eno
David Bowie
Duke Ellington
Ministry
Johann Sebastian Bach
Massive Attack  read more »

This was part of an email I sent earlier today to the Jobsite Ensemble soliciting some help, but some of this may also apply to some of you regular readers:

Grass Roots Support: If anyone can help us get posters or cards out for A Dream Play, let me know where you can hit and how many of what you need. I am happy to barter tickets or t-shirts in return for your services.

While I'm on A Dream Play - if I can personally talk any of you into coming preview (June 11) or opening night (June 12) we'd be very thankful. This show only seats 80, and the rest of opening weekend is either sold out or darn close. As typical, we need help filling up preview and opening night and we'd be most appreciative of your support as we open this show.  read more »

Our run of A Dream Play has come to an end. The show closed yesterday after a solid 3-week run, including 1/3 of the shows being totally sold out. As the riskiest, most experimental and most artistic/mission-based piece we did all year, we feel very good about the work done and the way it was received. We really are extraordinarily lucky to have such a willing, adventurous audience who trust us enough to sometimes just come along for the ride.

From all of us here, thank you for that.  read more »

Head over to JobsiteTheater.org to check out all of the pages for the shows in our 0809 10th anniversary season, we've updated them with all the groovy art designed for us by Greg Newcomb. HOT!

Or, you can jump to your favorite show here:

Blackbird
The History of the Devil
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Rabbit Hole
Pericles  read more »

An ENORMOUS thank-you to everyone who came out and supported Boston Marriage, and for helping us continue on with with the most successful start to a season in our nine year history.  read more »