The Wait is Finally Over! "Red" opens 10/27

Roy Steinberg with director Chris Dolman

Roy Steinberg stars as Mark Rotho

The long awaited opening night for John Logan's play, Red, is finally here.  Cape May Stage is in the forefront of leading theatres across the country mounting this fascinating play about Mark Rothko who returned the largest amount of money given for a commission (at that time) so he could retain possession of his paintings. Tonight, October 27 is the official opening night at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse with the cast party at Hemingway’s at the Grand Hotel on Beach Drive right after the show.  Come and meet the director and cast and engage them in conversation about this significant play.


Chris Dolman is the director of Red and is known to Cape May Stage audiences from the beginning days of this theatre.  He directed Doubt and performed in Art, and with Red, continues the tradition of working in one syllable titled plays. His friendships in the community are many and even date back to Michael Laird, the founder of this theatre.


Artistic Director Roy Steinberg will make his Cape May Stage acting debut in Red playing Mark Rothko.  Steinberg appeared on Broadway in the Tony nominated play Wings with Constance Cummings.  He played opposite Christopher Walken in Measure For Measure and opposite William Hurt in Lanford Wilson's The Rhimers of Eldritch.  He won the Best Actor Award at Yale Drama School where he received his MFA in Acting.  In subsequent years, he has appeared in film and television, as well as at the leading regional theatres (Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Festival Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, New York Public Theatre) in the nation.


RJ Barnett makes his Cape May Stage debut, as well, playing Ken.  Barnett has played in Dracula, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia, and Les Laisons Dangereuses in New York.  He has performed at the Northwest Shakespeare Festival and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Call 884-1341 or go online at capemaystage.org to reserve tickets.  Red performs Thursday through Saturday evenings (with matinees on the Saturdays and Sundays) through November 19.  Give yourself a treat before Thanksgiving.  You'll be thankful you did.