The Shark Is Broken
The Shark Is Broken
By Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon
Directed by David Jenkins
Mar. 11 – Apr. 5, 2026
Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center
Run Time
This performance runs 95 minutes with no intermission.
ASL Interpreter
The Mar. 28 performance will feature an ASL Interpreter.
Season Passes
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Rush & Group Tickets
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Advisories
Jobsite Theater does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact us by email or phone at 813.476.7378.
Single Ticket Pricing
Single ticket prices listed ($29.50) are base-line prices. Prices for individual performances will increase based on demand.
What It's About
FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed … again. The lead actors — theatre and film vet Robert Shaw and up-and-coming Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider — are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic … if it doesn’t sink them all.
Step aboard the Orca and into The Shark Is Broken, a “profound dive behind the scenes of the making of Jaws” (The Daily Telegraph, ★★★★). This Olivier Award-nominated play is “hilariously brilliant and pure genius” raves the Sunday Express (★★★★★).
The Shark Is Broken celebrates movie history and peeks at the choppy waters behind Hollywood’s first blockbuster. Short tempers. Short circuits. 95 minutes.
So vivid you can almost smell the salt air. – Deadline
A wild ride worth taking. – Entertainment Weekly
Sensational! In between jokes and tasty movie trivia, this is a story of fathers, sons, mortality, and legacy. – Mashable
★★★★ Funny, quirky, and poignant. – The Times
This JAWS confessional makes quite a splash. – The Telegraph
Critic Reviews
There are dozens of us! DOZENS! Heyyyyyy Uncle Father Oscar. Well excuse me, Judge Reinhold! It’s Sunday, but screw it — juice box time. I’ve always been deeply passionate about nature. Perhaps you remember Neuterfest? I’ll never forget your wedding. Well excuse me, Judge Reinhold! It’s Sunday, but screw it — juice box time. I’ve always been deeply passionate about nature. Perhaps you remember Neuterfest? I’ll never forget your wedding. – BroadwayWorld
There are dozens of us! DOZENS! – BroadwayWorld
DOZENS! – BroadwayWorld
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Cast & Crew
- David Jenkins – Director
- Chris Giuffré – Technical Director
- Jeremy Douglass – Stage Manager
Cast
- Cody Farkas – Richard Dreyfuss
- Chris Marshall – Roy Scheider
- Paul Potenza – Robert Shaw
Crew
- Joy Cadman – Lighting Designer
- Jeremy Douglass – Sound Designer
- Chris Giuffré – Scenic Designer
- Eric Leas – Scenic Specialist
- Katrina Stevenson – Costume Designer
Production
- David Jenkins – Producing Artistic Director
- Greg Newcomb – Key Art
- Shawn Paonessa – Online Producer
- Jena Rashid – Producing Associate
- Nicole Jeannine Smith – Producing Associate
- Ava Zientek – Directing Apprentice
Patron Reviews
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