Playwrights in Conversation
“How will the pandemic shape our theatrical stories?”
TUESDAY, MAY 25
AT 12 PM ET / 4 PM GMT / 6 PM CET
Watch the panel on this page & SATC’S Facebook & YouTube pages
Presented in partnership with Origin Theatre Company as part of European Month of Culture
In 2021, theatre is coming back to our global stages after a year in the dark. But after the stories and narratives of 2020, and the resurgence in the fight for social justice, what will the return to writing and producing theatre look like?
As part of European Month of Culture, SATC is thrilled to partner with Origin Theatre Company to host a panel featuring playwrights from SATC’s latest project, Our Future Stories, where we will discuss the artistic process, the act of making art in a pandemic, and much more.
Panelists: Camara Lundestad Joof, Eva Rún Snorradóttir & Saaramaria Kuittinen
Moderated by Ida Victoria Biering, SATC’s Dramaturg & Literary Manager
Introduction by Hallfridur Thora Tryggvadottir, SATC’s Artistic Director
Our Future Stories
“How will the pandemic shape our theatrical stories?”
NOW AVAILABLE
In Our Future Stories, seven playwrights from Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden reflect on how the pandemic has and will impact the stories we will tell on stage. Each playwright joins #UN75, the world’s largest conversation on our collective future and a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, with a short audio experience.
December 30, Faroe Islands — The Full Benefit of the Shock by Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs
January 6, Finland — Storyless by Saaramaria Kuittinen
January 13, Iceland — Search for Connection by Eva Rún Snorradótttir
January 27, Greenland — Nuutoqaq (Old Nuuk) by Vivi Sørensen
January 29, Denmark — Woman in a Corner Apartment by Julie Maj Jakobsen
February 3, Norway — ⟨jaː↓⟩ – pulmonic ingressive by Camara Lundestad Joof
February 24, Sweden — The New Narrative Old as Time by Balsam Karam
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While theaters have been dark in 2020, live performances entered a new stage: the virtual space. As theaters around the world closed their doors, the conversation about how to produce plays without a physical stage and live audiences began. How does it feel to write and produce plays in 2020? What stories are relevant?
In Our Future Stories, seven playwrights reflect on how the pandemic and the social justice movements of 2020 have and will impact Nordic theater and the future stories we will tell on stage.
Our Future Stories is a part of #UN75, the world’s largest conversation on our collective future, an initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General. Seven playwrights join this global conversation by writing about the future they envision, and how the pandemic has and will impact their storytelling, their community and their Nordic country. How will the pandemic shape our future stories?
WRITERS:
Denmark – Julie Maj Jakobsen
Faroe Islands – Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs in collaboration with TVAZZ
Finland – Saaramaria Kuittinen
Greenland – Vivi Sørensen
Iceland – Eva Rún Snorradóttir in collaboration with Reykjavík City Theatre
Norway – Camara Lundestad Joof
Sweden – Balsam Karam
SATC Artistic Director: Hallfridur Thora Tryggvadottir
The SATC Team:
Vanessa Johansson, Ida Biering, Jason Beckmann, Kwasi Osei, Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz, Martina Djerf, and Lucas Serby
Our Future Stories is made possible with support from:
