OUR SEASON

Running April 13 - 23

white rabbit red rabbit

WRITTEN BY

NASSIM SOLEIMANPOUR

PERFORMED BY

A NEW ACTOR EACH PERFORMANCE

No director. No set. No rehearsal. This one-person show is written to be handed to its performer on the night of their performance in front of a live audience…to be performed cold turkey. And it is absolutely stunning to watch. Every. Single. Time. 

Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT is a work about contemporary Iran and of Nassim’s generation. A generation born amidst the hardship of the Iran-Iraq war. A generation of computer-literate, well-informed young people who have never known an Iran other than the Islamic Republic.

Since its joint premier in 2011 in Edinburgh and Summerworks festival WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT has been translated into more than 25 different languages and been performed over 2000 times by some of the biggest names in theatre and film including actors John Hurt, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Marcus Brigstocke, Dominic West and film director Ken Loach.

presented by river & rail Theatre co. at the old city performing arts center

111 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

Running June 2 - 18

fun home

BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BY

ALISON BECHDEL

MUSIC BY

JEANINE TESORI

LYRICS AND BOOK BY

LISA KRON

“Someone just came in the door

Like no one I ever saw before

I feel…

I feel…

I don’t know where you came from

I wish I did

I feel so dumb

I feel…

Your swagger and your bearing

And the just-right clothes you’re wearing

Your short hair and your dungarees 

And your lace-up boots

And your keys

Oh, your ring of keys”

Who knew a UPS delivery woman, in her simple act of…well, delivering a package, could unlock such passion and joy in a preteen girl? Alison Bechdel knew.

Tony Award-winning duo, Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, masterfully capture graphic novelist Alison Bechdel’s coming-of-age story in FUN HOME. As a father and his daughter struggle to open up to one another, they each go on their own journey of discovering love, queerness and all of the pain and beauty that comes with such an awakening. Will their common path be something they can one day share? 

PRESENTED as a co-production between

Presented by River & Rail Theatre Co. at the Old City Performing Arts Center

111 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

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