“There’s one guy that’s basically bedridden – how do you make that interesting? We do have the luxury of lights and sound. “There’s a challenge in all aspects of this,” says Potenza. It’s the same story, just told a different way. Live theater, of course, doesn’t have the luxury of closeups, long shots, two-shots or dissolves. There are, Potenza acknowledges, “things that happen in it that are absolutely necessary for the story, that people are waiting for.” Did we say sledgehammer? One might find the book more in the horror genre, but this is more like a psychological thriller.” “The book is very different than the movie,” Potenza says, “and the play uses aspects or some of both. The New York Post refers to the show as “popcorn theater … a carnival ride that piles on the twists and thrills.” “It’s not put it on pause and go to the refrigerator,” he says. She and Jenkins also happen to be married.įor those who are themselves married to book or movie, theater director Paul Potenza has just one word for you: This is live theater. The role of Annie is handled by Summer Bohnenkamp, the Straz Center’s Vice President of Programming and Marketing. Jenkins, a familiar face as both actor and director, is playing Paul. Straz Center, opens the play Friday (following previews Wednesday and Thursday). Jobsite Theatre, the resident professional company of Tampa’s David A. Now there’s Misery the stage play, adapted from King’s bestseller by William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay for the Reiner film. It refers to the heroine of Sheldon’s bodice-rippers (her name is Misery Chastain), and it also refers to … that which captive Paul endures at the hands of bat-crazy Annie.
The war of wills between romance novelist Paul Sheldon and his off-the-rails “fan” Annie Wilkes became part of American popular culture with director Rob Reiner’s 1990 adaptation of a book by horror master Stephen King.īoth book and movie were called Misery.
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