Repertory Theater. She is a recipient of a
Theater Tampa Bay Spark Award (2015)
for her work on Bones with the Silver
Meteor Gallery and had the privilege of
representing USF at the international level
at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She
wants to thank Jobsite for letting her in on
all the fun and her family for their constant
support and love.
BRIAN M. SMALLHEER (Light and
Co-scenic Design, Technical Director)
received his education from Harrison Center
for the Visual and Performing Arts, Polk
Community College (Visual Arts), and
University of South Florida (Theatre
Design). Brian has been an artistic
associate and designer for Jobsite
since 1999. When not freelancing as a
designer, Brian is the Technical Theatre
Instructor and Technical Director for
Tampa Preparatory School. As a designer
for Jobsite, his work has received two
Best of the Bay awards: Best Lighting
Design for Einstein’s Dreams (2011)
and Best Local Set Designer (2014). He
also received Broadway World’s Best
Set Design for Time Stands Still and
Return to the Forbidden Planet. Other
select design credits include A Skull
in Connemara, Lizzie: The Musical,
Lebensraum, Annapurna, Orlando,
Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Mindgame,
Picasso at the Lapin Agile, boom!, The
Lieutenant of Inishmore, The March of the
Kitefliers, Gorey Stories, subUrbia and
Dracula. In what little spare time he has,
Brian pursues his passion for visual arts by
doing photography and painting. More info
at bms-designs.com.
DAVID M. JENKINS (Direction,
Sound, Video and Co-scenic Design) is
the Producing Artistic Director and a cofounder
of Jobsite. He holds a Ph.D. in
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Communication (Performance Studies)
from the University of South Florida, an
M.F.A. in Acting from the University of
Florida, and a B.A. in Theater Performance,
also from USF. He has additionally studied
with Moscow State University, the Russian
Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and the
San Francisco Mime Troupe. In addition
to his full-time work for Jobsite, David
teaches in the Honors College at USF
as an adjunct instructor. He has recently
directed productions of Gloucester Blue,
As You Like It, LIZZIE, The Maids,
SILENCE! The Musical, Annapurna (with
Summer Bohnenkamp), and Twelfth Night
for Jobsite as well as Annie Baker’s The
Aliens for Stageworks Theatre. He was
directed by Israel Horovitz in Sins of the
Mother (Frankie/Philly Verga), and has
been recently seen in Cloud Nine (Betty/
Edward), A Skull in Connemara (Tom
Hanlon), Time Stands Still (James), The
Hound of the Baskervilles (Dr. Watson)
and The Lonesome West (Coleman). The
latter earned him a Theatre Tampa Bay
nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor,
recognition as a Top 9 performance of
2013 by Creative Loafing’s Mark Leib,
and the Best Actor Award in CL’s Best of
the Bay Reader’s Poll. He was the 2014
recipient of the Best Director Award from
CL’s Reader’s Poll and Best Director of
a Musical in the BroadwayWorld Tampa
Regional Awards; he also won the 2015
BroadwayWorld Regional Award for
Best Actor (Times Stands Still). Creative
Loafing has twice honored him as both Best
Artistic Director and Best Actor. David
has published articles in the scholarly
journals Text & Performance Quarterly,
Liminalities, and Departures in Critical
Qualitative Research. He lives in Tampa
Heights in a neat old house with his rad wife
and a mess of critters.
Special Thanks
Judy Lisi, Lorrin Shepard, Georgiana Young, Jeanne Piazza, CJ Marshall and everyone
at Straz Center for their belief in our vision and their unyielding support. Jobsite’s board
of directors and our mighty ensemble – for keeping this ship a�� oat. All of our fantastic
season sponsors who are helping us realize our dreams. Most importantly, thanks to YOU
for joining us here tonight.
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