White Rabbit Red Rabbit does just that, taking audiences to places like a historic church, university, museum and warehouse. "This ingeniously written play charms you with its insight into captivity, conditioning and learned behaviors," said Helen R. Murray, Producing Artistic Director at American Stage.
Erin Harrington reviews White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, presented by JMO Theatrics, at Little Andromeda, Wednesday 13 April 2022. It is hard to write about White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, presented at Little Andromeda by JMO Theatrics, as anything said could stray into a violation of its central conceit. What we do know, and can say: Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour wrote this absurdist monologue.
WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT has been translated into more than 25 different languages and been performed over 2000 times by some of the biggest names in theatre and film including actors John Hurt, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Marcus Brigstocke, Dominic West and Ken Loach. White Rabbit Red Rabbit reminds us why we gather in the dark: to watch something unfold in real time, and to be changed by it-one rabbit at a time. This play is performed in rotating repertory with Jeff Recommended TOM & ELIZA.
Prices for all performances are $20, $45, and $60 plus a $3.00 per ticket fee. The white rabbits get a dunking of ice-cold water instead. Over time, the white rabbits attack the red rabbit as they are sick of getting wet but he continues to go for the carrot.
The first rabbit to get to the carrot would then be marked with red paint and branded the "red rabbit," while the other rabbits are punished with freezing water. Soon, the white rabbits attack the red rabbit. And once the rabbits are well-conditioned, they attack the red rabbit even if the carrot, ladder, and water are taken away.
THE GOOD AND EVIL IN BOTH WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION The concept sounded so intriguing that I begged to review this experimental theatre piece, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Iranian German playwright Nassim Soleimanpour. The hook is that every performance is an "opening night" because every performance features a new actor who []. Experience feels the right word for White Rabbit Red Rabbit, rather than calling it a play.
It certainly functions as a play, with words from the page spoken aloud in an effort to tell stories, evoke emotion, and encapsulate themes. Sana Nassari Written in 2010, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit has been performed in more than 30 languages, surviving, evolving, and transforming in various places, with diverse performers and audiences. White Rabbit, Red Rabbit is like a message in a bottle, enduring across time and place.
Based on a Pavlovian-esque experiment, the show aims to challenge both the audience's and the performer's. Written by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, White Rabbit Red Rabbit was conceived when he was barred from leaving the country for refusing military service. The play became a "message in a bottle," communicating the lived experiences of an entire generation under harsh censorship.
Since its premiere in 2011, this wild, utterly original play has been translated into more than 30.