Das Vermächtnis (The Inheritance) - Teil 1 & 2

In the organizer's words:

Would you like to enjoy Matthew Lopez's multi-award-winning play in its entirety? Then come to our brilliant theater event and experience both parts one after the other.

In "The Inheritance", seven young men from a writers' workshop follow their urge to tell stories and gradually unravel a story that begins with the happy couple Eric Glass and Toby Darling in their mid-thirties in New York in 2016. While writer Toby travels to Chicago to rehearse the stage adaptation of his first novel, Eric befriends 55-year-old Walter and, in conversation, delves deeper and deeper into a past he only knows from hearsay: the devastating HIV epidemic that shook the LGBTQ* community from the early 1980s onwards. When Toby falls in love with the young actor Adam, Eric is devastated and falls into a deep crisis. What meaning does he want to give his life? What should his contribution to a better world look like? The burgeoning populism of the Trump era and the question of his personal attitude to it divide their circle of friends and confront Eric with the contrast between individual happiness and social responsibility. In his unattainable desire for Adam, Toby can neither escape the drugs nor his past and drags not only himself but also the sex worker Leo, who looks remarkably like Adam, into ruin. When Eric unexpectedly encounters Leo a few months later, sick and scarred by life on the streets, he knows he has to help him. He takes him to Walter's house outside the city, where he once took in many men during the Aids epidemic, gave them a home and accompanied them to their deaths. Eric bravely accepts his responsibility and takes up Walter's legacy - ready to change the world.

Duration including 3 intermissions