Local playwright Kirby Taylor has written a new one-act play called
A Pink Triangle, referring to the symbol that gay men imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps wore on their clothing. In addition to targeting all Jewish people and pretty much anyone who disagreed with him, Hitler also attempted to
stamp out the thriving gay culture that existed in pre-WWII Germany (
see also Cabaret, for which this play could be the sequel). The 1979 play
Bent,
which I saw a production of in 2019 by The BAND Group, also covers this topic in a pretty horrific way. The horrors in
A Pink Triangle are more implied, not explicitly seen but ever-present. It's really more of one long conversation between a father and son, both imprisoned in a concentration camp for reasons that become clear. Both actors in this two-hander give powerful performances, in a story that's becoming more and more relevant as our own government begins to take action against and slowly chip away at the rights of various marginalized groups.
The short run of A Pink Triangle concludes with two final shows this weekend.
