By Tony Kushner
Directed By Rahaleh Nassri
April 22- May 21, 2006
Previews begin April 19
“Some playwrights want to change the world. Some want to revolutionize theater. Tony Kushner is that rarity of rarities: a writer who has the promise to do both.”
—The New York Times
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RECENTLY ADDED SHOWS:
Wednesday, April 26 at 8pm
Saturday, May 13 at 4pm
Wednesday, May 17 at 8pm
SOLD OUT SHOWS:
Saturday, April 22
Friday, April 28
Saturday, April 29
Saturday, May 6
Thursday, May 18
Friday, May 19
For all SOLD OUT shows, a STANDBY LIST begins one hour before curtain. There are always unclaimed seats and if you come early to get on the standby list, there is a good chance you will get a seat.
RUN CONTINUES THROUGH MAY 21
The schedule for the final week is as follows:
Wednesday, May 17 at 8pm
Thursday, May 18 at 8pm
Friday, May 19 at 8pm
Sunday, May 21 at 4pm AND 8pm
EXCEPTION: THERE ARE NO SHOWS ON SATURDAY MAY 20
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Set in the last days of Germany’s Weimar Republic, Kushner’s first published play follows a group of artists and activists as they watch their country gradually descend into the Third Reich. By turns both magical and rhetorical, Bright Room charts the ascension of the Nazi Party through the seemingly-insulated life in middle-class living rooms. A cast of funny and finely-drawn characters populates Kushner’s Room to illustrate what happens when intelligent people sit by idly during times of crisis.
THE WASHINGTON POST (4.25.06):
“Kushner being Kushner -- that is, burning with ideological fire, thoroughly grounded in history and theory, and preposterously gifted with literary agility -- that wild swing of a thesis gains surprising traction onstage... Rorschach Theatre is the right company to embrace the overstatement, and director Rahaleh Nassri's production is tough-minded and, in its way, beautiful."
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WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK:
While the work is two decades old, it retains its particular currency. That adventurous, modest Rorschach Theatre does this work justice is no surprise. Even on a shoestring and in an unusual location, the former worship space in the original Calvary Methodist Church, now Casa Del Pueblo's Sanctuary Theatre. Rorschach's first-time director Rahaleh Nassri works wonders with a complex script. Aided by a strong cast, helmed particularly by Allen's restrained and confused Agnes, the ensemble speaks truth to the powerful words Kushner penned.
(for the full review, click here)
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PRODUCED BY Randy Baker and Jenny McConell Frederick
FEATURING Company Members Lindsay Allen, Elizabeth Chomko and Grady Weatherford, with Katie Atkinson, Matt Dunphy, Lauren Krizner, Cam Magee, Alexander Strain and Ellen Young
DESIGNED BY Franklin Labovitz (Costumes), Jacob Muehlhausen (Set), Matt Nielson (Sound), Nathaniel John Sebastian Sinnott (Lights), Becky Trotter (Props), Grady Weatherford (Multimedia) and Amy Kleist (Technical Director)
STAGE MANAGED BY Vivian Woodland and Ryan Taylor(ASM)
DRAMATURGY BY Hannah Hessel
A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY is sponsored in part by a generous gift from Unique USA Inc.
Rorschach Theatre's SEASON 6 is sponsored in part by a generous gift from The Dobranski Foundation
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