The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity runs January 24 through February 9 at the Butcher Block Mill, 25 Eagle Street, Providence RI. Tickets: $20-$25; preview performances (January 24-27) just $15-$20. Discounts for groups of 10 or more, students and seniors. Tickets at 401-400-7100 or thewilburygroup.org.
Come on out to the Butcher Block Mill this weekend and take in some cutting edge theatre by Providence’s favorite bootstrap theatre company.
Last week Providence’s favorite fledgling theatre company announced plans to present the RI premiere of Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed new drama LUNGS, October 14-27 2012, with a special press opening on Monday, October 15. LUNGS marks the Wilbury Group’s second production in the new performance space at the beautifully restored Butcher Block Mill, located at 25 Eagle Street, Providence.
Populism, yea, yea. Spend your weekend with the original American bad ass, Andrew Jackson. Check out The Wilbury Group production happening down at the Butcher Block Mill Building, 25 Eagle Street and see the 7th president of the United States rise to power by the will of the people, ruin his marriage, relocate thousands of …
Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep announces three new plays for the 2012 summer season. Beginning July 11th, the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep will showcase three outstanding new plays from around the country: Principal Principle by Chicago-based playwright Joe Zarrow, Reunion by Greg Moss of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Timeshare by L.A. native Rachel Caris Love. A celebration of the …
Summer is happening and it is sweaty and awesome upstairs at 95 Empire with School@95. Drop-in dance and fitness classes will keep rolling through the summer so you can salute the sun, punch the sky, jete, isolate your hips… the possibilities are endless, really. Contact Improv starts this month, with an hour class followed by …
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The Wilbury Group presents Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson by Alex Timbers, Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman, Directed by Josh Short & David Tessier, July 12-28. at the Butcher Block Mill Building, 25 Eagle Street, Providence, RI. Tickets are $15-$25, and are available online via BrownPaperTickets.com. More info e-mail Info@TheWilburyGroup.com or visit www.TheWilburyGroup.com.
The Wilbury Group announces the world premiere of Destefano on the Air!, a brand new radio play by Providence playwright Cyrus Leddy, directed by Robert Casey Jr. in the performance space at 95 Empire Street (the performance space formerly known as Perishable Theater) April 12-22, 2012.
The Wilbury Group presents Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, Directed by Rebecca Noon, January 5-15 at Perishable Theater, 95 Empire Street, Providence, RI. Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm & 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 general, $15 student/seniors, and are available at the door. Sunday afternoons are Pay-What-You-Can. For reservations/more info e-mail Info@TheWilburyGroup.com or visit www.TheWilburyGroup.com.
The Wilbury Group is proud to present the New England premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph’s heartfelt black comedy Gruesome Playground Injuries, running from October 20th through October 30th, at 95 Empire Street, home of the Perishable Theater. Playwright Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and Animals Out of Paper) follows childhood …
The Wilbury Group presents ‘We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!’ by Dario Fo, August 18-28 at The Versailles Building, 62 Dike Street, Providence, RI. Thursdays-Sundays at 7:30pm.
PROVIDENCE, RI – The apocalypse has come and gone and all that’s left is a house made of suitcases amid a sea of junk and two eccentrics trying to make the best of it. Follow the insufferable lives of two people choosing necessity over logic in this quirky comedy that utilizes the style of a by-gone era. …
The Wilbury Group announces auditions for one of Sarah Ruhl’s most innovative works, Eurydice. Auditions will be held at Perishable Theater, located at 95 Empire Street in Providence RI, 6:00pm til 9:00pm on Monday, April 4th.
The Awesome Collective presents its inaugural performance event — TRANSFIGURATION X 5 — at 4pm Sunday, December 12, at Firehouse 13. Born in Spring 2010, the Awesome Collective explores new methods and vocabularies for cross-genre performance and cross-institutional collaboration. In this initial experiment—an artistic game of “telephone”—artists of numerous disciplines divided into collaborative teams. The …
(Note by PDD management. We’ve seen this play, and it’s way more fun than the headline and synopsis make it sound. Go.) (P.S. Wilbury Group, please keep posting stuff, but make it a little less Wilbury-y.) Play Synopsis — Special Happy, a new performance piece created by Providence-based theater artist Rebecca Noon with collaborators Jed …
Rhode Island Premiere Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck directed by Rachel Walshe Mom has died, leaving half-sisters Mary and Jackie with a rare stamp collection. Mary wants to keep it for its sentimental value. Jackie wants to sell it for the fortune it might be worth. Enter three foul-talking shady stamp dealers determined to get the …