Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Set for WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT This Month

By: Nov. 08, 2016
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Maberry Theatricals has announced that two-time Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will take the stage for one-night-only in White Rabbit Red Rabbit, the internationally-acclaimed play by Nassim Soleimanpour, on Monday, November 28, 2016. A recent recipient of the 2016 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, Mitchell's celebrated career on stage and screen spans ten Broadway productions -- including Shuffle Along, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha and Kiss Me Kate, the last of which earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT is currently in its New York Premiere limited engagement, playing Monday nights at Westside Theatre (407 W 43rd Street). Performances began on March 7.

No rehearsal. No director. No set. No spoilers. A different performer each night is handed the script for the first time as they step onto the stage. The rotating cast, each performing only one time ever, also features the previously announced: Tony nominated School of Rock star Alex Brightman (November 14); star of Three Men and a Baby & "Last Man Standing" Nancy Travis (November 21); Tony Award Nominee & Theatre World Award Winner Micah Stock (December 5) and star Of USA Networks' "Psych" James Roday.

Previous performers include Nathan Lane (March 7), Whoopi Goldberg (March 14), Patrick Wilson (March 21), Brian Dennehy (March 28), Wayne Brady (April 4), Mike Birbiglia (April 11), Cynthia Nixon (April 18), Kyra Sedwick (April 25), Martin Short (May 2), Bobby Cannavale (May 9), David Hyde Pierce (May 16), Shohreh Aghdashloo (May 23), Alan Cumming (June 6), George Takei (June 13), Rachel Dratch (June 20), Reg E. Cathey (June 27), Kathy Najimy (July 11), F. Murray Abraham (July 18), Josh Radnor (July 25), Ramin Karimloo (August 1), Tony Danza (August 8), Michael Urie (August 22), Darren Criss (August 29), Billy Porter (September 12), Justin Bartha (September 19), Stana Katic (September 26), Joyce DiDonato (October 3), Mozhan Marno (October 17), Joe Pantoliano (October 24), Robin Lord Taylor (October 31), and Mo Rocca (November 7).

Forbidden to leave his country, young Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour found a way for his voice to get out when he physically could not. This wildly entertaining and thought-provoking theatrical piece - where no audience can see the same show twice - blends drama, comedy and social experiment, providing audiences with a potent reminder of the transformative power of theatre.

The play had its world premiere in 2011 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning the Arches Brick Award, followed by presentations at Summerworks and Dublin Fringe Festival where it was awarded "Outstanding New Performance" and "Best New Performance" respectively. The play has since been translated into fifteen different languages and performed over 200 times worldwide - from London to Oslo, Athens, Berlin, Melbourne and Singapore - by such stars as Michael Shannon, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, David Morse and more.

A portion of the play's profits go to PEN International, the world's leading association of writers working to promote literature and defend freedom of expression around the world (www.pen-international.org). White Rabbit Red Rabbit is produced in association with Aurora Nova Productions and Boat Rocker Entertainment.



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