Circle Jerk (play)
{{Short description|2020 play by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley}}
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Circle Jerk is a 2020 American multimedia play by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/theater/circle-jerk-review.html|title=Review: A Satire of Social Media That Aims at Too Many Targets|first=Elisabeth|last=Vincentelli|newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 20, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/circle-jerks-recipe-for-a-viral-theater-hit.html|title=Circle Jerk's Recipe for a Viral Theater Hit|first=Helen|last=Shaw|date=November 25, 2020|website=Vulture}} The play was originally produced by Fake Friends Theater and Media Company, Caroline Gart, and Jeremy O. Harris. It was directed by Rory Pelsue. It featured dramaturgy by Ariel Sibert and performances from the authors and Catherine María Rodríguez.
Summary
It’s winter on Gaymen Island, a summer retreat for the homosexual rich and famous. This off-season, two White gay internet trolls hatch a plot to take back what’s wrongfully theirs. Cancelations, meme schemes, and political and erotica flip flops abound as three actors playing nine parts, play out this chaotic live-streamed descent into the high-energy, quick-change, low-brow pit of the internet.{{Cite web|url=https://circlejerk.live/about|title=General 2|website=Circle Jerk}}[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/white-gay-culture-gets-the-scathing-inventive-and-somehow-live-reckoning-it-needs-in-circle-jerk-1.5769352 White gay culture gets the scathing, inventive and, somehow, live reckoning it needs in Circle Jerk|CBC Arts]{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/circle-jerks-erudition-includes-a-dose-of-the-o-c.html|title=Circle Jerk's Theatrical Erudition Includes a Dose of The O.C.|first=Helen|last=Shaw|date=October 21, 2020|website=Vulture}}
Accolades
It was a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/katori-halls-the-hot-wing-king-wins-2021-pulitzer-prize-for-drama|title=Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama|first=Ryan|last=McPhee|date=June 11, 2021|website=Playbill}}{{cite web |title=Finalist: Circle Jerk, by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/michael-breslin-and-patrick-foley |website=www.pulitzer.org |access-date=15 June 2021 |language=en}} It won a Special Citation at the 2023 Obie Awards.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://thequeerreview.com/2020/10/26/theatre-review-circle-jerk/ The Queer Review]
- [https://circlejerk.live/ Homepage]
- [https://vimeo.com/468728295 Trailer]