David M. Jenkins is the Producing Artistic Director and a co-founder of Jobsite Theater, resident theater company at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Tampa. He is also an Instructor for the USF Judy Genshaft Honors College. He went to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and holds a BA in Theater Performance (USF), an MFA in Acting (UF), and a PhD in Communication with a focus on Performance Studies (USF). He has additionally studied with Moscow State University, the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Recent directing credits include: Dracula, Avenue Q, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Little Shop of Horrors, Romeo & Juliet, Shockheaded Peter, Henry V, Hand to God, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Favorite regional roles include Father Flynn in DOUBT, O'Brien in 1984, James in Time Stands Still, Tom Hanlon in A Skull in Connemara, Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles, Coleman in The Lonesome West, The Man in Closetland, goofing off in the (abridged) plays, and originating the role of Jack in The March of the Kitefliers. He has been thrice honored as both Best Artistic Director and Best Stage Director by Creative Loafing. He enjoys Gator and Buccaneer football, Lightning hockey, craft beer, DIY projects, cooking, and video games. He lives in Tampa Heights in a neat old house with his rad wife and a mess of critters.