(photo by David Romm)

Lokasenna

THOR: A world without killing? Such a thing is not to be imagined.
FREYJA: Why not?
THOR: How would one exact vengeance?

from "Lokasenna"

Praise for Lokasenna

"I've seen shows this weekend where the actors are drudging through like acting is a chore, but Lokasenna is acted with pure fun and yes even joy. See this and laugh..."
-Shannon Linderman

"This show provided an entertaining crash course in Norse mythos."
-Michael Shaeffer, slam poet

"A smart, cool, creative concept...it's groovy, and I guarantee it'll get you thinking about theatre in a new way."
-Caitlin Gilmet, freelance writer

"...it's an embarrassment of riches...the commitment to the process of this bunch is everywhere evident."
-Matthew Everett, playwright

Script Information

a three-act musical comedy
book and lyrics by phillip andrew bennett low
original music composed by Elizabeth Vogel
based on material by Snorri Sturluson
estimated running time: two hours (without intermission)

Cast: three male, two female, plus a musician, six total
Setting: four of the nine worlds of Scandinavian cosmology: Asgard, realm of the gods; Jotunheim, realm of the giants; Midgard (Earth), realm of men; and Niflheim, realm of the dead.
Time: from the prophecy of Hel at the beginning of time to the twilight of the gods, at the end.

Produced: several excerpted songs and routines were presented as part of the 2004 Minnesota Fringe Festival. World premiere production available!
Family-friendly? No; contains heavy profanity and bawdy humor.

About the Show

Wine! Women! And nanny goats! Songs and routines from the musical "Lokasenna," a raunchy celebration of divine hedonism! It's like the Ring Cycle, performed by the Marx Brothers. On acid.

Lokasenna, meaning "a contest of insults," is based on the Eddas, a collection of Icelandic poetry that is by turns both profane and profound. Several of the more farcical exploits of Loki, the god of mischief and a fast-talking con man, are here spun into bawdy slapstick entertainment in the giddy and grotesque spirit of the burlesque show.

WARNING: This show contains lethal doses of mature language and immature humor. So kids, don't tell your parents. Parents, don't tell your kids.