JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA, OR A PLAY ABOUT THE MAKING OF A PLAY ABOUT MTV’S JERSEY SHORE AND ALSO, A FALLOUT GUIDE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND A RECORD OF THE MESSIEST SENIOR THESIS SZN IN SUCK UNIVERSITY HISTORY at The Makers’ Space
Dates: 12/13/2025
📍 Theatre: The Makers’ Space
First Kiss Theatre Company
N/A
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Tickets: Pay What You Can Starting at $8.00
In JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA, OR A PLAY ABOUT THE MAKING OF A PLAY ABOUT MTV’S JERSEY SHORE AND ALSO, A FALLOUT GUIDE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND A RECORD OF THE MESSIEST SENIOR THESIS SZN IN SUCK UNIVERSITY HISTORY by Courtney Taylor, a pretentious senior thesis play about masculinity and queerness in the show Jersey Shore spirals into chaos. It's 2017, and closeted playwright Amaya makes the play a reckoning with sexual violence after being assaulted by a fellow drama student. Bea, a dramaturg who left school and now works at a bagel store, becomes increasingly involved in the play and with Amaya. All the while, Amaya’s dubious senior thesis advisor, The Academic, tries to stir controversy and turn the play into a site of post-2016 culture war content. The characters get tangled in the dynamic between art and power, lock in on the relationship between Pauly D and Vinny, and try to create impactful student theatre on shaky ground. In Jersey Shore Fantasia, it’s gym, tan, laundry, crash out.
As part of their 2025 Residency Presentations, First Kiss Theatre Company will present a staged reading of JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA... on Saturday, December 13th at 1:30pm at The Makers’ Space in Brooklyn, NY.
Written by Courtney Taylor
Directed by Abby Davis
Tickets can be found here, see you there!
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