The Buzz About Rising Sun

"This fun and often hilarious production suggested there was no escape from our darker passions. Studying the past was no guarantee against repeating its excesses."
- OOBR.com

"A number of excellent performances"
- Deborah Greenhut

"The cast was very accomplished"
- Jack Quinn

"A wonderful showcase of this new group of accomplished actors"
- Theatrescene.net

"The Shape of Things makes one thing clear. It is a profound and complex piece of recent theatre."
- Oobr.com

"Increasingly impatient audiences in the Big Apple need more old stories of human relationships told in new ways. The Shape of Things makes the grade as a classic piece of modern theatre."
- Jade Esteban Estrada

The Rising Sun Performance Company, sound familiar? You may have recently seen Rising Sun on display in the front window of The Drama Bookshop (on 40th St) celebrating Off-Off Broadway for the months of October 2004 and February 2005 or maybe you read one of the glowing reviews from our sold out performances at the Douglas Fairbanks and Houseman Theatres Or saw us mentioned in Backstage’s article on United Stages and Off-Off Broadway!

Rising Sun has proudly been affiliated and created strong working relationships with The Field, Fractured Atlas, The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, The Actors Studio Drama School, Dance Theatre Workshop, Circum Arts, Whole Arts, The Four Corner Arts Center, The Theatre Development Fund’s Costume Collection and Play by Play Program, Audience Extras, Theatremania gold club, Material for The Arts, Point of You Productions, and Kitt Lavoie/Cry Havoc to name a few.

Rising Sun is one of the current up and coming theatre companies in the Off-Off Broadway community that is establishing a reputation for showcasing their talented ensemble of writers, directors and actors in a strong selection of New and Original works balanced by revivals of off beat published works.