TINA SATTER/HALF STRADDLE
PETRA
Acclaimed theatre-maker Tina Satter’s (Is This A Room) sharp, seductive, darkly funny and fresh staging transforms this cult classic of emotional warfare into a riveting contemporary event.
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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.
As their relationship shifts and fractures, Petra’s emotional control slips. Set entirely in Petra’s apartment, the story unfolds like a psychological chamber piece—intimate, intense, and laced with both cruelty and love.
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SPACES AND VIBES
Black Box or Proscenium Arch theatres.MARKET FIT
World class theatre from a voice of this generation. Suitable for major festivals and arts centres.THE DATA
Premiere at Vineyard Theater, NYC in February 2027. Work In Progress in Under The Radar festival, NYC, 2026
“(Half Straddle make) astonishing — and astonishingly emotional — theater.”—Jesse Green, The New York Times
PETRA is the new work from NYC collective Half Straddle following their broadway smash Is This a Room?
