Review by anonymous
June 14, 2025 certified reviewerWhat I liked
Mary Tomei’s direction, K’s comedic writing and gut punch of an ending
What I didn't like
I wanted more!
My overall impression
Kaitlyn Gonzalez delivers a hilarious, compelling, and surprisingly poignant exploration of gender and sexual identity in her new one-woman show, SLAP ASS FRIDAY. Tracing her journey from middle school to present, “K”navigates her confusing initiation into “adult society,” one overly shaped by male pleasure and experience.
Gonzalez’s performance is transformative, fast-paced, and emotionally agile: switching between time, place, character, and, yes, sex positions (lol) with style, clarity, and grit. What begins as a hilarious, tastefully lewd, and at times cringingly relevant, chronicle of adolescence, Slap Ass Friday takes an unexpected, affecting turn in its final moments, becoming much more than a comedy. Under Mary Tomei’s masterful direction, Slap Ass Friday becomes a testament to the strength of any girl growing up in the 2010s, for those who have had to grapple with the advent of social media, sexual literacy, technology, and the ever-present male gaze. For Gonzalez, Slap Ass Friday is not a coming of age comedy: it’s a reckoning with the world that shaped her.
