SATC Presents DESIRE At Victor Borge Hall 9/19

In the season's first installment of the SATC Contemporary Scandinavian Reading Series, Scandinavian American Theater Company (SATC) presents "DESIRE" (original title BEGÄR) by RICHARD HOBERT*.

*Hobert, winner of the Ingmar Bergman Prize, will be present at the reading

translated by SusAnna Stevens
directed by Christoffer Berdal

Monday, September 19, 2011 @ 8 PM, pre-reception starting at 7:30 PM
at Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House (Park Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets)

The reading is FREE and open to the public.

About the play: Set in a landscape of extreme modern environments, Desire (Sweden, 2011) is a story about a growing power struggle between four successful people in the multinational business world. Outer perfection is in rough contrast to the forces and emotions that threaten to rip these four apart. Desire is a psychological chamber play that explores what power does to people. Who wins, who gets abandoned, and who will disappoint or be disappointed?

About the playwright: Richard Hobert (b. 1951) has made a name for himself as one of Sweden's most celebrated film directors and prolific writers for film, television, and theater. In 1995, he was awarded the Ingmar Bergman Prize for his work, by a unanimous jury, praising him for his "boundless creativity." Hobert's previous work includes internationally acclaimed films including Spring of Joy/Glädjekällan (1993), Run for Your Life/Spring för livet (1997), The Eye/Ögat (1998), Everyone Loves Alice/Alla älskar Alice (*Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the Hollywood Film Festival, 2002), and Harry's Daughters/Harrys döttrar (2005). He studied political science, languages, and film/theater at the University of Lund in Sweden and debuted as a radio playwright in 1974.

Cast: Rikke Lylloff, Chuch McMahon, Drew Valins, Lisa Bearpark, Tullan Holmqvist, John Bergstrom, Charles Baker, Vibeke Nielsen

Scandinavian American Theater Company, based in New York City, was formed in 2009 to promote the best of new Scandinavian theater and create an inspiring environment for Scandinavian and American theater artists to collaborate. The SATC Contemporary Scandinavian Reading Series is co-presented by Scandinavia House as well as the Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic and Norwegian Consulate Generals in New York. For more information, visit: www.satcnyc.org and click on "Reading Series" or contact Lisa Pettersson 917-443-3461, contact@satcnyc.org