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POOR POOR LEAR
In this original dark comedy, Nina Sallinen, portrays a 90 year old Grande Dame (also named Nina Sallinen) of the Scandinavian Theater. The old actress has brazenly chosen Shakespeare's King Lear as the material for her final artistic farewell performance. She has a special interest in the theme as she believes her own two daughters to be just as greedy and neglectful as King Lear's. The performance, which she stages in her own apartment, unintentionally highlights the artist's own life story, as she gradually becomes cognizant of the deeper parallels between her life and that of King Lear's. Instead of shaking up her own daughters with her performance, the old diva shakes up herself. Her priorities and past choices come into question.
NINA SALLINEN (Writer, Performer)
Originally from Finland, Nina Sallinen honed her acting skills on Finnish television as a series regular on a popular sketch comedy show. Sallinen also performed with the National Theater of Finland and has appeared in over 70 plays worldwide. Most recently, she was seen in The Odyssey Theatre's critically acclaimed production of A Man's a Man. Sallinen often steals the show in character roles and was nominated for an LA Weekly award for Best Supporting Female Performer in The Conquest of the South Pole.
Katja Krohn (Director, Writer, Co-Creator)
Katja Krohn's (b. 1966) funny and anarchic plays are entertaining for audiences of all ages, in no small part due to their fast-paced yet sensitive handling of their subjects. In her work, familiar patterns are turned upside down, and everyday things are seen from new angles. Krohn demonstrates that it is possible to write high-quality, innovative theatre for children. Kinkku pahana (The Broad with Boiling Blood, 1998) examines taboos about motherhood and marriage. Its main character is a woman who tries to create a theatrical performance about motherhood and is forced to confront who she is and what she wants.Poor Poor Lear (1998), co-authored with Nina Sallinen, is a one-woman play about an old actor, whose own story parallels King Lear's. This play has also been performed in the United States. Iso paha susi (The Big Bad Wolf, 2003) is a joyous reinterpretation of familiar fairy tales, full of suspense and surprise. A wolf who has accidentally eaten his wife must find his son some food, while at the same time the boy experiences the pangs of falling in love for the first time, with Little Red Riding Hood of all people. The play was chosen as Play of the Year in 2003, and has been performed, in addition to over 12 Finnish productions, in Sweden and Estonia. The children's play Sotta Pyttynen (Messy Mack, 2003) tells about a very neat boy and his very messy grandfather. This play, targeting pre-school and elementary-school age children, teaches children about manners in a funny way, without preaching. Pikkujättiläinen (Small Giant, 2011) combines masterly global and family crises in a story of middle-aged scientist who tragically fails to balance between her work ambitions and family.
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10943 Camarillo St.
North Hollywood, CA 91602
United States
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Jack T.
Los Angeles, CA United States
Mar 27, 2014 3:28 PM |
Alena M.
Los Angeles, CA United States
Mar 26, 2014 11:51 AM |
Alena M.
Los Angeles, CA United States
Mar 26, 2014 11:51 AM |
April G.
Sherman Oaks, CA United States
Mar 24, 2014 1:18 PM |
April G.
Sherman Oaks, CA United States
Mar 24, 2014 1:18 PM |
Kelly M.
Petersburg, IL United States
Mar 21, 2014 1:35 PM |
Nora L.
Petersburg, IL United States
Mar 21, 2014 1:35 PM |
Nick B.
Petersburg, IL United States
Mar 21, 2014 1:35 PM |
Nina S.
redondo Beach, CA United States
Mar 14, 2014 10:41 AM |
Nina S.
redondo Beach, CA United States
Mar 14, 2014 10:41 AM |
Seth W.
Camarillo, CA United States
Mar 04, 2014 2:36 PM |
Seth W.
Camarillo, CA United States
Mar 04, 2014 2:36 PM |
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