Presented as a contemporary riff on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," the play makes several references to the classic horror story. Besides the title, it presents a key character named Prospero (like the protagonist of Poe's story), seven scenes each keyed to a different color (like the rooms of Prospero's castle), a recurring ominous blast that momentarily stops characters in their tracks (like the …
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle at 02:04PM on October 21, 2014