Bent

BENT

March 13 – 29, 2020 - CANCELED. For more information see: https://theumbrellaarts.org/covid

By Martin Sherman

Directed by Peyton Pugmire

Profound and provocative, BENT is the story of courage and survival in the face of extreme hate and circumstance. Set in 1930’s Berlin where homosexuality is viewed as worse than being Jewish, Max and Rudy attempt to flee before being caught by Nazi soldiers.

In his 5 Shows to See in Boston this March column, TheaterMania's Christopher Ehlers writes, "Martin Sherman's contemporary classic is the equivalent of a theatrical punch to the gut, but this wrenching and provocative play about the relationship between two gay men at a concentration camp is as close to required viewing as it gets this spring. Bent hurts so good."

Strikingly relevant, global, and moving, BENT will keep audiences thinking and talking about the experience of it long after the lights come down.