Marlborough Company To Perform Experimental 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit'

MARLBOROUGH, MA — A theater company founded in Marlborough at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to perform virtually will soon mount a challenging play performed in the real world. Jakespeare Theatre Company will perform its first live stage show in March in Whitinsville with the experimental play "White Rabbit Red Rabbit."

Here's more from a Jakespeare and ValleyCAST news release:

Jakespeare Theatre Company (formerly Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company) of Marlborough in collaboration with ValleyCAST (the arts and culture arm of Open Sky Community Services) announces its first live stage show with the experimental, award-winning play "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" by Nassim Soleimanpour.

No rehearsals. No director. A different actor performs the never-before-seen script each night.

Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" is a work about contemporary Iran and of Nassim’s generation. A generation born amidst the hardship of the Iran-Iraq war. A generation of computer-literate, well-informed young people who have never known an Iran other than the Islamic Republic.

Since its joint premiere in 2011 in Edinburgh and Summerworks festival "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" has been translated into more than 25 different languages and performed over 2000 times by some of the biggest names in theater and film including actors John Hurt, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Marcus Brigstocke, Dominic West and film director Ken Loach.

Fringereview said of Rabbit, “A stunning piece of theater, thought-provoking and morally unsettling,” and The New York Times praised it as “A playful, enigmatic and haunting solo show.”

Come be a part of a revolutionary and thrilling show unlike any other!

The play will be performed on March 3 at 8 p.m. by Nick Doig, March 4 at 8 p.m. by Heather Crabbe, and March 5 at 2 p.m. by Jason Iannone at the GB & Lexi Singh Performance Center, Alternatives’ Whitin Mill, 60 Douglas Road, Whitinsville.

Tickets are on sale now online www.jakespearetc.com/rabbit for only $10. Tickets purchased at the door are $20 for general admission; $15 for teachers, military, and those under 18 or over 64.

The play is presented by special arrangement with Boat Rock Entertainment.