Are you seeing RED?

If your theatre plans for 2012 include the upcoming Asolo Rep/Ringling Museum production of RED, we invite you to participate in Seeing RED —a special museum installation and series of programs, presented to deepen and enhance your theatre experience.

Tickets are now available at the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office: 941.360.7399; the Asolo Repertory Theatre Box Office: 941.351.8000; or online at www.asolorep.org

Luminosity

Permanent Collection Focus Exhibition

Museum of Art Searing Wing

Taking as its subject the moment in the play in which Rothko describes the work of Caravaggio as being “illuminated from within...he gives it inner luminosity,” this group of paintings explores how artists have engaged that most important element—light.

Seeing Red Lecture Series

February 23: Revealing Rothko

Historic Asolo Theater, 7:00 pm

An exploration of the life, times, and works of the Abstract Expressionist, Mark Rothko. Join Dr. Matthew McLendon, Associate Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, as he discusses the circumstances which led to the events surrounding the infamous Seagram Murals.

March 8: Seeing the Light

Museum of Art Searing Wing, 7:00 pm

Dr. McLendon guides us through the focus exhibition, Luminosity. (see above)

March 22: Waiting for the Curtain

Historic Asolo Theater, 7:00 pm

One week before opening we take a look at the artistry behind the scenes. Discover the creative process in the days leading to the curtain going up. We will examine how an artistic vision comes to life through the technical elements of theatre such as sets, lighting, sound, and costumes.

Tickets For The Lecture Series

$10 or $5/program for Ringling Museum Members, Asolo Repertory Theatre subscribers, and students with valid ID. Tickets at Historic Asolo Box Office: 941.360.7399

BY John Logan

PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASOLO REPERTORY THEATER

A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE

Andrew Kato, Artistic Director;

Tricia Trimble, Managing Director

DIRECTED BY Lou

MARCH 30–APRIL 22

Jacob

PREVIEWS MARCH 28 & 29 IN THE HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER

“What do you see?” painter Mark Rothko asks in the opening line of John Logan’s enthralling, Tony Awardwinning, play. This becomes the central question in this compelling theatrical depiction of one of the 20th century’s most important and complex artists.

“Red is a fascinating portrayal of the ambition, vulnerability and agony inherent in the art of making art. Intense and exciting... What we see, above all, is an artist seeing, and it’s impossible not to feel thrilled by the privilege.” — New York Times

CONTAINS SOME MATURE LANGUAGE AND THEMES