
THE WHIPPING MAN Signals a
New Beginning for Gorilla
USF Graduate Creates Instant Classic in THE WHIPPING MAN

WHIPPING MAN Production is a
Moving Homecoming for USF Alum
The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez March 15-April 1, 2012
The Gorilla Theatre to leave Drew Park location; Bridget Bean joins new Board of Directors
Gorilla Theatre seeks move to busier location Tampa Tribune
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner

Cheeky wit and senior moments light up
Gas and Candles (Tampa Tribune)
Opens Oct 12: "Gas and Candles" by David Henry Wilson

Gorilla Theatre
program nurtures young playwrights

Our beloved founder and producer,
Aubrey Hampton
Aubrey Hampton: An Organic Legacy for our Future
Remembering Aubrey Hampton

Hampton recalled as
'an amazing man'

Gorilla Theatre co-founder
Aubrey Hampton dies at 76

Gorilla Theatre Producer/Director
Aubrey Hampton Passes Away
Aubrey Hampton, co-founder of Gorilla Theatre, dies

GORILLA THEATRE TO PRODUCE
SHAKESPEARE'S SCOTTISH PLAY IN OCTOBER
URBAN / GORILLA April 21 – May 1, 2011
Love story inspired by parents' marriage (St. Pete Times)
Sweet Storm performances fresh, superb (Tampa Tribune)
Sweet Storm is refreshing (St. Pete Times)
Sweet Storm fits right in at Gorilla (St. Pete Times)
Sweet Storm is too brief a shower (Creative Loafing)
SWEET STORM By Scott Hudson February 24 - March 20, 2011
Lion in Winter Excels (St. Pete Times)
Acting Workshop with Giles Davies
Thanksgiving Special Extended for the Entire Run!
Christmas Stopping packs plenty of edge (Tampa Tribune)
Christmas Stopping a mild season antidote (Creative Loafing)
Christmas Stopping (St Petersburg Times)
Christmas Stopping: WUSF radio interview
Christmas Stopping: Grant explains it all for you!
Christmas Stopping: Grant explains more, assisted by his family!
Next at the Gorilla Theatre World Premiere CHRISTMAS STOPPING

"
fine theater, a romp with true and false, art and reality, history and fantasy" (Creative Loafing)
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (St. Pete Times)
Shipwrecked arts pick of the week (Creative Loafing)

The Gorilla Theatre presents
Donald Margulies' play SHIPWRECKED!
Case Number 346: Sarah Mayes charms and mystifies (Creative Loafing)
Part Dance Part Film Noir Piece is Creepy Fun (St Petersburg Times)
Case Number 346: Sarah Mayes
Far Away at the Gorilla (Creative Loafing)
Far Away from shaky start (Tampa Tribune)
Far Away opens August 5

Mark your calendars for the Gorilla Theatre's
HUGE YARD SALE

The Gorilla Theatre Announces its
2010-2011 Season
Best in high school theater comes to Tampa's Gorilla Theatre June 10-13 (tampabay.com)
Studio@620, Gorilla Theatre focus on young playwrights (St. Pete Times)
On the radar: Gorilla Theatre’s Young Dramatists' Project (Creative Loafing)

Coming Soon:
Young Dramatists and Teen Actors
Winning playwright succeeds, returns to direct
Young Dramatists' Project (YDP '10)
Sympathetic performance revives 'Shirley Valentine' (Tampa Tribune)
The magic Bridget Bean (Creative Loafing, 2010)
Valentine's Day (Weekly Planet, 2006)
The Lark on TV:
Sat 03/27/10 1:00pm Channel 30 (Verizon), 20 (Comcast), 950 (BHN)
Mon 03/29/10 12:00pm Channel 36 (Verizon), 949 (BHN)
Sat 04/10/10 12:30pm Channel 36 (Verizon), 949 (BHN)
Strong cast gives heft to Gorilla production of The Lark (St Pete Times)
The Lark at the Gorilla (Creative Loafing)
The Lark by Jean Anouilh adapted by Lillian Hellman March 11-April 4 at the Gorilla Theatre
The Drunken City by Adam Bock – FINAL WEEKEND
The Drunken City by Adam Bock Jan 14-Feb 7 at the Gorilla Theatre
Christmas Trio Rings True (St. Petersburg Times)
Strong script, powerful performances (Tampa Tribune)
Christmas Trio is a fine memorial to its author (Creative Loafing)
'The Woman in Black,' playing in Tampa's Gorilla Theatre, is engrossing (St Petersburg Times/Tampabay.com)
Theater Review: Spine-tingling The Woman in Black at Gorilla Theatre (Creative Loafing)
'Woman in Black' gives new meaning to stage fright (Tampa Tribune/TBO.com)
The Gorilla Theatre opens its 09-10 season with
The Woman in Black
A Tribute to Susan Hussey at Deep Carnivale

"
Most Unconventional Theatre Event" (Creative Loafing)

Gorilla Theatre
announces 2009-10 season
Play set in Florida during 1960's Hurricane Donna premieres Off Broadway
Gorilla Theatre's Bridget Bean, unleashed

Mark Leib on
Gorilla Theatre's "innovative" Young Dramatists
Winning Students Have Write Stuff (Tampa Tribune)
Young Dramatists/Project (YDP /09)
YDP '09 Audition Notice
Elizabeth and Edward (Creative Loafing)

World Premiere!
Elizabeth and Edward by Aubrey Hampton
Gorilla Theatre Presents Baseball Play for Spring Training
Tampa Bay area theaters experience financial renaissance (TBN)
Hussey, A Force In Local Art Circles, Dies (MSNBC)
"A Body of Water on Studio 10"
Puzzling Play Keeps it Surreal (Tampa Tribune)
Susan Hussey: At Gorilla Theatre, plays go on but one light is gone (St Petersburg Times)

"
A Body of Water at the Gorilla Theatre" (Creative Loafing)

"
Message muddled ... Performance is a delight" (St Petersburg Times)

Stageworks and Gorilla Theatres co produce:
A Body of Water by Lee Blessing

The Gorilla Reading Series Presents a
New Play by Mark E. Leib

"
Gorilla Theatre heats up the stage" Creative Loafing

"
Gorilla Theatre production displays power of 'Six'" St. Petersburg Times

"
"Separates from Ordinary" Tampa Tribune

"
Gorilla Theatre Reopens in Style" St. Petersburg Times.

The Gorilla Reading Presents
Six Degrees of Separation

The Gorilla Reading Series Presents a
New Play by William Leavengood
Gorilla Theatre Building Improvements
An Oak Tree Hypnotizes
For 'Oak' role, it's more about reacting than acting (St Petersburg Times)
Surprises fall throughout An Oak Tree (Tampa Tribune)
'Oak Tree' has a twist: a new actor each show (St Petersburg Times)
Professional Auditioning Class for Adults at the Gorilla Theatre, Tampa, Fl
Teen Acting Classes at the Gorilla Theatre
Teen Play Writing Classes at the Gorilla Theatre

Gorilla Theatre Announces
Season Auditions
Young Dramatists' Project (YDP '08) Opens May 29 at the Gorilla Theatre

Staged Reading of David Gow's Play
Arrivals
"Bach" too much of a good thing
This Play Is A Romp "Bach" In Time (Tampa Tribune)
'Bach'-analia at the Gorilla (USF Oracle)
Bach at Leipzig by Itamar Moses and
Soup at the Gorilla
BACH AT LEIPZIG by Itamar Moses

The Gorilla Theatre Play Reading Series presents:
Sweet Storm
Take our survey and help make the Gorilla even better! Just 3 questions!

VIDEO:
Interview with the A Picasso actors (Channel 10, Tampa Bay)
This Picasso Inspires with Ideas (St Petersburg Times)
Artful Performances Elevate Taut 'A Picasso' (Tampa Tribune)
Artistic ego vs fascist threats in A Picasso (Creative Loafing)

Don't miss
A PICASSO by Jeffrey Hatcher
Kid Friendly: Children will likely take delight in this Christmas tale (Creative Loafing)

The Gorilla Theatre presents the family holiday show
Christmas Gremlins II, December 6-23, 2007.

"
The Madwoman In The Attic" (Creative Loafing)
'Jane Eyre' Update Evokes Empathy" (Tampa Tribune)
Becoming 'Jane' doesn't require plot revision' (St Petersburg Times)

Audience impressions of
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre Opens October 25 at the Gorilla Theatre
Jazz at the Gorilla wins Best of the Bay
Hand In Glove: Theater and jazz, happy together

The Gorilla Theatre Presents
Polly Teale's Jane Eyre
Rag and Bone by Noah Haidle Sept 6-23 at the Gorilla Theatre
Jorge Garcia and Federico Britos at the Gorilla Theatre June 24