{"id":1621,"date":"2013-10-26T03:08:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T03:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desdemona.org\/blog\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2016-10-11T05:19:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T05:19:42","slug":"red-light-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desdemona.org\/blog\/red-light-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"RED LIGHT WINTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>by Adam Rapp<br \/>\nAzeotrope\/ACT Theatre, Seattle, WA<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1621 gallery-columns-5 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Smith |\u00a0Sound: Evan Mosher |\u00a0Properties:\u00a0Paul Cliffton Barrois<\/p>\n<h3>PRESS<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Chiang&#8217;s actors truly live on stage. There are stretches of quiet where the characters exist in their space, putting things away, looking for an item, applying deodorant. The audience watches the fish bowl and, inexplicably, it&#8217;s riveting.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/review\/brutal-and-brilliant-double-bill-for-azeotrope\">Jasmine Joshua, Seattle Theatre Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chiang&#8217;s direction keeps the tension tight in a small, breathless space. She also cleverly manages the required very explicit sex with full nudity of two characters. It&#8217;s handled sensitively and effectively without unduly confronting the audience.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgn.org\/sgnnews41_44\/page25.cfm\">Miryam Gordon, Seattle Gay News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Azeotrope\u2019s second staging of this piece, with the same fine cast as its 2010 debut production, Desdemona Chiang again directs this maelstrom-in-miniature with near-balletic grace. She lets Rapp\u2019s characters stalk one another in concentric circles until there\u2019s no place left for refuge. None of the nude scenes feels gratuitous; they only compound the characters\u2019 vulnerabilities and missed opportunities to make amends.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattleweekly.com\/arts\/949589-129\/matt-davis-red-winter-christina-act\">Kevin Phinney, Seattle Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seattle theatre company Azeotrope selected\u00a0<em>Red Light Winter<\/em>, among the best of Rapp&#8217;s many plays and a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist, as its inaugural production in 2010. This fall, the company has revived the piece, and produced it in repertory with Joshua Hollins&#8217;\u00a0<em>25 Saints<\/em>&#8230; As directed by Desdemona Chiang, the play dives head first into a seedy world\u2014into love and lust and sex and pain and despair (and, full disclosure, full nudity)&#8230; Azeotrope&#8217;s dedication to producing gritty, grating work with care is evident, and I\u00a0look forward to watching the company continue to push audiences to a point of powerful discomfort.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/cityartsonline.com\/articles\/azeotropes-red-light-winter\">Gemma Wilson, City Arts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bad, or even mediocre productions tend to fade rapidly from the memory. The memory of a really outstanding show, however, tends to get even better over time. 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