Different actors to perform same show
By DANA DUGAN
Company of Fools will continue its 21st season with “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit,” an original play written in 2010 by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.
This mysterious solo drama will run from Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 27 to 29, six times over three nights at two different locations, the Liberty Theatre in Hailey and The Center in Ketchum—and each performance of the play will feature a different actor. The bold concept is that those actors will not see the text of the piece before walking onto the stage. There are no rehearsals, director or set.
Soleimanpour, who is forbidden to leave Iran, traverses a world in conflict through a conversation between the playwright, performer and audience. Critics and audiences extend the mystery. They are asked repeatedly not to share details of the performance.
Each time it is done, it is anew.
The New York Times calls “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” a “playful, enigmatic and haunting show,” while Entertainment Weekly describes it as “a dazzling, transcendent piece of alive-and-kicking avant-garde theatre.”
Currently running off-Broadway, “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit” has attracted a rotating cast of acclaimed actors, including Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, Brian Dennehy, Cynthia Nixon, Kyra Sedgwick, Martin Short, Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, Alan Cumming, George Takei and Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Tickets may be purchased online at sunvalleycenter.org, by phone at (208) 578-9122 or at the Liberty Theatre box office one hour before curtain.