CROOKED CROSS draws us into the story of the Klugers, facing the economic and political challenges of life in a quaint village in the Bavarian mountainside between Christmas 1932 and June 1933.

At the heart of the play is a family torn apart by conflicting loyalties. Lexa Kluger is engaged to Moritz Weissmann, a Jewish doctor. Lexa’s brothers, Helmy and Erich, are becoming increasingly involved with the Nazi party. We see the rise of fascism, but we also see the yearning for belonging that drives these young men into the darkness.

CROOKED CROSS is Sally Carson’s dramatization of her novel of the same name. The novel was published in 1934. Persephone Books reissued the long out-of-print novel this April. The play premiered in Birmingham (U.K.) in 1935.

“Another unearthed gem from Mint Theater, Crooked Cross proves that our present social discontent is nothing new, which is hardly reassuring. But it is a prime example of why this little company plays such a valuable role in the off-Broadway ecosystem.” Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania