The New Light Theater Project presents Night Sings Its Songs by Jon Fosse, translated by Sarah Cameron Sunde, from Friday, February 7 to Saturday, March 1 at Theatre Row, Theatre 1
This quiet tragedy of everyday life comes to NY audiences during worldwide re-evaluation of Fosse’s influence and significance; the Norwegian playwright won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023. Night Sings Its Songs is a haunting exploration of the unraveling relationships within a claustrophobic household. The play centers on a young couple trapped in an unspoken cycle of discontent. The Man, an unemployed writer, languishes in apathy while The Woman, overwhelmed by the demands of caring for their infant son, struggles to bridge the emotional void between them. The play unfolds over the course of a single night, exposing the couple’s buried frustrations and unfulfilled longings.
The actors are Kyle Cameron as the Young Man, Susan Lynskey as the Young Woman, Steven Rattazi as the Young Man’s Father, Jenny Allen as the Young Man’s Mother and Kenneth King as Baste, the Young Woman’s lover.
Fosse is an author, translator, and playwright whose work spans over seventy novels, poems, children’s books, essays, and plays, which have been translated into over fifty languages. The most performed Norwegian playwright after Henrik Ibsen, Fosse is currently one of the most performed contemporary playwrights globally. His minimalist and deeply introspective plays, with language often bordering on lyrical prose and poetry, have been noted to represent a modern continuation of the dramatic tradition established by Henrik Ibsen in the 19th century.
Tickets are $30-40, available here. For more information, click here.
Theatre Row, Theatre 1 is located at 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and Dyer Avenues), NYC
