RED is a play with two-actors by American writer John Logan about artist Mark Rothko.
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.
Written by John Logan
Directed by Shane Fernando
Starring Glauco Araujo and Justin Smith
Glauco Araujo
Glauco Araujo is a Brazilian-born professional dancer, film and stage actor, and host based in NYC, currently playing Ken in John Logan’s RED. Glauco has worked nonstop onstage for the past three years, often working with various theatre companies.
On TV, Glauco played the role of Pablo in Manifest on Netflix, the Guardian Angel in Russian Doll, also on Netflix, and a pawnbroker on Homicide City on ID Channel. Feature Films: West Side Story, Daughter of The Bride.
Award-winning short films: A Tango to Remember, Ruminate, Lucid, Dance for Freedom. He had a featured comic role in a promo commercial for Betty in New York. Other commercial work includes featured roles for Amtrak, Delta, Intel, Adidas, Nordstrom, Maybelline, Aveeno, Cinemark, Gerber Dotti, and This Bud’s for Jackie (directed by Spike Lee).
Justin Smith
Justin Smith is a longtime Wilmington actor and entrepreneur who’s spent the last 30 years in the Port City carving out a non-traditional approach to local theater.
Justin will be portraying the enigmatic Mark Rothko in John Logan’s RED. Best known locally as the Executive Artistic Director of Opera House Theatre Company, Justin has produced over 200 plays and musicals in Wilmington, with notable stage credits including Judd in Oklahoma, Orsino in Twelfth Night, and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew.
Beyond the stage, Justin has enjoyed a decades-long career in TV and film, with recurring roles on TV series’ Fear the Walking Dead, The Runarounds and Outer Banks and select film roles in The Highwaymen and Saturday, both Netflix Originals.