Synopsis & Schedule

It is the late 1950s and Mark Rothko, the famous Abstract Expressionist painter, is at a crossroads in his career. Intellectual, controlling and often bombastic, Rothko is at work on a surprising (and very well-paid) commission: a series of murals to hang at the Four Seasons restaurant in Midtown Manhattan's Seagram's Building.

The play takes place in Rothko's studio, where he works with the help of a smart, young assistant. The action follows the artist's struggle for integrity and understanding in the face of fame, self-questioning and impending irrelevance. Will his paintings survive in a place that represents everything - greed, commercialism, bourgeois comfort - he detests?

Red invites the audience into the artist's studio, where there is always work to be done. As Rothko and his assistant prep canvases, mix paint and busy themselves with the daily tasks of creating massive works of art, we get a glimpse into the mind of the artist.

The self-involved, cerebral painter's world view is narrow in some ways, yet rich with emotional depth and mythic metaphors. Balancing this highbrow take on things is his assistant's pragmatic approach to the work and intense study of his mentor and boss.

To find out more, come see the show!

February 14-26, 2012

• Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, February 15 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
• Thursday, February 16 at 7:30pm
• Friday, February 17 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, February 18 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
• Sunday, February 19 at 2:00pm
• Tuesday, February 21 at 7:30pm
• Wednesday, February 22 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
• Thursday, February 23 at 7:30pm
• Friday, February 24 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, February 25 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
• Sunday, February 26 at 2:00pm