SATC Presents

THEN SILENCE

By ARNE LYGRE
Translated by MAY-BRIT AKERHOLT

Starring MORTEN HOIST, KWASI OSEI and CHRISTIANE JULIE SEIDEL

Directed by SARAH CAMERON SUNDE
Artistic Directors: ALBERT BENDIX and HENNING HEGLAND
Set designer: LAUREN HELPERN
Costume Designer: JOSEPH S. BLAHA
Lighting Designer: DEREK VAN HEEL
Sound Designer: BRENDA BAUER
Stage Manager: NZINGA WILLIAMS
Assistant Director: DREW O’KANE
Assistant Production Manager: KENDRA LOHMANN
Production Interns: ALEXANDER HARRIS and MOLLY GOLDBERG
Publicist: RON LASKO/SPIN CYCLE

Lion Theatre @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth and Tenth Avenues)
www.telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200
June 4 – June 19, 2016

Arne Lygre’s THEN SILENCE begins with a friendly game of pool and alternates with a netherworld that resembles Western civilization at its worst. Through a series of scenarios enacted by Brother (Christiane Julie Seidel), One (Kwasi Osei), and Another (Morten Holst), we visit concepts of torture, death, infidelity, bullying, nationalism, and survival. Thoughts, definitions, and motives are all analyzed, and no matter how you cut it, humanity appears to be doomed. After executing and rationalizing the vilest of acts upon each other, THEN SILENCE occurs. We look away, we forget, we forgive, we repeat.

This is a dark play, made darker by jarring noises, flashing lights, and periods of abject discomfort. I can’t imagine why anyone would select this as a theatre experience, but if you like your reality gritty and raw, this is the play for you.

- Laurie Lawson -