History
Founded in 1998 by David M. Jenkins, Michael Caban, Alan Fessenden, John Lott and Jason Vaughan Evans using the 54-seat Silver Meteor Gallery in Ybor City as their first home, the company moved into the 130-seat Off Center Theater (now the Shimberg Playhouse) as resident theater company in 2003.
In 2002 the company would produce a new rock musical by Tampa punk icon Joe Popp, MAXWELL, which would travel to the Galapagos Arts Space. In 2010, Jobsite and Popp would again team up to create Pericles: Prince of Tires, a modern punk-rock musical based on Shakespeare's Pericles - Prince of Tyre, which would then tour to the Off-Broadway theater HERE Arts Space. Jobsite has additionally toured productions to Largo and Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
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