KENTUCKY DAZE

Kentucky Daze" is a gentle monologue based on Kate Pendry's trip to Kentucky, USA, in October 2024 – two weeks before the election that would return Trump to the presidency. Kentucky is a deeply red state, largely populated by Trump supporters. In Kentucky, Kate encounters MAGA fanatics, Amish farmers, and even a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Through the long conversations Pendry had at Lumpy's Diner with Americans who are passionately anti-liberal, one gains insight into why the U.S. chose to give Trump back the power.

What happens when an English liberal, a Klan Member, a MAGA general and a trans Momma meet in a diner in Kentucky and find common ground?

 

WORLD PREMIERE, Vega Scene 4th September 2025 19:00pm 

Performed in English. 

60 minutes. 

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Credits:
Playwright, dramaturgy and actress: Kate Pendry
Composer: Audun Aschim
Lightdesigner: Maja Bergebakken Sundt
Producer: Camilla Svingen, Syv mil​

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Supported by: 
Norwegian Art Council, Fritt Ord, Dramatikkens Hus, Found for sound and image, Fund for Performing Artists. 

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