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When young Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour, who had been teaching set design at the University of Tehran, was summoned for compulsory military service, he declared himself a conscientious objector. In Iran under the harsh boot of the mullahs, that was not the wisest decision. Graced with plain dumb good luck, Soleimanpour was not imprisoned or tortured for his deeply held obstinacy. The authorities slapped him softly by rescinding his passport and therefore forbade him travel. Since his family were well-known writers in Iran, where poetry is revered, their social status may have saved his life. B...

This Tuesday, April 27, is National Tell a Story Day, and do we have a range of stories to recommend in this list of best virtual (and socially distanced) bets. Some stories are brand new, like those featured in the Landing Theatre Company’s New American Voices Playwriting Festival, and some are centuries old. Yes, we’re looking at you, William Shakespeare. And some stories, the storytellers themselves won’t even know what they are as they tell them. Keep reading to see the best stories you can find in Houston this week. White Rabbit Red Rabbit in 2010, a play that went viral for its u...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour to live-stream from Perseverance Theatre April 16 - May 2 Every night is opening night for this one-of-a-kind production with a different actor on stage for each performance, and Martin Sensmeier to take the virtual stage on April 16. No rehearsals. No director. No set. A different actor reads the script cold for the first time at each performance. This is White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, an utterly unique theatrical experience that live-streams from Perseverance Theatre April 16 through May 2. Producer Joseph Biagini says of the ...

9 best Houston plays and performances to stream and catch in April Emmy winner and film star Laura Linney will take part in 4th Wall Theatre's virtual White Rabbit Red Rabbit live series on April 24.  Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions A year into remote theater and Houston performing arts companies have learned to get creative. Yes, we’re still streaming some dramatic and comic theater goodness, but April also offers a plethora of different performances modes from live actors on your front lawn to virtual conferencing with a semi-omnipotent nun. Fo...

Limerick's Belltable prepares to mark one year without theatre with unique online performance Reporter: ');  '); LIMERICK'S Belltable has decided to take part in a global performance of a single play to mark the one year anniversary of theatres turning off the lights. Limerick native, Liam O’Brien, has taken on the challenge of performing this play for the Belltable which will hit our eyes and ears this Saturday, March 13. Liam O’Brien’s performance will be one of many across the globe. Berlin based theatre company Aurora Nova have invited theatres worldwide to perform White Rabbit Re...