The play, which was conceived of and developed by Associate Professor of Theater Abigail Killeen (who also performs in it), just wrapped up a winter run at the Portland Stage Company in Maine.
The same cast will continue in their roles in the New York City production, at the Theatre at St. Clement’s in Manhattan. Tickets can be bought at Telecharge, with a discount at telechargeoffers.com (use the code BFFNF) for students, staff, and alumni.
Killeen said a group of investors from across the country decided they wanted to expand the play’s reach and extend its run. “They want to sow something of goodness, truth, and beauty into the culture and they believe this project is worthy of that,” she said.
Babette’s Feast, which is based on a short story by Isak Dinesen, recounts what happens when a stranger arrives to stay in a small ecclesiastical village. “Babette’s Feast highlights the plight of a refugee who finds asylum, but then exhibits radical generosity by sacrificing all she has to throw a lavish dinner party that transforms a fractured community,” according to the play’s website.
In 2013, Killeen and play director Karen Coonrod traveled to Berlevaag, Norway, a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle, to do research for the play.
