jobsite rocks my world, and yours

My birthday just passed (don’t ask which one), and the Grapefruit Gal and I decided to celebrate it by supporting Jobsite Theater at their annual Jobsite Rocks event this past Saturday.

It’s not hyperbole to say that Jobsite is probably my favorite aspect of living in the Tampa Bay area. I discovered them through this Sticks post more than two years ago, and after winning tickets with a bizarre poem. I met Tommy at the show I attended, fell in love with Jobsite, and have since made some pretty nifty friends.

Jobsite Rocks always presents some kick-ass bands, and this year’s edition was no letdown as DJ Scott Imrich, The Vodkanauts, and Poetry N’ Lotion all rocked the house, with special guests taking the stage (including Artistic Director David Jenkins, who melted everyone’s faces off in a spot-on Ozzy Osbourne take). Tommy and Wifey even made an appearance, and though I once again failed to win any raffle prizes, the Grapefruit Gal and I went home having been entertained and with the warm feeling that we helped support my favorite thing about living here.

…but that’s not all, as we have to congratulate Jobsite on repeating as Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay top local theatre company. Their words are better than mine:

In a little less than 10 years, Jobsite has become the closest thing to a top Off-Broadway theater that the Bay area has to offer. [...] While the productions put on by other local theaters last season were hit-and-miss, Jobsite shows were consistently first-rate. If you believed in theater as an art form, if you looked to stage plays to provide you not just with entertainment but with illumination, Jobsite had to be your destination. Bay area culture wouldn’t be the same without it.

My votes for best actor (Steve Garland for The Pillowman) and actress (Ami Sallee Corley in Woman In Mind) also got the nod from CL’s critics, as did the multi-talented Katrina Stevenson for best costume designer.

Congratulations to everyone at Jobsite for completing another banner season and earning these well-deserved awards.