ADAPTED FROM FASSBINDER’S

THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

Tina Satter brings a sharp, fearless edge to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

PETRA marks Half Straddle’s electrifying return— their first new production since the critically acclaimed Is This A Room shook Broadway and captivated audiences around the globe.

PETRA follows a successful fashion designer, played by Lucy Taylor, living in self-imposed isolation, whose world unravels when she falls obsessively in love with a beautiful young model named Karin, Is This A Room’s Emily Davis.