Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest in Provincetown!
Subscribe to ptownie

    “Jerker” at Provincetown Theater
    Date: 2022-08-19     Time: 7 PM : 0 minutes

    The Cape Cod premiere of the late Robert Chesley’s sensuous love story Jerker. Following two gay men in 1980s San Francisco, Jerker charts the development of their romantic relationship via the oft-ridiculed use of phone sex. Upon its 1987 off-Broadway debut, the New York Times keenly observed: “Jerker accurately bills itself as ‘a pornographic elegy with redeeming social value’ and its gamy language and simulated autoeroticism are definitely not for squeamish tastes. But they serve a poignant purpose by pointing out, more bluntly than any other play dealing with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, how the epidemic has threatened one of the fundamental reasons for an entire group’s very existence – its freedom of erotic expression – and challenged its hard-won self-esteem.”

    More Upcoming Provincetown Events

    An Evening with The English Beat
    Mar 25, 2023
    Fusing ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, you just can’t stop “The Beat”– they’re taking over Provincetown Town on Saturday, March 25 for a dance rocking Payomet Road Show. Consummate showman that he is, Dave Wakeling has continued to...
    The 24 Hr. Plays: Provincetown
    Mar 05, 2023
    Produced in partnership with the Provincetown Playwrights’ Lab, the Provincetown Theater will present the 13th annual 24-Hour Plays at the company’s playhouse at 238 Bradford Street in Provincetown, MA on the weekend of March 4 and 5. An...
    The 24 Hr. Plays: Provincetown
    Mar 04, 2023
    Produced in partnership with the Provincetown Playwrights’ Lab, the Provincetown Theater will present the 13th annual 24-Hour Plays at the company’s playhouse at 238 Bradford Street in Provincetown, MA on the weekend of March 4 and 5. An...