Final 4 performances of What the Butler Saw

There are just a few performances left of this smash-hit wild comedy that has taken Tampa by storm! Today (1/24) at 4pm, then Wed. - Fri. (1/27-29) at 8p.

Today was slated to be our closing performance, but due to the fact that we've added seats to the theater and still managed to sell out 10 our past 13 shows, we added shows next week. We are NOT doing shows on Saturday and Sunday (1/30-31). This is due to the new Downtown route for Gasparilla on Saturday, and our need to strike the set and make way for the next show on Sunday.

Repeat: We close What the Butler Saw on Fri., 1/29.

What are people saying?

"One of the funniest performances I’ve seen in years... I can heartily recommend it to lovers of intelligent lunacy – and of laughter." – Creative Loafing

"With the same madcap madness of a Benny Hill skit, the cast scampered across the stage in a titillating series of scantily clad romps, double entendres and miscommunications ... Jobsite has delivered a delightful comedy of errors." – Tampa Tribune

"What the Butler Saw is a blast ... very entertaining ... If you're not looking for anything more than two hours of low-brow entertainment, and if you don't mind the playwright's obsession with sex, Orton's play and Jobsite's production can serve up exactly what you're hungry for." – St. Petersburg Times

Read more about what people are saying, including feedback sent in by email or over social networking sites at our website.

Hurting in the pocket? We get that. The economy is still in a funk and everyone's getting those bills from the holidays. We're here to help! Use promo code CIGAR, and you can get a $14.50 ticket to either the Wed., 1/27, or Thu., 1/28, performance. This special offer is not valid on prior sales or in conjunction with any other offer. Subject to availability.

Of course we always have $10 student, senior or military rush tickets available to any performance with remaining seats as of half an hour to curtain at the Ticket Office window with cash and a valid ID.

What the Butler Saw is sure to close as a Top 5 attended/grossing show in Jobsite's 11-year history. Don't miss out!

Hope to see you soon at the theater!

Word on the street is HOT for What the Butler Saw

We've had 5 sold-out shows and two sensational reviews so far, not to mention scads of great feedback from patrons for What the Butler Saw. Head over to our media page to check it all out for yourself, then grab a ticket to one of this weekend's shows!

We're on stage now through Jan. 29!

Butler bits

We're amidst a sold-out opening week of shows, and having a great time! Two more shows this weekend, then we finally get a few days rest!

Due to the great sales, we have held the show over through Jan. 29. We will have shows Wed., Jan. 27 - Fri., Jan. 29 all at 8pm. We cannot do a show on Jan. 30 due to Gasparilla, and have chosen at this time not to do a show on Jan. 31. It's not traditional, but we'll be closing on a Friday, giving us the weekend to strike and load out (and avoid Gasparilla mayhem).

For those wanting/needing to take advantage of student, senior or military rush offers - this Thursday night, Jan. 14, would be a GREAT time to do so! The second Thursday of a run is often the best night to take advantage of that special $10 pricing. You just need cash and valid ID as of 30 minutes to curtain at the Ticket Office window.

If you're coming to one of the shows this weekend and are worried about the cold - we have hot cocoa for sale at the bar! I hear a rumor that adding Kahlua to it just makes you that much warmer.

We hope you'll all be able to make this show, we're having a BLAST and it's great to hear the laughs. Who couldn't use a solid laugh at people running around in their undies?

Know before you go!

We're almost ready for our grand opening of our first show of 2010 - What the Butler Saw. Tonight is our final tech, tomorrow is our preview (sold out!) and we open on Thursday.

Since the show has a bit of a double-whammy in regards to being both in dialect (British) and period (late '60s), we've decided to offer a bit of a glossary in the program for words and phrases that are not familiar to an American or modern audience.

Since we have it ready, we figured we might as well share it now. Blog readers just get a little leg up and will come in more in the know. :) It's certainly not necessary to know these things to 'get' the show, but this advanced knowledge can't hurt, either.

What the Butler Saw: The title of a popular pornographic film made for viewing in the Mutoscope machine, later referred to as a “What the Butler Saw Machine”.

Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. Led the British war effort against the Nazis.

The George Medal: A British award for courageous behavior, comparable to the Congressional Medal of Honor.

20 words a minute: An obscenely slow shorthand speed. Beginning secretaries were often required to meet a speed of at least 80 w.p.m.

Febrile: Of or pertaining to fever. (Dr. Prentice’s line “You’ve a febrile condition of the calves” means “Your legs are hot.”)

Tess of the D’Urbevilles: 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy, which was censored for its challenging of Victorian sexual morality.

Lobelia: A flowering plant which has been used as a sedative by various cultures. It can be inferred that the “lobelia-growing classes” are the idle rich with a taste for narcotics.

Christmas cracker: A popular holiday novelty in England, consisting of a paper-wrapped cardboard tube which, when pulled apart, produces a small bang and contains a cheap prize.

Yardley’s: A popular perfume.

Alfa Romeo: An Italian manufacturer of luxury automobiles.

Nom-de-folie: A French expression meaning ‘madness name.’

BMA: British Medical Association.

OBE: Order of the British Empire (a minor knighthood)

Golliwog: A character from children's literature inspired by a blackface minstrel doll. Later used to describe any such doll, and also as a racial slur.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme: Award for personal achievement that can be won by anyone aged 14 to 25. Established 1956.

WH Smith and Sons: British bookshop chain founded in 1790. Notable for a profound sense of upper-class entitlement in shop appearance, personnel attitude, and marketing tone.

Neuritis: General inflammation of the peripheral nervous system located outside the brain and spinal cord). Symptoms include pain, numbness, and paralysis of a given area of the body. One can guess in which areas Mrs. Prentice’s occurs.

Peccadilloes: A very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.