Reykjavík

by Steve Yockey

Reykjavík is a series of interconnected vignettes featuring tourists mixing with the (sometimes supernatural) Icelandic locals. We eavesdrop on the private lives of lovers, hospitality workers, party goers, and even a really handsome bird or two. This play is a glimpse into a magical, dark, and sometimes violent world where everyone is still hoping to find love and joy beneath the glow of the Northern Lights.

Reykjavík is a series of interconnected vignettes featuring tourists mixing with the (sometimes supernatural) Icelandic locals. We eavesdrop on the private lives of lovers, hospitality workers, party goers, and even a really handsome bird or two. This play is a glimpse into a magical, dark, and sometimes violent world where everyone is still hoping to find love and joy beneath the glow of the Northern Lights.

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  • Ross Tedford Kendall: Reykjavík by Steve Yockey
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    This play is stunning in its breadth and depth. The playwright moves effortlessly from scene to scene, creating characters who feel as real as anyone you've met. You run through just about every emotion as the play rolls along. A must read!

    This play is stunning in its breadth and depth. The playwright moves effortlessly from scene to scene, creating characters who feel as real as anyone you've met. You run through just about every emotion as the play rolls along. A must read!

    ”
  • Claudia Haas: Reykjavík by Steve Yockey
    “

    Reykjavik: transient, longing, magical, frightening. Tales of truth, of humanity, of wishing, and of mystery combine for a fit-full dream of hope and loss. Achingly theatrical, the play offers connections amid the disconnects of ordinary and extraordinary lives.

    Reykjavik: transient, longing, magical, frightening. Tales of truth, of humanity, of wishing, and of mystery combine for a fit-full dream of hope and loss. Achingly theatrical, the play offers connections amid the disconnects of ordinary and extraordinary lives.

    ”
  • Scott Sickles: Reykjavík by Steve Yockey
    “

    I’ve always wanted to go to Reykjavík but now I’m not so sure! But when this play is produced on stage, I definitely want to be there!

    There’s a consistent feeling of menace throughout but the level of darkness between vignettes varies depending on the humor, romance, passions, and predelictions of the characters. Yockey writes bold stories and introduces us to people we would otherwise never meet or have been at some point in our lives. (The story about the magazines is a heartbreaker.)

    An epic journey in the shadows of a mysterious, dangerous, romantic city.

    I’ve always wanted to go to Reykjavík but now I’m not so sure! But when this play is produced on stage, I definitely want to be there!

    There’s a consistent feeling of menace throughout but the level of darkness between vignettes varies depending on the humor, romance, passions, and predelictions of the characters. Yockey writes bold stories and introduces us to people we would otherwise never meet or have been at some point in our lives. (The story about the magazines is a heartbreaker.)

    An epic journey in the shadows of a mysterious, dangerous, romantic city.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2017

Production History