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In its complexities of storytelling, we find a narrative grounded in teacher-student relationships that surround the 100-minute One-Act currently onstage at the Shimberg Playhouse at Tampa’s Straz Center. Written by Rajiv Joseph in 2008 this one-act quirky romantic comedy packs a punch just boiling below the surface. Analyzing the relationship between student/teacher/mentor we meet three unlikely individuals whose lives are impacted by lessons grounded not just in origami, but also in the way that as humans we feel pain and how we adapt/deal with such. Rajiv Joseph won the Pulitzer Prize fo...

The show opens with a Ghost Light center stage. As most shows of a Brechtian nature go, characters of nondescript fashion layout the evening events in the manner of Prologue. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, or as it is subtitled “The Parable Play,” tells the story of the rise of Arturo Ui a fictional Chicago Mobster as he ruthlessly tries to control the Chicago vegetable market despite opposition. A political satire based on Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Nazi Germany prior to the events of World War II.

Tough to do, in an increasingly violent world.

Tampa’s Jobsite Theater gives ‘Henry V’ a modern spin Shakespeare’s historical drama endures.     Updated 1 hour ago TAMPA — Jobsite Theater, the resident company at the David A. Straz Jr Center for the Performing Arts, is known for their creative updating of William Shakespeare’s plays. They’re back at it again with an exciting production of Henry V. Held in the socially-distanced Jaeb Theater, the play follows the newly crowned King Henry V, who as an adolescent prince was rebellious and hung out with thieves and drunks at taverns. Thanks to the con...