RE: A Bit Too Gorey

Posted by David Jenkins on 11.02.07 @ 01:34 PM

I responded to Mr. Bailey, who also sent his response to me last night, via email and ended up posting it to the Jobsite blog: http://jobsitetheater.blogspot.com/2007/11/letter-to-letter-from-letter.html I fully agree with Mr. Bailey's statement about handing out empty compliments, and the danger that would pose.

RE: A Bit Too Gorey

Posted by David Jenkins on 10.24.07 @ 03:53 PM

Where we are glad Mr. Leib couldn't really find fault with our production, yet we're a bit disappointed (but not surprised) to hear him take such issue with the script and to once again express his lone opinion as hard fact. He says it is repetitive and boring, yet wholly neglects to mention the other 97 individuals who sat around him who whooped, clapped, laughed, howled and gasped through the entire show to then emphatically rise to their feet at the end of the show. I have a hard time believing any of them were bored. He says "The challenge, then, was to keep us interested in this subject for almost two hours. Unfortunately, this challenge wasn't met." Us? Did he have a mouse in his pocket? The rest of the theater seemed to act in complete opposition to his assessment. If he ever chose to phrase his opinions or tastes as just that, acknowledge how actual audiences sitting around him respond to material (particularly when it is counter to his) and actually try to point potential ticket-buyers to material that may interest them (even when it is not his thing) he'd be doing us all a favor. Hopefully interested parties continue to seek us out and form their own opinions.

RE: See & Do Planner

Posted by David Jenkins on 09.13.07 @ 12:05 PM

Don't forget Jobsite Rocks IV: A New Hope - 9/15 at New World Brewery! Features Poetry N' Lotion, The Vodkanauts and DJ Scott Imrich! Deets: http://jobsitetheater.org/jobsiterocksIV.htm

RE: Breaking Legs

Posted by David Jenkins on 06.21.07 @ 11:42 AM

Garland, Lunsford and McDonald are STILL brilliant in Woman in Mind - which closes June 24 in the Shimberg Playhouse at TBPAC. See Leib's column last week for a full review. Give local actors a reason to stay local - go support their work!

RE: The impact of the arts

Posted by David Jenkins on 06.05.07 @ 03:13 PM

If local arts account for 7k jobs, for a total of $147 mil, that means the average arts worked is getting paid $21k a year. Not so glorious, is it? Also consider the number of execs in the area we know for a fact make 6 figure salaries, and the real wages for those in the middle and bottom dip even lower. Is it any surprise there are hardly any artists in this area who do not have at least two jobs, or why so many are so quick to jump ship to another city? Also - if 45% attended events for free it's likely a lot of those free admissions were done just to have bodies present to witness what was created. Attend more arts events, Tampa!