White Rabbit Red Rabbit

by Nassim Soleimanpour

July 6th 2025 - August 11th, 2025 (TUTA)

Extended Due To Popular Demand

Aug 17th - 29th, 2025 (TUTA)

FEATURING

Each show is performed live by a different actor who has never read the script.

Sunday July 6 at 7:30pm: Bide Akande

Monday, July 7 at 7:30pm: Huy Nguyen

Sunday, July 13 at 7:30pm: Amy Gorelow

Monday, July 14 at 7:30pm: Joan Merlo

Sunday, July 20 at 7:30pm: Aziza Macklin

Monday, July 21 at 7:30pm: Alice Wedoff

Sunday, July 27 at 2:00pm: Wain Parham

Monday, July 28 at 7:30pm: Seoyoung Park

Sunday, August 3 at 7:30pm: Felix Mayes

Monday, August 4 at 7:30pm: Clifton Frei

Sunday, August 10 at 7:30pm: August Forman

Monday, August 11 at 7:30pm: Austin Ryan Hunt

Sunday, August 17 at 7:30pm: Brando Crawford

Monday, August 18 at 7:30pm: Carolyn Hoerdemann

Sunday, August 24 at 7:30PM: Laurie Larson

Monday, August 25 at 7:30pm: Donaldson

Sunday, August 31 at 7:30PM: Jodi Gage

Monday, Sept. 1 at 7:30pm: Marsha Harman

Sunday, Sept. 7 at 7:30PM: Jaimelyn Gray

Monday, Sept. 8 at 7:30pm: Katie Watson

Sunday, Sept. 14 at 7:30PM: Darren Hill

Monday, Sept. 15 at 7:30pm: Andy Hager

Sunday, Sept. 21 at 7:30PM: Alžan Pelesić

Monday, Sept. 22 at 7:30pm: Tom Dacey Carr

Sunday, Sept. 28 at 7:30PM: Carolyn Molloy

Monday, Sept. 29 at 7:30pm: Ian Westerfer

PRODUCTION

Artist Liaison: Huy Nguyen

Stage Manager: Becky Warner

Lighting Design: Keith Parham

Co-Artistic Director: Aileen Wen McGroddy, Jacqueline Stone

Creative Producer: Helen Lattyak

Managing Director: Brad Gunter

Presented in association with Nassim Soleimanpour

No rehearsals. No director. No set.

A different actor reads the script cold for the first time at each performance.

“I was born on Azar 19th, 1360 in Tehran. That’s Tehran, December 10th, 1981 in Christian years…” 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 as much about contemporary Iran as it is about power dynamics in the rest of the world.

This experience is like life, ... No one, not even the actor, knows how it will end, and no one knows if their choice is the right one.

-Chicago Theatre and Concert Review -

As we walk the high wire in our own deadly national circus, with our safety nets shredding more and more each day, TUTA’s White Rabbit, Red Rabbit asks us to think about the rules and how we might upend them.

- Chicago Reader -

You don’t just watch this play, you experience it with the performer, together in a kind of silent pact. Nguyen honored that pact beautifully. TUTA’s choice to present this piece aligns perfectly with their mission to push theatrical boundaries.

- Around The Town Chicago -

I highly recommend "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" to anyone who’s spontaneous and looking for something completely different. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience that keeps you guessing.

- Buzz Center Stage -

Photos by Candice Conner of Oomphotography

Produced by TUTA Theatre in Chicago, IL, 2025