SATC Announces NORDIC STAGE 2: A Festival of New Scandinavian Theater

The New York-based Scandinavian American Theater Company (SATC) is proud to present Nordic Stage 2: A Festival of New Scandinavian Theater.

The festival will feature works from eight Scandinavian playwrights, including playwrights from The Bergman Studio in Stockholm, as well as writers from Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Great Britain. The plays presented are read in English, and the readings are free to the public. Nordic Stage's goal is to highlight the diversity of work being produced in Scandinavia today, featuring plays with a variety of genres, styles and subject matter.

In collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden and the Embassy of Finland, SATC is this year extending Nordic Stage to Washington, D.C. with an additional fully staged reading of The Woman Who Turned Into A Tree by Swede Lisa Langseth, and scenes from AirbnBaby by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen and Salla Viikka both from Finland. This event starts at 7.00 pm at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C.

PROGRAM in NEW YORK:

Courtyard by Tanja Lorentzon (Sweden), translated by Edward Buffalo Bromberg. Directed by Alicia House.

A dispute between neighbors escalates into a drama with inevitable consequences.
Followed by talk-back with the playwright.

Private Rooms by Alexander Ahndoril (Sweden), translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel. Directed by Alicia House.
A close-up of the love affair between Ingmar Bergman and Käbi Laretei (short play).
Followed by a panel discussion with the Bergman Studio's Lena Endre and Jacob Hirdwall, Anders Budde Christensen from Mungo Park and SATC's Albert Bendix: Many Faces of Truth - How do we create authentic and relatable theater in increasingly complex societies?

AirbnBaby* by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen & Salla Viikka (Finland), translated by Nely Keinänen. Directed by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen.

Uber-cool comedy about a baby-sharing startup.
Followed by talk-back with the playwrights.

Cardamom by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Denmark) and Joe Derrick (UK). Directed by Henning Hegland.

A couple with twins, two sisters, a dinner party, and a funeral.
Followed by talk-back with the playwrights.

Goliat by Maria Tryti Vennerød (Norway), translated by May-Brit Akerholt. Directed by Henning Hegland.
The myth of David and Goliath continues in this poetic and brutal drama.

Manning is Free by Anders Budde Christensen (Denmark)

A monologue about many sides of the truth coming out.

Followed by talk-back with the playwright and performer

Our Places On Earth by Lidija Praizovic (Sweden), translated by Edward Buffalo Bromberg. Directed by Pálína Jónsdóttir.
Two monologues. Two women. Two worldviews.

Followed by talk-back with the playwright.

The Woman Who Turned Into A Tree by Lisa Langseth (Sweden), translated by Rochelle Wright. Directed by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen.

A monologue about a dark inner world with a sense of fashion.
Followed by talk-back with the playwright.

Cast will be announced shortly.

PROGRAM in WASHINTON, D.C.

Scenes from AirbnBaby by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen & Salla Viikka (Finland), translated by Nely Keinänen. Directed by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen. Starring: Annemette Andersen, Albert Bendix, Ellinor DiLorenzo and Kwasi Osei.

Uber-cool comedy about a baby-sharing startup.
The Woman Who Turned Into A Tree by Lisa Langseth (Sweden), translated by Rochelle Wright. Directed by Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen. Actress: TBA

A monologue about a dark inner world with a sense of fashion.

Followed by a roundtable discussion with Lisa Langseth, Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen, Albert Bendix, Lidija Praizovic, Tanja Lorentzon, Jacob Hirdwall, Gwydion Suilebhan, Allyson Currin, and Christine Evans, moderated by Linda Zachrison, Cultural Counselor of Sweden to the US. In partnership with New Play Exchange, National New Play Network, Dramatists Guild and Theatre Washington.

PRESENTERS

SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY (SATC) is a non-profit theater company founded in 2009 to provide a Scandinavian perspective through the new generation of Scandinavian playwrights and theater artists. SATC presents contemporary plays and inventive takes on the classics from the Nordic region, which includes Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. SATC is committed to strengthening the relationship between Scandinavia and the United States through collaborations and interdisciplinary artistic exchange that examine and challenge the cultural status quo. For more info visit www.satcnyc.org.

THE BERGMAN STUDIO is part of the prestigious Dramaten, the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, led by playwright and dramaturg Jacob Hirdwall and esteemed Swedish actress and director Lena Endre, under the advisement of Eva Bergman. The Bergman Theatre seeks to expand on the artistic values of famed director and writer Ingmar Bergman.

THE NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR NEW PLAYWRIGHTS (NCNP) is a national development and resource center for new dramatic writing. Funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture, we provide financial as well as artistic support and serve as a meeting place and forum for artistic research and discourse within the field of contemporary drama.

MUNGO PARK is a Danish repertory theatre with a dynamic ensemble of actors, directors, playwrights and scenographers. The repertoire consists mainly of new dramas in innovative staging. Every piece is developed through a thorough process of research, workshops, improvisations and rehearsals. Besides extensive touring in Denmark, Mungo Park has the recent years developed Nordic and European collaborations, working in the areas of co-productions, stage swaps and touring.

The festival is sponsored by Swedish Arts Council, Consulate General of Sweden in New York, Consulate General of Denmark in New York, Consulate General of Finland in New York, The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, Svante Bergströms Teaterstiftelse, Swedish Arts Council, Stiftelsen B A Danelii, Columbine Teaterförlag, Nordic Drama Corner, Nordiska ApS.

NORDIC STAGE: A Festival of New Scandinavian Theater runs December 7 - 9th in The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St., New York City, and on December 10th at the House of Sweden, 2900 K St NW, Washington, D.C.

This is a free event. Seats needs to be reserved. New York event: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3846340 Washington event:

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/embassies-of-sweden-and-finland-18199123305

For more information: https://satcnyc.org/nordicstage

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