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'Kitefliers' breezes back to the bay area

By Times staff writer
Published March 29, 2007

The March of the Kitefliers broke box office records for the Jobsite Theater company as its season finale in spring 2005.

Now, under the direction of Kari Goetz, the play is back with some technical and script updates - the costumes and sets are different, and so is the music.

The breezy romantic comedy offers the kind of adult humor people generally get from TV shows such as HBO's Entourage or CBS's How I Met Your Mother.

Its script, by Tampa playwrights Shawn Paonessa and Neil Gobioff, deals with growing up without growing old.

In the play, Sam (Paonessa) forgoes career ambition to shill coffee in a Starbucks-type cafe. When he falls for Julia (Meg Heimstead), he starts to feel adult pressures and thinks he must decide between settling down or following in the footsteps of his best friend, Jack (David M. Jenkins).

Jack is a slacker, the obnoxious bachelor, the comic relief and smart-aleck sidekick. He's a crucial character, and we really can't say more without spoiling the play.

The March of the Kitefliers opens tonight and runs through April 15 at Shimberg Playhouse at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N MacInnes Place, Tampa. Shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday; $19.50-$24.50; (813) 229-7827, www.tbpac.com.

[Last modified March 28, 2007, 09:57:29]