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FALL 2011 SCHEDULE
for
READING #1 Sept. 19th 2011
DESIRE by Richard Hobert
SWEDEN
Directed by Christoffer Berdal
READING #2 Nov. 7th 2011
ICELAND & SWEDEN
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY by Jacob Hirdwall
READING #3 Jan 30th 2012
NORWAY
THE RETURNING by Fredrik Brattberg
translated and directed by Henning Hegland
READING #4 Jan 30th 2012
DENMARK
TWENTY MINUTES AFTER DEATH by Thomas Markmann
translated by Nina Sokol (Nina is travelling from Denmark to attend the play)
and directed by Anna Zastrow
SATC Contemporary Reading Series: SATC presents five plays annually representing Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands FREE of charge to the public.
MISSION STATEMENT
Scandinavian American Theater Company is a theater company founded to further Scandinavian performing arts in New York by staging innovative productions of plays from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
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SATC wishes to thank the American Scandinavian Society
for awarding us an Honorary Grant
and supporting our soon to arrive redesigned website.
SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
is justice just a tool of the STATE?
Pinocchio’s Ashes: a bloody play on art, justice, and the state
Pinocchio's Ashes is sponsored by
The Danish Arts Council Committee for Performance Arts , Danmarks Nationalbank’s Anniversary Foundation , Konsul George Jorck og Hustru Emma Jorck's Fond, The Consulate General of Denmark in New York, and Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America
Pinocchio's Ashes is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Cast:
Judge Wolff: Alfred Gingold*
Prosecutor Alexander Trocchi: Neal Moeller*
Werner Brown: Mike James
Miranda: Sue-Ellen Mandell
Mary: Izzy Hanson-Johnston*
Carola: Lisa Pettersson
Dutroux: Albert Bendix
Waiter: Tiago Castro
*appears courtesy of Actors Equity.
This is an Equity approved showcase.
Production Team:
Henning Hegland - director (norway)
Julia Przedmojska - set designer (sweden)
Dasha Martikainen - costume designer (finland)
Gertjan Houben - Lightingdesigner (Holland)
Jay Spriggs - Sound Designer (USA)
Nina Hobert - Composer, original music (sweden)
Vigdis Hentze Olsen - movement director (Faroe Islands)
Andrew K. Moss - fight and sex choreographer
Brendan Padgett - Dramaturg (USA)
Andrew O'Kane - Assistant Director (USA)
Sarah Tickal - Stage Manager (USA)
Frode Hegland - poster/postcard design (norway)
Francesco Sapienza - marketing, photography
Kendra Lohmann - marketing, photography
Sebastian Agdur Nyman - Producer (Sweden)
Anette Norgaard - Production Manager (denmark)
Blake Zidell - Press (USA)
"I love the smell of burning classics in the morning," declares Judge Wolff in the first line of Jokum Rohde's philosophical thriller Pinocchio's Ashes. The Danish playwright's award-winning work is an expressionistic noir drama about the role of art in our times and the demonic streak in human nature. The play tells a gripping story filled with melancholy, poetry and dark humor. Set In the city of Kongstad, where a national ban has been imposed on art and culture, a crime wave has begun and revolution is in the air, something is about to happen....
Performance Dates:
4/13-15 (previews) 4/16 - 4/29
Mon, Wed – Sat 7:30pm,
Sun 3:00pm only.
1-800-838-3006 for tickets
Location:
Theater for the New City
155 1st Avenue,
between East 9th and East 10th Streets
COUNTDOWN TO:
PINOCCHIO’S ASHES OPENING NIGHT and SATC’s 3rd YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY
BACKSTAGE REVIEW by Karl Levett:
Pinocchio’s Ashes...a roller-coaster ride that is an odd combination of the horrific and the comic. In this dark "Alice in Wonderland" world reversal is the norm: The innocent become guilty, the guilty seek redemption, and we witness crimes that include child murder and public suicide.
Under the firm direction of Henning Hegland, the cast does battle with the material with remarkable success. There's not a weak link in the chain, from Pettersson's almost-normal mother to Moeller's oily attorney and Mandell's mysterious sideshow oracle. The two leading roles, Gingold's agonized judge and James' guileless artist, are very well done. Both men are strong performers we'd like to see more of.
SATC wishes to thank all their supporters, sponsors, creative team, actors and volunteers who helped make this production possible. Especially we’d like to thank the Babro Osher Foundation for their continued support of SATC.
