The Bitter Tears of Petra von
Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Directed by Brian Jucha.
Premiered June 1992 at a site-specific
location in New York City. Presented by Via Theater.
Jucha, heavily inspired and influenced
by the legendary German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder presented this
landmark production of Petra Von Kant as a tribute to its author
on the 10th anniversary of his death. By setting the work in a small intimate
site-specific environment, he forces the audience to become voyeurs into
the the horrors of obsessive love and loss. |
"Brian Jucha's strong production
is an intimate and sculptural chamber piece, performed in a parlor that
gives the play an intense voyeurism. Eerie and sad, the sharp ache of Petra's
masochistic love rings through the empty room long after the play is over."
- The Village Voice
Set Design:
Sarah Edkins
Lighting design: Roma Flowers
Costumes: Kasia Walicka-Maimone
Stage Manager: Robin Riddell
Ensemble: Sheryl Dold, David Kellett, Tamar Kotoske, Anne McKenna, Karla
Silverman, Tina Shepard, Lisa Welti, Reet Roos Varnik
Photos:
(left) unknown, (right) Talmage Cooley - Lisa Welti and Tina Shepard |
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