CAST & CREW

Director: Esther Brill

Rothko: Bob Brill
Ken: Ricky Hill

SYNOPSIS

In John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play Red, we enter the world of Mark Rothko as seen through the eyes of his naive new assistant Ken. Through Rothko’s mentorship of Ken we get to explore the creative process and worldview of an artist at the forefront of the abstract impressionist movement, as well as his reaction to the entrance of pop art onto the scene. Themes of creation, intention, and meaning in art weave through the tight dialog as Rothko preaches and Ken matures. Ken, at first overwhelmed and uncertain in the presence of the artist, eventually grows to challenge the master and helps Rothko as he straddles the line between the business and the integrity of his art. Red is the story of art, but it is also a story of the struggle for perfection and how expectations shape our lives.

ABOUT

Click here to learn more about artist Mark Rothko

RED premiered at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London on December 3, 2009,
Michael Grandage, Artistic Director.

Original Broadway Production Produced by Arielle Tepper Madover,
Stephanie P. McClelland, Matthew Byam Shaw, Neal Street Productions,
Fox Theatricals, Ruth Hendel/Barbara Whitman, Philip Hagemann/Murray Rosenthal
and The Donmar Warehouse.

Likenesses of the Rothko Seagram Mural Panels used with permission.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

PERFORMANCES

All performances at Great Lakes Center for the Arts

Saturday, April 13 | 2:00 pm
Saturday, April 13 | 7:00 pm
Sunday, April 14 | 2:00 pm
Sunday, April 14 | 7:00 pm