ILYSE ROBBINS

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

By Nassim Soleimanpour 

The Umbrella Stage Company

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​"Most recently, the company staged “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,’’ an experimental piece about censorship and oppression by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour. A single actor -- a different one at each performance, none of whom has ever seen the script -- opens a sealed envelope and proceeds to perform the play cold. A who’s who of Boston-area cultural figures took on “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,’’ among them the playwright-actress Melinda Lopez; novelist Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked,’’ the book that spawned the blockbuster musical; Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Mass Cultural Council; choreographer-director Ilyse Robbins; and actors Anthony Pires, Jr., Aimee Doherty, and Robert Saoud." - Don Auction, The Boston Globe