2021/2022 Season!
A Season of Partnerships
ThinkTank Theatre is delighted to partner with so many of our neighboring Tampa area professional theaters and businesses for our 2021/2022 season. It's only fitting that we deem our 3rd full season "A Season of Partnerships!"
This season will be partnering with The Tampa Repertory Theatre, Stageworks Theatre, The Straz Center for the Performing Arts and
Dark Door Spirits!
The Giver:
adapted by Eric Coble
based on the Newbery Award-winning novel by Lois Lowry
directed by Georgia Mallory Guy
November 19 – December 12, 2021
Preview Performance November 18th @Stageworks Theatre
Relaxed Performance, Nov. 20, 2021, 3:00pm, click HERE for more info.
a co-production with The Tampa Repertory Theatre
- Jonas’ world is perfect. Everything is under control and safe. There is no war or fear or pain. There are also no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. But when Jonas turns 12, he is chosen for special training from The Giver—to receive and keep the memories of the community. The Giver is the only person who holds the memories of real pain and real joy. Now Jonas will learn the truth about life—and the hypocrisy of his utopian world. Through this astonishing and moving adaptation, discover what it means to grow up, to grow wise, and to take control of your own destiny.
Recommended for ages 8 to 108
For families with children under the age of 8,
we recommend attending our Relaxed Performance
Run Time - 2 Hours with one 15 minute Intermission
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
based on the novel by Mark Haddon
adapted by Simon Stephens
directed by Emilia Sargent
November 26 – December 19, 2021 @Stageworks Theatre
Relaxed Performance, Nov. 27, 2021 @ 3:00pm, click HERE for more info
a co-production with The Tampa Repertory Theatre
- Fifteen-year-old math whiz Christopher Boone lives with his divorced dad in Swinton, a working-class town west of London. After being falsely accused of killing a neighbor’s dog, Christopher—who is brilliant but has difficulty dealing with the sounds and stresses of everyday life—decides to investigate the crime. The secrets he unearths prompt him to leave his trusted teacher and the familiar streets of his hometown for a life-changing train trip to London. Based on Mark Haddon’s best-selling 2003 novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a thrilling and heartwarming adventure story featuring an unforgettable young hero.
Recommended for ages 8 to 108
For families with children under the age of 8,
we recommend attending our Relaxed Performance
Run Time - 2 .5 Hours with one 15 minute Intermission
All the Great Books
(abridged)
By Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor
directed by Brianna Larson
February 4 - February 13, 2022
Preview Performances February 2-3
Relaxed Performances, Feb. 5th and 12th, @ 3:00pm, click HERE for more info
@ The Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
- Confused by Confucius? Wish Swift was swifter? Moby a bit quicker? Then prepare to enjoy another outrageous assault on the senses with over eighty of the greatest literary masterpieces brought humbly down to Earth. This fast-paced comedy flies through a crash course in Western Literature from The Iliad to Harry Potter, plus everything else you really should have read by now but couldn’t be bothered. Taking the form of a crash-course remedial English class, three actors playing a drama teacher, coach and an inept student-teacher all play their part in this tour de force of theatrical pyrotechnics.
“Who knew that Homer was so funny – not Simpson, the other one?”
Recommended for ages 8 to 108
For families with children under the age of 8,
we recommend attending our Relaxed Performance
Run Time - 2 Hours with one 15 minute Intermission
The Relaxed Performances for this project are sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of the Arts and Culture and the State of Florida (Section 286.25, Florida Statutes)
Boozy Broadway
A Spring Cabaret Series with a Boozy Twist!
Directed by Georgia Mallory Guy and Sarah Tellier
Music Director - Sarah Tellier
June 10-11, 2022
@ Dark Door Spirits
Doors Open @ 6:30 with Drink Specials
Shows start at 7:30!
Minor's Welcome - Minor General Admission ticket includes a soda
Recommended for ages 10 to 110
Run Time - 2 Hours with one 15-minute Intermission
ThinkTank is excited to partner with our 2021/2022 Season Sponsor,
Dark Door Spirits to bring our next Broadway Series Cabarets to your way
June 10th and 11th! ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
If you missed our May Cabaret, we assure you, You Don't Want To Miss This!
***(And if you came to the May Cabaret, You Don't Want To Miss This!)***
Boozy Broadway - Summer Lovin' will take place in Dark Door Spirits amazing open air facility providing the perfect atmosphere for to combine Broadway Music with an array of choice adult beverages. You'll enjoy yourself so much, you'll probably want to take some Dark Door Spirits along with you! Like the poster says, "Broadway Fun for the Whole Family! (Booze if you're old enough)" Mark your calendars now!
Our June Cabaret Features: Chris Cordero, Logan Franke, Georgia Mallory Guy,
Nick Hoop, Ryan Sturm, and members of our Young Artists' Ensemble!
Drunken Shakespeare
Written by William Shakespeare
Ruined by a night of drinking with Theatre People!
directed by Brianna Larson
July 8-9, 2022
@ Dark Door Spirits
You have no need to fear Shakespeare if you pair it with drinking! ThinkTank will round out our Summer Series with a Shakespeare production enjoyed the only way it should be - With a Drink in Hand! Once again we'll be partnering with our 2021/2022 Season Sponsor, Dark Door Spirits and creating some theatre magic in their amazing open air facility providing the perfect atmosphere to combine Shakespeare with an array of choice adult beverages. We hope to make this one a yearly event, so Zounds! Mark your calendars now!
Drunken Shakespeare features: Harrison Baxley, Eddie Gomez, Summer Kiesel, Brianna Larson, and members of our Young Artists' Ensemble!
Recommended for ages 10 to 110
Run Time - 2 Hours including one 15-minute Intermission
2nd Annual TYA Playwrights Festival
directed by Multiple Directors, TBD
August 12 - 21, 2022
Preview Performances August 18, 2022
Relaxed Performance, Aug. 13, 2022, @ 3:00pm, click HERE for more info
@ Stageworks Theatre
ThinkTank’s TYA Playwrights Festival is a developmental program dedicated to providing a working forum for progressive and forward-thinking TYA productions for today’s theatres. The goal is a collaborative workshop process, with local Tampa Bay Theatre professionals and members of our YAE Company, allowing time for playwrights to hear and adapt their work. Submissions for the festival will open to playwrights across North America in January of 2022. The festival reading panel will narrow down submitted plays to no more than four plays for the festival show case. For the 2021 Play Fest, over 300 plays were submitted from across North America and two were selected to festival show case.
In addition to the selected play readings, ThinkTank will also fully produce one of the plays from 2021’s Play Fest selections as part of the 2022 Festival. The 2nd Annual TYA Playwrights Festival will take place the weekends of August 12th – 21st, mark your calendars, at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts and we hope, very much, to see you there!
Recommended for ages 8 to 108
For families with children under the age of 8,
we recommend attending our Relaxed Performance
Run Time - minute Intermission
About our Relaxed Performances
As a part of our vision to provide a theatrical experience that welcomes everyone, we plan to offer Relaxed Performances for all of our Main Stage Productions. For these show, we’ll adjust various elements to ensure that audience members with sensory based sensitivities can join us!!! Our relaxed performances are open to everyone and are especially crafted to enhance the show-going experience for members of our special needs community, families with younger children, and any theatre goer who might enjoy a more relaxed show experience!