Florida Players continues its season with "Bent"

November 7, 2006

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – “Bent” by Martin Sherman is the second show this season for the Florida Players, the University of Florida’s student-run theater company. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Nov. 16 and 17, and 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Nov. 19, in the Black Box Theatre of the Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion. Performances are free and open to the public. To reserve tickets, send an e-mail totickets@floridaplayers.org.

“Bent” is a play concerning a gay love affair set against the backdrop of Nazi persecution in Berlin during the 1930s. Max and his lover, Rudy, are forced into a nightmarish odyssey through Nazi Germany. Despite the hardships they encounter, Max and Rudy refuse to abandon each other. The New York Times called “Bent” a “powerful and provocative” play.

Florida Players is funded by UF Student Government and allows students of all majors to explore the world of theater. The organization offers opportunities to its members in all aspects of theater from directing, designing , performing and playwriting to administrative positions.

For more information on Florida Players, visit the Web at www.floridaplayers.org.