Event

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Actor Performance Schedule
September 20 Rebecca Waxman
September 21 Robert Kramsky
September 27 Evan O'Sullivan
September 28 Marilyn Tullgren

WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT is an internationally acclaimed one-person play by Nassim Soleimanpour with very rigid guidelines for how it can be performed. The first being that the actor is not allowed to read the script until they open the sealed copy waiting for them on-stage. Whats more, the same actor is not allowed to perform the piece more than once. Thus, the one-person show will be performed on four nights by four actors with local ties. All show times are 7:30 p.m.

The New York Times called White Rabbit Red Rabbit a playful, enigmatic and haunting solo show when it ran off-Broadway. Performers who took on the text during that 2016 run included Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, Brian Dennehy, Cynthia Nixon, George Takei, Rachel Dratch and Alan Cumming.

The Iranian playwright Soleimanpour conceived White Rabbit Red Rabbit when he was forbidden to leave his native country. Press materials are careful to point out that his intention for the work is more metaphorical than political, with the goal being a work about contemporary Iran and its generation of computer-literate, well-informed young people who have never known an Iran other than the Islamic Republic.

"This is Soleimanpours message in a bottle, though its not a cry for rescue. Its a cry for community", says STM Artistic Director Josh Moyse. "This play is funny and poignant, and one its joys seeing how the different performers approach the work. Each of these four evenings have an opportunity to be a very special night at the Theater."