Games

by Henry Naylor

Co-Directed by Marc Frost and Hayley Procacci

1936, Berlin. When Jewish athlete Helene Mayer is selected for the Nazis’ Olympic Squad, she realizes she is fighting for much more than a medal. Based on a true story, ‘Games’ is a cautionary tale for our times. ‘Games’ is a two-woman narrative based on the untold stories of Helene Mayer and Gretel Bergmann, the only two German Jewish Olympic level athletes in training for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This two woman show dissects the real-life journeys of both Helene Mayer and Gretel Bergmann, as they navigate identity, sport, integrity, and humanity of self and passion during Hitler’s reign.