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When young Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour, who had been teaching set design at the University of Tehran, was summoned for compulsory military service, he declared himself a conscientious objector. In Iran under the harsh boot of the mullahs, that was not the wisest decision. Graced with plain dumb good luck, Soleimanpour was not imprisoned or tortured for his deeply held obstinacy. The authorities slapped him softly by rescinding his passport and therefore forbade him travel. Since his family were well-known writers in Iran, where poetry is revered, their social status may have saved his life. But in his confinement, he found his career.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit Is a Wild, Nerve-Racking Ride
We canât tell you much about 4th Wall s digital production, but itâs worth a trip down the rabbit hole.
By
Emma Schkloven
4/23/2021 at 11:21am
What do you say in a review where youâre not really supposed to discuss the plot of the show youâre reviewing? When youâve been asked by the very playwright himself (or at least from a note in the pre-show press materials you received) to keep the specifics a secret?
A lot, it turns out, if the show is as provocative as 4th Wall Theatre Companyâs digital production of
This Tuesday, April 27, is National Tell a Story Day, and do we have a range of stories to recommend in this list of best virtual (and socially distanced) bets. Some stories are brand new, like those featured in the Landing Theatre Company’s New American Voices Playwriting Festival, and some are centuries old. Yes, we’re looking at you, William Shakespeare. And some stories, the storytellers themselves won’t even know what they are as they tell them. Keep reading to see the best stories you can find in Houston this week.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit in 2010, a play that went viral for its unique directives – no director, no set, and a different actor (who reads the script for the first time on stage) for each performance. On Thursday, April 22, 4th Wall Theatre Company will open a virtual run of Soleimanpour’s wildly popular theatrical experiment on Zoom, with nine different actors tackling the work, including award-winning actress Laura Linney and 4th Wall co-artistic directo