THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

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.

Petra Von Kant – Tina Shepard
Marlene – Tamar Kotoske
Sidonie Von Grasenabb – Sheryl Dold
Karin Thimm – Lisa Welti
Gabi Von Kant – Karla Silverman
Valerie Von Kant – Reet Roos Varnik
Opera Singers – David Kellett & Anne McKenna
Pre-show chanteuse – Megan Spooner

BITTERTEARSOFPETRA 01

Lighting design: Roma Flowers
Set Design: Sarah Edkins
Costumes: Kasia Walicka-Maimone
Assistant Director & Stage Manager: Robin Riddell

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 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

Postcard Photo: Unknown
Publicity Photo: Talmage Cooley
3 Set Photos: Sarah Edkins
Other Photos: Video Stills