The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant


WRITTEN BY: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
TRANSLATED BY: Denis Calandra
DIRECTED BY: Beata Pilch and Krishna LeFan

OPENED: Thursday, September 21, 2006
CLOSED: Saturday, November 4, 2006

 

Winner of Three Gay Chicago After Dark Awards:
Best Production, Best Ensemble and Best Costumes

"It's the sort of nihilistically humorous and outrageously stylized production that is the Trap Door Theatre signature"
- Windy City Times

"Highly Recommended! Critic's Choice!"
- The Chicago Reader


"Nicole Wiesner is mesmerizing as Petra"
-The Chicago Tribune


CAST: Marzena Bukowska, Geraldine Dulex, Kim McKean, Beata Pilch, Carolyn Shoemaker and Nicole Wiesner
SET DESIGN: Ewelina Dobiesz
LIGHTING DESIGN: Richard Norwood
SOUND DESIGN: Sam Lewis
COSTUME DESIGN: Beata Pilch

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant...

An obsessive and highly stylized look at the shifting power plays in female relationships and one woman's downward spiral of irrational jealousy and hysteria.