The Scandinavian American Theater Company presents: Contemporary Scandinavian Reading Series - Danish playwright Jokum Rohde's Pinocchio's Ashes at Scandinavia House Monday January 31st, with free admission and refreshments
One of Denmark’s and Europe's most celebrated contemporary playwrights, Jokum Rohde (b. 1970, Denmark) has been a resident playwright at The Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen since 2008. He got his breakthrough in 1998 with the three-character theater-noir drama Nero. A prolific writer, he followed with nine plays that were produced throughout Denmark and in 2005, he wrote Pinocchio's Ashes for which he was awarded the prestigious Reumert award in the category Playwright of the Year. The play has subsequently been produced at Dramaten, the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as in Norway, Lithuania and Italy.
In Pinocchio's Ashes a national ban has been imposed on art and culture. In the city of Königsberg, Judge Wolff is to implement it by severely punishing those secretly practicing art, including the simple man Werner, whom he sentences to have his right hand chopped off. Suddenly a crime wave washes over Königsberg. In the decadent and paranoid universe Rohde has created, Wolff and the other characters become human wrecks. Inspired by the American courtroom genre, the award-winning Pinocchio's Ashes is an expressionistic drama about the role of art in our times and the demonic in human nature. It is a dynamic, gripping story filled with melancholy, poetry and dark humor.
Monday, January 31st it is time for the first SATC reading of 2011
Playwright Jokum Rohde will be present during the reading, and there will be free wine and soda served, as usual. Don't miss this rare opportunity to get a taste of the very best of contemporary Scandinavian theater
The SATC Contemporary Scandinavian Reading Series - Denmark
(Pinocchio's Aske) Pinocchio's Ashes by Jokum Rohde
With special guest Jokum Rohde
Directed by Henning Hegland
Pre-reception starts at 7:30 pm, reading starts at 8 pm
Starring:
Tom Creel
Alexis Savino
Fay Simpson
Albert Bendix
Jason Martin
Lisa Pettersson
Hana Kalinski
Line Oestergaard Jeppesen
Special offer: 15% Off pre-reading dinner at Smörgås chef restaurant at Scandinavia House.
In order to make the reading, dining should begin between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Reservations are recommended as seats do fill up. Call 212-847-9745 or visit http://www.smorgas.com
Presented by SATC, with Scandinavia House and the Nordic Consulate Generals of New York
www.satcnyc.org