PETRA
From Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s play The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Conceived by Half Straddle and Directed by Tina Satter
February 2027
Vineyard Theatre
Acclaimed theatremaker Tina Satter (Is This A Room) returns to Vineyard Theatre with Half Straddle’s PETRA, a bold new reimagining of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s psychological chamber piece, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.
Celebrated fashion designer Petra lives and works in a world of her own making, attended by her devoted assistant, Marlené. When a beautiful young model named Karin enters her orbit, Petra falls obsessively in love — and her carefully constructed reality begins to unravel.
Sharp, seductive, and darkly funny, Satter’s fresh staging transforms this cult classic of emotional warfare into a riveting contemporary event.