“I always say Eugene is the only actual genius I’ve worked with.” High praise coming from Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels speaking to the New York Times in 2014. Within the past week we have learned of the deaths of two of Trinity Rep’s pioneering members: Adrian Hall, their founding artistic director; and Eugene …
From the Wilbury Theatre Group: It’s time to get real and rock out about the one thing we all have in common: We’re Gonna Die. Actor Helena Tafuri takes over the role originated by playwright Young Jean Lee. The work is a blend of storytelling, stand-up, music, and theater, and “lets us know we may …
Stephan Karam’s “The Humans” starts Thursday at the Wilbury Theatre Group, running through December 11th. Irish-American Erik Blake has brought his wife and his mother for Thanksgiving at the new home of his daughter and her boyfriend. His mother (affectionately referred to as “Momo”) is suffering from Alzheimer’s, and his other daughter Aimee has recently …
The Wilbury Theatre Group presents Charlie Thurston’s “Lifted,” a modern meditation on the Icarus myth, directed by Josh Short. Staged outdoors at the WaterFire Arts Center, the production features Daraja Hinds, Victor Neto and Jim O’Brien. “Lifted” is part absurdist family drama, part imaginative theatrical fantasia. In an environmentally ravaged near-future, birds have returned from …
We have singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb (’90) to thank for getting this off the ground: “Together Apart” is “a collection of 10 mini musicals about one life-changing year” written, composed, directed-by, and starring Brown University alumni. Donations will benefit The Actors Fund. Last summer a group of Brown musical theater alums got together for a Zoom …
(10.9) They’re at it again, this time at the Steel Yard. Not sure where they are setting up . . . any number of options on that campus. Hosted by the Wilbury Theatre Group, the Steel Yard, and Brien Lang, it’s ‘Roadhouse: The Musical’ live! Are you too stupid to have a good time? Then …
(10.17) The Wilbury Theatre Group will once again take advantage of the wide-open performance spaces at the WaterFire Arts Center, with Fire Flowers and a Time Machine (Flores de Fuego y una Máquina del Tiempo), starting Thursday and running through October 17. ‘Fire Flowers’ is a bilingual performance event directed by Shey Rivera Ríos and featuring work …
(2.9) The Wilbury Group hits the road with a pop-up production of “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart” this Sunday at the Wild Colonial. This is not as odd as it sounds — pub venues were the plan all along. Written by David Greig and directed by popular Wild Colonial habitué Brien Lang, this is …
Once again, the Rhode Island Latino Arts and Trinity Rep present Teatro en El Verano, this year performing “Much Ado About Nothing” or, “Tanta Bulla . . . ¿Y Pa’ Que?” Adapted by Kufa Castro, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, and starring Catia Ramos as Benny and Emily Rodríguez as Beatriz, this Spanish-language production will be …
(5.4) Nobody better tell me there is nothing to do this weekend! This just in: The Wilbury Group is throwing itself a fundraiser party Saturday night. Have fun while supporting the arts — and maybe check out the new-ish location for the first time. FUN(d)HOME, the 2019 Wilbury Group Gala, features previews, talented people, and …
Trinity Rep’s eighth annual playwriting competition for New England High School students, Write Here! Write Now!, is accepting entries now through March 19. Submitted scripts are adjudicated through a blind submission process by a panel of Trinity Rep staff. Each year, four winners are selected with at least one winner from a Providence high school. …
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Heather Henson — daughter of puppet legend Jim Henson — and IBEX Puppetry present Ajijaak On Turtle Island, a unique immersive puppet spectacle. Kites morph into soaring birds and branches transform into a gentle deer. Visionary puppetry artist Heather Henson and Grammy Award winner Ty Defoe bring together an ensemble of North American First Nations people …
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‘Futurity’ at the Wilbur Theatre, directed by Brien Lang with music direction by Milly Massey, has been extended through December 30. The work is a unique musical from acclaimed musician and playwright Cesar Alvarez and rock band The Lisps. Two people try to imagine their way out of impossible circumstances in FUTURITY – an avant-Americana …
(12.9) The CCRI Players present “Bad Jews” by Joshua Harmon. The patriarch of a Jewish family has died and the grandchildren are arguing over the inheritance. But who is most deserving to inherit their grandfather’s Chai ornament? Liam is a declared atheist, while Daphna has ferociously attached herself to every aspect of her Jewish heritage, …
The Wilbury Theatre Group presents ‘Hype Man: A Break Beat Play,’ the latest from celebrated break beat poet and playwright Idris Goodwin. Directed by Don Mays, and starring Wilbury artist Phoenyx Williams in the title role, ‘Hype Man’ asks: Who has the responsibility to speak up in the face of social injustice? Frontman Pinnacle and his …
(8.4) The following guide to the Providence Fringe Festival comes courtesy of Wilbury superfan, and friend of The Dose, Renee Bessette. There are many moving parts to this week-long festival and Renee is just the person to make sense of it all. An opening night reception will be held Monday at the Wilbury Theatre’s new …