RED at UMass Amherst

RED by John Logan

Thursday April 18th @ 7pm
Friday, April 19th @ 7pm

Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, RED is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.

Cast:
Rothko - Terrance J. Peters
Ken - Aidan Gerard

Production Team:
Director: Kayla Theresa Marshall
Assistant Director: Kevin Lundstrom
Producer: Terrance J. Peters
Sound Designer: Brigid Hern
Board Operator: Becca Cottrell
Lighting Designer: Nick Flanagan

RED is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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.