SATContemporary Reading Series: THIS MONDAY - March 10th
SEASON 4 - READING #4 - FINLAND
WESTEND
BY PASI LAMPELA
Directed by HENNING HEGLAND
Translated by NELY KEINÄNEN
We are excited to announce that Nely Keinänen will be attending the reading!
STARRING:
Annemette Andersen* Philip Callen* Drew O'Kane Zonia Pelensky Emelia Brawn
*Actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Monday, March 10th, 2014
8PM (Pre-reception starts at 7.30 pm)
FREE ADMISSION
FREE WINE & SODA
Where:
Volvo Hall
Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue (btw 37th and 38th)
ABOUT Westend:
What happens to people who have sacrificed their lives to achieve success, and what price did they pay for that success? Lampela examines the illusion of sanctity and success that wealth supposedly provides. He illustrates the impact the high-tech Anglo-American style of capitalism has had on the nature of the traditional Finnish family. Westend is a powerful depiction of twenty-first century Finland, where people’s internal conflicts are suppressed behind a hard exterior.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Pasi Lampela is a Helsinki-based playwright, screenwriter, theater director and novelist. He studied dramaturgy at the Finnish Theater Academy from 1994-98 and then started work as a freelance playwright and director. Lampela is one of the most talked about and productive playwrights in Finland. His plays examine the problems of modern life and its hidden pressures. In form they are intimate chamber pieces, usually focusing on a family or other small group. He attempts to analyze the world and contemporary phenomena by telling stories about the kind of things happening around us just now.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:
Nely Keinänen has translated nineteen plays from Finnish into English, including works from many of Finland's leading playwrights. Her translations have been performed in the US and UK, including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Keinänen teaches English Literature and Translation at the University of Helsinki. Originally from Chicago, she has been living in Helsinki for over twenty years.
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