Scandinavian American Theater Company Presents Reading of REFUGEES on 2/29

REFUGEES (Flóttamenn) is written by playwright Hlín Agnarsdóttir (Iceland), translated by Ylva Hellerud (Sweden), and directed by Drew O'Kane (USA).

STARRING
Anita Keal* (USA), Jillian Crane* (USA), Ellinor Denkert (Sweden), Scott Voloshin* (USA)
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

Monday, February 29, 2016
Victor Borge Hall @ 730PM
(Pre-show reception begins at 7PM)
FREE ADMISSION
COMPLIMENTARY WINE
Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave (at 38th St)

Join us afterwards for a Q&A with Special Guests:
Playwright Hlín Agnarsdóttir and translator Ylva Hellerud

Refugees takes place in the home of an Icelandic family in Hlín Agnarsdóttir's highly relevant play from 2010. Vala returns to Iceland from New York to find her mother's house occupied by her two unemployed brothers, Bo and Dan, and Dan's Estonian girlfriend, Elena. It turns out that the brothers are not the only ones living off the goodwill of the mother; the granddaughter, Sara, is hiding refugees in the basement. The family's crises merge with both the Icelandic economic crisis and the international refugee crisis on many levels. But with a clever hint to the Old Testament's nativity of Jesus, this story may have a happy ending . . .

More information about the company and the Reading Series: www.satcnyc.org