This Bitter Earth (DSE) - Play by Harrison David Rivers

Description

Play by Harrison David Rivers
Premiere: May 30, 2025
Direction: Joerg Mohr
Translation: Benjamin Martins
Stage: Joerg Steve Mohr, Teresa Ungan
Set design: n. n Trailer: Siegerbusch Film
Performance rights: Originally commissioned and produced by the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco, California. Featuring:
Leandro Labantey, Benjamin Martins Passionate, raw, moving – This Bitter Earth tells the story of a love between two men, caught between personal happiness and societal upheaval. Jesse, a Black writer, and Neil, a White activist, grapple with the contradictions of privilege, protest, and identity. How much can love endure when the world around it is in flames? And what does it really mean to take a stand? In the gripping and powerful German premiere,
Benjamin Martins (First Steps Award winner, filmmaker, actor) and Leandro Labantey (rapper, singer-songwriter, actor) share the stage. Martins is also responsible for the translation – a real stroke of luck for this provocative production. Pulsating theater full of emotion, impact, and burning relevance – intense, touching, indispensable! An evening that resonates long after.

Highlights

• Premiere on May 30, 2025
• Featuring Benjamin Martins and Leandro Labantey
• German premiere of the play by Harrison David Rivers

General Information

This Bitter Earth is a play by Harrison David Rivers that explores the complex relationship between two men amidst societal upheavals. Directed by Joerg Mohr, it promises an intense theater experience at the theater am puls in Schwetzingen.

Location

Marstallstraße 51, 68723 Schwetzingen, Germany

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