Contest for Tickets to The March of the Kitefliers

Gonzonia is another blog located in Seminole Heights. He is having a contest where he is giving away 2 tickets to the opening weekend of Jobsite Theater's world premier production of The March of the Kitefliers.

This play is written by two Seminole Heights residents, Neil Gobioff and Shawn Paonessa.

The March of the Kitefliers
by Neil Gobioff & Shawn Paonessa
August 5 - 21, 2005

Jobsite concludes their most successful season to date with the premiere of a quirky 30-something romantic comedy written by two Tampa playwrights, Neil Gobioff and Shawn Paonessa. The March of the Kitefliers plays Aug. 5 - 21 in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, where Jobsite is resident theater company.

When Sam (Shawn Paonessa) graduated from college with a double major in art and marketing, he had big dreams of a career in advertising. The corporate world caused him to submit to a mediocre job, while pursuing his dreams by chronically escaping into his vivid fantasies. When Julia (Meg Heimstead) walks into his life, suddenly Sam is forced to decide whether to finally grow up and pursue the woman he loves or follow the footsteps of his best friend, Jack (David M. Jenkins), who lives in a perpetual state of childhood. What ensues is an endearing romantic comedy and a hilarious post-modern satire that asks: who are we really, and what ever happened to the dreamers within us when we were children?

Contest:

The play takes place in a coffee shop. The play also has an open mic night filled with hilariously bad poetry. To enter the contest all you have to do is send an email to
BADPOETRY at GONZONIA.COM with the worst open mic poetry you can come up with. ORIGINAL POETRY ONLY. Please don’t send me Emily Dickinson just because your 9th grade English teacher derided you about your choice in undergarments.

See his website for additional details about the contest.

More on these Seminole Heights residents:

Neil Gobioff (Co-playwright) - Playwright, Poet, Book Store Owner, Tech Geek, and now a new Dad. Neil last wrote for Jobsite's Murder Ballads with his and Paonessa's one-act, The Curse of Millhaven. Since his playwriting debut in 1999, he has written for numerous Jobsite productions, including Breathing Oblivion, The Acropolis Project: Balance, and Learning Swerve, which earned him and Paonessa Best Local Playwright - Reader's Choice, Weekly Planet. He has also worked behind the scenes in other Jobsite Productions including Bloody Poetry (Stage Manager) and Delusion of Darkness (Asst. Director/Stage Manager). He'd like to thank his wife for her love, patience, and helping to bring their amazing son Izzy into the world.

Shawn Paonessa (Sam & Co-playwright) was discovered as a baby in a wicker basket, floating down the Everglades' river of grass. A family of blue tongue mango voles raised him and turned him over to Wink Martindale, who educated him in the arts of humor, politics, and beer. He has been acting, writing, directing, and troublemaking with Jobsite since he played Donkey in their second production, Brownbread. Notable performances include The History of the Devil, The Ruins…, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and Cloud 9. Paonessa has also written with Neil Gobioff for many Jobsite productions, including Breathing Oblivion, The Curse of Millhaven and Learning Swerve, which earned Best Local Playwright - Reader's Choice, Weekly Planet 1999. In 2004, Paonessa made his directorial debut with Delusion of Darkness. This season, Paonessa also performed in Playing With Fire: After Frankenstein, The Complete History of America (abridged), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), and A Girl's Guide to Chaos.

http://www.gonzonia.com/2005/07/17/contest-contest-contest/

http://www.jobsitetheater.org/kitefliers.htm