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The Old Globe’s world premiere production of Rain features an atmospheric, highly stylized staging directed by Barry Edelstein. Mark Wendland’s revolving, three-level Horn Hotel set gradually splits apart as tensions rise, while real, pouring water evokes the relentless South Pacific downpour. The score integrates spoken dialogue with character-defining musical soliloquies rather than conventional, hummable tunes. World-music colors—Pacific chants, Scottish folk elements, and insistent tribal drums—underscore the characters’ psychological unraveling. Katherine Roth’s 1924-period costumes sharply contrast the missionaries’ conservative attire with Sadie Thompson’s bold red silk dresses, mirroring the work’s moral collisions.
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