Daily Loaf » Backstage Tampa Bay http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf Your daily source for the best in blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Theater: It’s not like television – We can hear you http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/10/27/theater-its-not-like-television-we-can-hear-you/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/10/27/theater-its-not-like-television-we-can-hear-you/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:29 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=42491
Why does one come to the theater if one does not want to watch the play? Case in point: The Woman in Black sold out performance last night. I directed the show and have been to just about every performance, so I tend to watch the audience as well as the play.  It is a [...]]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=42491 0
Why does one come to the theater if one does not want to watch the play? Case in point: The Woman in Black sold out performance last night. I directed the show and have been to just about every performance, so I tend to watch the audience as well as the play.  It is a [...] Jenkins and Jobsite: Tenth anniversary season wraps with Pericles http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/08/20/ten-years-later-redux/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/08/20/ten-years-later-redux/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:27:30 +0000 David Jenkins http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=29614
The artistic director of Jobsite looks back on a year that sucked, a show that soared and how his company's 10-year anniversary means even more to him now than the last time he blogged about it.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=29614 0
The artistic director of Jobsite looks back on a year that sucked, a show that soared and how his company's 10-year anniversary means even more to him now than the last time he blogged about it. Doin’ it for yourself: Jails, Hospitals and Hip-hop at Jobsite http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/08/18/doin-it-for-yourself-jails-hospitals-and-hip-hop/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/08/18/doin-it-for-yourself-jails-hospitals-and-hip-hop/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:22:53 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=29537
As a freelance artist I find myself in a lull of productivity sometimes.  In the springtime I tend to do a lot of administrative work for the Access Arts Scholarship program for the Patel Conservatory, so my artistic side isn’t being shopped out to other companies as much (i.e. I don’t audition for shows during [...]]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=29537 0
As a freelance artist I find myself in a lull of productivity sometimes.  In the springtime I tend to do a lot of administrative work for the Access Arts Scholarship program for the Patel Conservatory, so my artistic side isn’t being shopped out to other companies as much (i.e. I don’t audition for shows during [...] Calling all actors: How to find auditions in the Bay area http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/07/09/how-to-be-a-freelance-artist-part-2-how-to-find-the-auditions/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/07/09/how-to-be-a-freelance-artist-part-2-how-to-find-the-auditions/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:11:05 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=22682
Ami-Sallee Corley continues her guide for freelancers with this post about where to find auditions in the Bay area. Answer? It ain't easy. But she tells you where to look.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=22682 0
Ami-Sallee Corley continues her guide for freelancers with this post about where to find auditions in the Bay area. Answer? It ain't easy. But she tells you where to look. Gorilla Theatre’s Bridget Bean, unleashed: She’s out and about and blogging at Arts on 9th, American Stage and The Ritz http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/06/17/theatre-performance-and-pride-in-ybor-and-st-pete/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/06/17/theatre-performance-and-pride-in-ybor-and-st-pete/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:44:08 +0000 Bridget Bean http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=21148
The fabulous Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre managing director and Best of the Bay-winning actress, is free for the summer and ready to blog. Watch out, Tampa Bay theater world — Bridget's been unleashed!]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=21148 2
The fabulous Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre managing director and Best of the Bay-winning actress, is free for the summer and ready to blog. Watch out, Tampa Bay theater world — Bridget's been unleashed! Theatre 620: Plays and readings by Lane DeGregory, Bill Maxwell, Mark Medoff and more http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/06/12/benefit-for-the-studio/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/06/12/benefit-for-the-studio/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:17:00 +0000 Mark E. Leib http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=20421
A fundraiser for Studio@620 highlights the new American Stage and brings out a who's who of the local artists-and-writers scene, including St. Pete Times Pulitzer Prize winner Lane DeGregory, whose story "The Girl in the Window" was performed Living Newspaper style.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=20421 0
A fundraiser for Studio@620 highlights the new American Stage and brings out a who's who of the local artists-and-writers scene, including St. Pete Times Pulitzer Prize winner Lane DeGregory, whose story "The Girl in the Window" was performed Living Newspaper style. Mark Leib on Gorilla Theatre’s “innovative” Young Dramatists http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/06/01/19412/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/06/01/19412/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:25:26 +0000 Mark E. Leib http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=19412
The Young Dramatists Project at Gorilla Theatre stages innovative new work by teenage and middle school playwrights, and the quality gives CL critic Mark E. Leib some hope for the future.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=19412 0
The Young Dramatists Project at Gorilla Theatre stages innovative new work by teenage and middle school playwrights, and the quality gives CL critic Mark E. Leib some hope for the future. Backstage at IADT’s Imagine Fashion Show (pictures) http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/05/01/backstage-at-iadts-imagine-fashion-show/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/05/01/backstage-at-iadts-imagine-fashion-show/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:21:26 +0000 Samantha http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=15933
Images from the backstage photographer at IADT's annual fashion show, Iamagine.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=15933 2
Images from the backstage photographer at IADT's annual fashion show, Iamagine. American Stage’s Todd Olson vs. monologist Mike Daisey http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/24/american-stages-todd-olson-vs-monologist-mike-daisey/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/24/american-stages-todd-olson-vs-monologist-mike-daisey/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:51:20 +0000 David Warner http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=14907
American Stage Producing Artistic Director Todd Olson throws down the gauntlet at solo performer Mike Daisey in response to Daisey's monologue, "How Theater Failed America." ]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=14907 0
American Stage Producing Artistic Director Todd Olson throws down the gauntlet at solo performer Mike Daisey in response to Daisey's monologue, "How Theater Failed America." The unsung heroics from production of The Lieutenent of Inishmore http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/03/the-unsung-heroics-on-inishmore/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/03/the-unsung-heroics-on-inishmore/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:00:47 +0000 David Jenkins http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=12879
A behind-the-scenes look at the bloody special effects of The Lieutenent of Inishmore.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=12879 0
A behind-the-scenes look at the bloody special effects of The Lieutenent of Inishmore. The Agreeable Husband premieres tonight at the Seventh Annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/03/12716/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/03/12716/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:54:22 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=12716
We are polishing up for our premiere performance tonight at the 7th Annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=12716 0
We are polishing up for our premiere performance tonight at the 7th Annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image. Interview with Lady Grace from the Underground Xpress video program http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/02/interview-with-lady-grace-from-the-underground-xpress-video-program/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/04/02/interview-with-lady-grace-from-the-underground-xpress-video-program/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:01:15 +0000 Denis Baldwin http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=12874
I was recently contacted by Underground Xpress, a local Tampa underground video program that covers local music, local bands and other local talents. The creative epicenter and host, Lady Grace, agreed to an interview about Underground Xpress.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=12874 0
I was recently contacted by Underground Xpress, a local Tampa underground video program that covers local music, local bands and other local talents. The creative epicenter and host, Lady Grace, agreed to an interview about Underground Xpress. “I loved your show more than pussy” http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/03/24/12413/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/03/24/12413/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:17:43 +0000 David Jenkins http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=12413
Jobsite's David Jenkins writes about receiving the ultimate compliment from an audience member.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=12413 2
Jobsite's David Jenkins writes about receiving the ultimate compliment from an audience member. Tampa Bay Playwrights Unite! http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/03/18/tampa-bay-area-playwrights-unite/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/03/18/tampa-bay-area-playwrights-unite/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:24:38 +0000 Mark E. Leib http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=12105
Why don't more local theaters produce plays by local playwrights? A new group is forming in Tampa Bay for playwrights seeking more hometown productions.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=12105 0
Why don't more local theaters produce plays by local playwrights? A new group is forming in Tampa Bay for playwrights seeking more hometown productions. The Lieutenant of Inishmore: There Will Be Blood http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/03/10/the-lieutenant-of-inishmore/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/03/10/the-lieutenant-of-inishmore/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:41:54 +0000 David Jenkins http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=11065
Corpses, torture, guns, lots of blood and a dead cat: David Jenkins talks about staging Martin McDonagh's comic gorefest The Lieutenant of Inishmore in tiny Jobsite Theater.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=11065 9
Corpses, torture, guns, lots of blood and a dead cat: David Jenkins talks about staging Martin McDonagh's comic gorefest The Lieutenant of Inishmore in tiny Jobsite Theater. King Hedley II’s Bechir Sylvain: What a guy http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/20/bechir-sylvains-final-weekend-as-our-temporary-resident/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/20/bechir-sylvains-final-weekend-as-our-temporary-resident/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:54:46 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=9898
Bechir Sylvain of King Hedley II and Six Degrees: Catch him before he leaves town, because this is an actor everybody loves. Ami Sallee Corley has the quotes to prove it.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=9898 2
Bechir Sylvain of King Hedley II and Six Degrees: Catch him before he leaves town, because this is an actor everybody loves. Ami Sallee Corley has the quotes to prove it. In memory of Susan Hussey http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/18/in-memory-of-susan-hussey/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/18/in-memory-of-susan-hussey/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:30:05 +0000 Mark E. Leib http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=9652
Mark Leib reports the sad news that Susan Hussey, co-founder of Gorilla Theatre, has died after a long struggle with cancer.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=9652 5
Mark Leib reports the sad news that Susan Hussey, co-founder of Gorilla Theatre, has died after a long struggle with cancer. Did you grow up with Amy Vanderbilt? Actor/director Ami Sallee Corley needs your help http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/18/growing-up-with-amy-vanderbilt/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/18/growing-up-with-amy-vanderbilt/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:55:43 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=7840
Ami Salleey Corley and Shana Perkins produce The Agreeable Husband, based on Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette and seek candidates to interview.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=7840 0
Ami Salleey Corley and Shana Perkins produce The Agreeable Husband, based on Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette and seek candidates to interview. Mosaic Dance Collective: The Jobsite of Dance? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/11/mosaic-dance-collective-the-jobsite-of-dance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/11/mosaic-dance-collective-the-jobsite-of-dance/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:11:42 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=8731
Mosaic Dance has expanded the horizons for dancers in the Tampa Bay area. Ami Sallee Corley sees parallels between this troupe's beginnings and the origins of Jobsite Theater.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=8731 0
Mosaic Dance has expanded the horizons for dancers in the Tampa Bay area. Ami Sallee Corley sees parallels between this troupe's beginnings and the origins of Jobsite Theater. U.S. theater’s hurting. Tampa Bay theater? Booming. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/05/professional-theater-struggling-maybe-not-in-the-bay-area/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/02/05/professional-theater-struggling-maybe-not-in-the-bay-area/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:57:12 +0000 David Jenkins http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=8435
Financial crisis? What financial crisis? Tampa Bay theater companies are experiencing a boom.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=8435 0
Financial crisis? What financial crisis? Tampa Bay theater companies are experiencing a boom. Critic as playwright: Research, anyone? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/26/critic-as-playwright-research-anyone/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/26/critic-as-playwright-research-anyone/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:19:06 +0000 Mark E. Leib http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=7345
CL critic Mark E. Leib speaks out about accusations in the St. Pete Times.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=7345 1
CL critic Mark E. Leib speaks out about accusations in the St. Pete Times. Tampa actor Ami Sallee Corley asks: Why do we stay? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/25/why-do-we-stay/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/25/why-do-we-stay/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:24:39 +0000 amisalleecorley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=7186
Ami Sallee Corley — actress, teacher and now CL blogger — asks Tampa Bay artists a question.]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=7186 8
Ami Sallee Corley — actress, teacher and now CL blogger — asks Tampa Bay artists a question. Another critic heard from: Village Voice’s Michael Feingold weighs in http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/25/another-critic-heard-from-village-voices-michael-feingold-weighs-in/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/25/another-critic-heard-from-village-voices-michael-feingold-weighs-in/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:12:57 +0000 David Warner http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=7320
Longtime Village Voice theater critic Michael Feingold weighs in on CL's critic-as-playwright controversy]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=7320 0
Longtime Village Voice theater critic Michael Feingold weighs in on CL's critic-as-playwright controversy Critic vs. critic: The conflict-of-interest issue, revisited http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/24/critic-vs-critic-the-conflict-of-interest-issue-revisited/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/24/critic-vs-critic-the-conflict-of-interest-issue-revisited/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:17:43 +0000 David Warner http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=7233
As discussed earlier on the Daily Loaf, St. Petersburg Times performing arts critic John Fleming recently questioned Creative Loafing theater critic Mark E. Leib about a possible conflict of interest in Leib’s relationship with two theaters. Now Fleming has published his criticisms in the Times. Here’s the situation:  Gorilla Theatre recently hosted a staged reading of [...]]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=7233 3
As discussed earlier on the Daily Loaf, St. Petersburg Times performing arts critic John Fleming recently questioned Creative Loafing theater critic Mark E. Leib about a possible conflict of interest in Leib’s relationship with two theaters. Now Fleming has published his criticisms in the Times. Here’s the situation:  Gorilla Theatre recently hosted a staged reading of [...] The Critic as Playwright: More Complications http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/16/the-critic-as-playwright-more-complications/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2009/01/16/the-critic-as-playwright-more-complications/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:02:34 +0000 Mark E. Leib http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/?p=6437
So now we’re less than a week away from the staged reading of my play A RIVER IN THE DESERT at Gorilla Theatre and I get an e-mail from John Fleming, arts critic for the St. Petersburg Times. What he wants to know is, isn’t it a conflict of interest, or at least the appearance [...]]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/p=6437 5
So now we’re less than a week away from the staged reading of my play A RIVER IN THE DESERT at Gorilla Theatre and I get an e-mail from John Fleming, arts critic for the St. Petersburg Times. What he wants to know is, isn’t it a conflict of interest, or at least the appearance [...]