Mark Rothko (Bob Ari, right) is being questioned by his assistant Ken (Randy Harrison) in the Cleveland Play House production of John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play "Red," directed by Anders Cato, on stage in the Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare, March 16 - April 8, 2012. Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson.
Mark Rothko (Bob Ari, left) barks orders at his assistant Ken (Randy Harrison) in the Cleveland Play House production of John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play "Red," directed by Anders Cato, on stage in the Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare, March 16 - April 8, 2012. Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson.
Bob Ari plays the great abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko in the Cleveland Play House production of John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play "Red," directed by Anders Cato, on stage in the Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare, March 16 - April 8, 2012. Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson.
Ken (Randy Harrison) studies a Mark Rothko painting in progress in the Cleveland Play House production of John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play "Red," directed by Anders Cato, on stage in the Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare, March 16 - April 8, 2012. Photo credit: T. Charles Erickson.
Working feverishly to complete the most important commission of his career, the great American painter Mark Rothko finds his artistic motives challenged by a young protégé.
"As much as any stage work I can think of, Red captures the dynamic relationship between an artist and his creation." -The New York Times
Bob Ari: (Mark Rothko) has acted on Broadway in Frost/Nixon (understudy Richard Nixon), The Constant Wife, Bells Are Ringing, and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Off-Broadway appearances include The Late Christopher Bean, Die Mommie Die!, Jolson & Company, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Baby Anger, and June Moon. Ari toured the United States in Frost/Nixon and toured Europe in West Side Story and Guys & Dolls. He has appeared in regional theatres across the U.S. including Pioneer Theatre Company in Dracula and 12 Angry Men; Fulton Theatre, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Olney Theatre Center, Witness for the Prosecution; Delaware Theatre Company, Born Yesterday and The Price; Walnut Street Theatre, Hotel Suite and Art; The Wilma Theater, Big Love and Enemies, A Love Story; New Jersey and Utah Shakespeare Festivals; The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (3 seasons); and many others. Film and television credits include Two Lovers, Wanted, Kissing Jessica Stein, Music of the Heart, Cradle Will Rock, Christmas Evil, Onion News Network, Delocated, The Good Wife, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Cheers, Cagney and Lacey, Soap, L.A. Law, All My Children and more. less has acted on Broadway in Frost/Nixon (understudy Richard Nixon), The Constant Wife, Bells Are Ringing, and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Off-Broadway appearances include The Late Christopher Bean, Die Mommie Die!, Jolson & Company, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Baby Anger, and June Moon. Ari toured the United States in... more
Randy Harrison: (Ken) made his Broadway debut as Boq in Wicked. His other New York credits include The Singing Forest, Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival; Antony and Cleopatra, Theater for a New Audience; Edward the Second, Red Bull Theater; A Letter from Ethel Kennedy, Manhattan Class Company; Notes! and Swan!!! with the Qwan Company at PS122; Abrons Arts Center and Theatre 80; and numerous appearances in Our Hit Parade at Joe's Pub. Regionally he appeared most recently in Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. as well as Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.; Pop!, Yale Repertory Theatre; The Glass Menagerie, Guthrie Theater; A Midsummer Night's Dream, SITI Company at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; and numerous seasons at Berkshire Theatre Festival. His film and television work includes five seasons on Showtime's Queer as Folk and Bang Bang You're Dead. less made his Broadway debut as Boq in Wicked. His other New York credits include The Singing Forest, Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival; Antony and Cleopatra, Theater for a New Audience; Edward the Second, Red Bull Theater; A Letter from Ethel Kennedy, Manhattan Class Company; Notes! and Swan!!! with the Qwan... more
Anders Cato: (Director) is excited to return to Cleveland Play House where he directed Crime and Punishment and I am My Own Wife. He has directed extensively in New York and at many leading regional theatres in the United States. His work has been seen at American Repertory Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Magic Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, La MaMa E.T.C, 7 Stages Theatre, and A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle. He directed Beckett’sText for Nothing at the Royal Court Theatre in London and When the World was Green at Moscow Art Theatre. At George Street Playhouse he directed six productions, including Doubt, The Seafarer, Circle Mirror Transformation and this production of Red. He has translated, adapted and directed plays by Strindberg and Ibsen. At Berkshire Theatre Festival he has directed 16 productions, including plays by Moliere, Williams, Mamet and Shaw. He collaborated with Joseph Chaikin for over ten years and worked closely with some of America’s finest playwrights: Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, Craig Lucas and Doug Wright. He is a proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Recent productions include the world premiere of Steven Drukman’s The Innocents at Asolo Repertory Theatre and Pygmalion at the Alley Theatre in Houston. less is excited to return to Cleveland Play House where he directed Crime and Punishment and I am My Own Wife. He has directed extensively in New York and at many leading regional theatres in the United States. His work has been seen at American Repertory Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse,... more
Dan Kotlowitz: (Lighting Designer) has designed over 200 professional productions: his work has been seen in New York at New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Juilliard Theatre, Primary Stages, Playwrights Horizons, Astor Place Theatre, Promenade Theatre, Joyce Theater, Serious Fun! Festival at Lincoln Center, New Federal Theatre, Soho Rep, and AMAS Repertory Theatre. His regional theatre credits include Baltimore Centerstage, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Huntington Theatre, Trinity Rep, LaJolla Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Berkeley Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Capitol Rep, Merrimack Rep, Virginia Stage Company, Shakespeare and Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Rep, and George Street Playhouse. His many designs for performance artist Diamanda Gala have been seen nationally and internationally in Paris, London, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Norway and Greece. Kotlowitz teaches lighting design at Dartmouth College. less has designed over 200 professional productions: his work has been seen in New York at New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Juilliard Theatre, Primary Stages, Playwrights Horizons, Astor Place Theatre, Promenade Theatre, Joyce Theater, Serious Fun! Festival at Lincoln Center, New Federal Theatre, Soho Rep, and AMAS Repertory Theatre.... more
Jennifer Moeller: (Costume Designer) recently designed Red, Circle Mirror Transformation, and The Seafarer for George Street Playhouse; The How and the Why for McCarter Theatre Center; Six Degrees of Separation for Williamstown Theatre Festival; Venus in Fur for the Studio Theatre; Sweeney Todd for Barrington Stage Company; Happy Now? for Primary Stages; Merchant of Venice, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine and Richard III for The Shakespeare Theatre Company; Crooked (scenic design) and Aliens With Extraordinary Skills for The Women’s Project; Waiting for Godot, directed by Anders Cato, for The Berkshire Theatre Festival; and Dance of the Holy Ghosts for Yale Repertory Theatre. less recently designed Red, Circle Mirror Transformation, and The Seafarer for George Street Playhouse; The How and the Why for McCarter Theatre Center; Six Degrees of Separation for Williamstown Theatre Festival; Venus in Fur for the Studio Theatre; Sweeney Todd for Barrington Stage Company; Happy Now? for Primary Stages; Merchant of Venice, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine and Richard III for The Shakespeare Theatre Company; Crooked (scenic design)... more
John Godbout: (Stage Manager) recently finished working on Ten Chimneys, Daddy Long Legs and The Life of Galileo for Cleveland Play House, where he returns after having been CPH’s resident stage manager for eight seasons. Last season he worked at Capital Repertory Theatre and North Shore Music Theatre, where he stage managed a new adaptation of Disney's Tarzan. He has also stage managed for The Weston Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Northern Stage and Seaside Music Theatre. less recently finished working on Ten Chimneys, Daddy Long Legs and The Life of Galileo for Cleveland Play House, where he returns after having been CPH’s resident stage manager for eight seasons. Last season he worked at Capital Repertory Theatre and North Shore Music Theatre, where he stage managed a new... more
John Logan: (Playwright) is a member of the Victory Gardens Theater Playwrights Ensemble. His award-winning plays include Never the Sinner, Hauptmann, Speaking in Tongues, Scorched Earth, Music from a Locked Room, Snow, and Riverview: A Melodrama with Music. His new adaptation of Ibsen’s The Master Builder appeared in the West End in 2003. Logan’s work as a screenwriter includes Hugo (directed by Martin Scorsese), Sweeney Todd, The Aviator, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Any Given Sunday, and RKO 281. less is a member of the Victory Gardens Theater Playwrights Ensemble. His award-winning plays include Never the Sinner, Hauptmann, Speaking in Tongues, Scorched Earth, Music from a Locked Room, Snow, and Riverview: A Melodrama with Music. His new adaptation of Ibsen’s The Master Builder appeared in the West End in 2003.... more
Lee Savage: (Scenic Designer) designed Ten Chimneys and Crime and Punishment for Cleveland Play House. New York City design work includes Lincoln Center Theatre’s LCT3, All-American; Roundabout Underground, The Dream of the Burning Boy and Ordinary Days; Atlantic Theater, Oohrah!; Partial Comfort, The Bereaved; Clubbed Thumb, punkplay; and The Ensemble Studio Theatre, End Days. Regional credits include Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Centerstage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Chautauqua Theater Company, Dallas Theater Center, George Street Playhouse, Long Wharf, The Old Globe, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Trinity Rep, Two River Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, The Wilma, and Yale Rep. Savage designed The Jammer for Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. He has earned a Helen Hayes Award Nomination, a Connecticut Critics Circle Award, and Fringe First Award. He is a member of Wingspace Theatrical Design and an instructor at Yale School of Drama. Savage earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design and Master of Fine Arts from Yale. less designed Ten Chimneys and Crime and Punishment for Cleveland Play House. New York City design work includes Lincoln Center Theatre’s LCT3, All-American; Roundabout Underground, The Dream of the Burning Boy and Ordinary Days; Atlantic Theater, Oohrah!; Partial Comfort, The Bereaved; Clubbed Thumb, punkplay; and The Ensemble Studio Theatre, End Days. Regional credits include Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Baltimore... more
Scott Killian: (Sound Designer/Composer) has worked off-Broadway on sound design and/or compositions for Sarah, Sarah; Five by Tenn; A Picasso (earning Killian a Lortel Award nomination); The Other Side for Manhattan Theatre Club; Duchess of Malfi, Edward the Second, and Women Beware Women for Red Bull Theater; and Steve and Idi and Miss Julie for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Regional work includes Berkshire Theatre Festival where Killian has been resident composer/sound designer for over 25 productions, George Street Playhouse (eight productions), Shakespeare & Company, Theatre Calgary, Alley Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre D.C., Seattle Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company. Red marks Killian’s 18th collaboration with Director Anders Cato. less has worked off-Broadway on sound design and/or compositions for Sarah, Sarah; Five by Tenn; A Picasso (earning Killian a Lortel Award nomination); The Other Side for Manhattan Theatre Club; Duchess of Malfi, Edward the Second, and Women Beware Women for Red Bull Theater; and Steve and Idi and Miss Julie... more
January 08 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Backstage with Cleveland Play House
March 18 @ 2:30pm - 6:00pm
nightOUT! - For LGBT community & allies
March 20 @ 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Educator Evening - Red
Red
March 16 - April 8, Allen Theatre
Written by John Logan
Directed by Anders Cato
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