Chris Holcom, Director
Night of the Living Dead
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(photo courtesy of jobsitetheater.org)
onstageTampa: “How long have you been associated with the Jobsite Theater?”
Chris Holcom: “About Eleven years now, well about ten years.”
onstageTampa: “What led you to direct this project?”
Chris Holcom: “I‘ve been a zombie fanatic pretty much all my life, and when we found an actual stage version of this play, we thought it would be something fun to do and everybody seemed to agree that I would be the right person to direct it.”
onstageTampa: “What kind of response have you personally heard about the show?”
Chris Holcom: “So far I‘ve had people basically saying that they‘ve been having a lot of fun and I can‘t ask for a better endorsement than that.”
onstageTampa: “Well the production is a success, you’ve had sold out shows and lines waiting outside. Has everything worked as well as you’ve hoped? Are there some things you didn’t plan on that kind of fell into place that we saw in the show?”
Chris Holcom: “Well there‘s always little happy accidents that happen in every show and sometimes you find those accidents are probably a little bit better than what you originally intended, so like going along with that beyond that there are always minor technical things. I mean a show that is as tech heavy as this one is you‘re always going to have little problems here but we try to plan for those contingencies and deal with them.”
onstageTampa: “Now if an audience member, whom you‘ve never met before were to tell a friend about Night of the Living Dead and Jobsite Theater, what do you hope they would say?”
Chris Holcom: “That it‘s a fun evening of theatre. It‘s not exactly what you would expect. You know it‘s funny, it‘s got thrills, it‘s got chills and it‘s just a good night out.”
onstageTampa: “So what‘s the next Chris Holcom project, acting or directing?”
Chris Holcom: “Acting. I actually acting in boom! Kari Goetz who is playing Barbara in this show is directing me in boom! in March. So that‘s a another kind of apocalyptic tale it‘s kind of funny I get to direct her in one and she gets to direct me in one.”
onstageTampa: “Any Thanks or Plugs?”
Chris Holcom: “Thank you to my phenomenal cast and crew. Really if I didn‘t have those people none of this would be possible. And actually a very special thanks go out to George Romero and Tom Savini for making such evocative films.”
Kari Goetz, Barbara
Night of the Living Dead
onstageTampa: “How long have you been associated with Jobsite Theater?”
Kari Goetz: “This is my eighth season.”
onstageTampa: “Hoping to stay here for a while?”
Kari Goetz: “Yeah, I‘ve been here for eight years. I don‘t intend on going anywhere else.”
onstageTampa: “What drew you to this project?”
Kari Goetz: “I am a huge fan of the zombie films and this has been Chris' pet project for a really long time. So when we got the green light this year, I made a point to go after Barbara.”
onstageTampa: “So you went after the role of Barbara, it wasn‘t just handed to you, awesome.”
Kari Goetz: “Every role you gotta earn at Jobsite.”
onstageTampa: “What do you hope someone will take away from the show?"
Kari Goetz: “Oh I just hope they have a hell of a good time. I don‘t think we‘re trying to make any strong social statements or anything like that. It‘s zombies, it‘s fun. It‘s scary and it‘s extended that Halloween feeling a little bit longer.”
onstageTampa: “So what‘s next for Kari?”
Kari Goetz: “Kari takes a nice break for a while, and then I go into directing boom! in February and will open in March.”
onstageTampa: “Any thanks or Plugs?”
Kari Goetz: “Thanks or plugs, thanks for everybody in Jobsite. Plugs, keep coming out to see Night of the Living Dead.”
Many thanks go out to Chris Holcom and Kari Goetz for their time. Also a big thanks to Jobsite Theater for their wonderful hospitality.
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