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Soleimanpour and Elerian Launch There & Then With West EndWhite Rabbit Red Rabbit’ Residency

The new outfit bets on a one-night-only cold read to draw star power to a Monday slot.

Overview

  • There & Then, announced Friday, set a Monday-night run of White Rabbit Red Rabbit at the Duchess Theatre from June 8 to November 2, with tickets on sale now.
  • Each performance features a single actor who opens a sealed envelope onstage and delivers the script with no rehearsal or director.
  • The initial roster lists David Harewood on June 8, David Tennant on June 15, Jodie Whittaker on July 13, and Riz Ahmed on September 28, with more casting to follow.
  • The production is presented with producer Nica Burns and the Nimax Theatre Group, and the company also plans a second world tour of its cold-read piece Echo.
  • Soleimanpour wrote the play in 2011 while barred from leaving Iran, and it has since been staged more than 4,000 times in over 25 languages.