TheatreLAB to Present WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT This June

Richmond, VA -- TheatreLAB, Richmond's home for unexpected and evocative performance, is proud to partner with Richmond theater trailblazer Keri Wormald to present the regional premiere of White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's international theatrical happening. The engagement will run June 8th-21st at TheatreLAB's venue, The Basement (300 East Broad Street). White Rabbit Red Rabbit will be performed in repertory with TheatreLAB's production of Cock, by Mike Bartlett, opening June 5th.

The play defies traditional theatre expectations with no set, no costumes, no director, and no rehearsals. Twelve well-known local personalities will read the play for the first time once the audience is seated before them and they are handed a sealed envelope containing the script. White Rabbit Red Rabbit is allegorical, funny and sometimes deadly serious. Soleimanpour asks the performer and audience members to trust him implicitly at a time when trust between Iran and the U.S. is a timely subject, but the play is not political.

A special conversation with the playwright, Nassim Soleimanpour, will be held on Sunday, June 21st at 4:00 at O'Toole's Restaurant (4800 Forest Hill Avenue). There will be no charge for entry to this conversation, and seating will be on first-come, first-served basis.

PERFORMER SCHEDULE:

June 8 at 8 p.m. McLean Jesse, Artist, actor, designer

June 9 at 8 p.m. Gene Cox, Retired WWBT anchorman, author

June 10 at 8 p.m. Katrinah Carol Lewis, Actor, singer

June 12 at 11 p.m. Katie Holcomb, Artistic Director, Comedy Coalition

June 13 at 11 p.m. Jason Roop, Editor-in-chief, Style Weekly

June 14 at 2 p.m. Robert Throckmorton, Actor

June 15 at 8 p.m. Jill Bari Steinberg, Actor

June 16 at 8 p.m. John Porter, WCVE theatre critic, comedian

June 17 at 8 p.m. Deanna Danger, Burlesque producer, performer

June 19 at 11 p.m. Eva DeVirgilis, Actress, make up artist

June 20 at 11 p.m. Scott Wichmann, Actor, Navy Reservist

June 21 at 2 p.m. Tiffany Jana, CEO, TMI, Inc., producer, actor

Seating for each performance will be limited and tickets range from $12-18. Tickets are available at TheatreLABRVA.org.

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