Alison O'Donnell

Someone Will Remember Us: Reflecting on the Ripples of Conflict

In 2006, Trinity Rep told the true, poignant stories of Rhode Islanders deployed in Iraq with the play Boots on the Ground. Nearly 20 years later, they now ask important questions as this legacy lives on. What have we forgotten? How have these very different people come together to heal? Someone Will Remember Us interlaces […]

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NOISE Musical Dazzles at Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence

Prepare yourself for something uniquely amazing as Wilbury Theatre Group presents NOISE, a deeply introspective new musical directed by Dante Green. NOISE, the brainchild of writer/composer César Alvarez, brings together an exemplary team of interdisciplinary musicians, actors, and creative collaborators for an exploration on what musical theater can be. NOISE Musical Feels Like a Party […]

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PPAC Presents Shucked: Well, Yeah, It’s corny

Shucked is a Tony Award–winning musical comedy featuring the book by Robert Horn, a score by the Grammy Award–winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien; this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical promises to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater. The lighthearted story starts with the […]

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What the Constitution Means to Me: Positive Rights Are Active Rights

Wilbury Theatre Group presents Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me. Schreck is also a screenwriter and performer. As a teenager, she earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the country. Her semi-biographical play was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best […]

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FRANKENSTEIN: “ALL I ASK IS THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVE”

Who doesn’t love Frankenstein’s monster, the hideous creature unnaturally created in a lab from deceased humans’ and animals’ parts? Yes, he does evil things, but who can blame him? Since the publication of Mary Shelley’s popular novel in 1818, the name “Frankenstein” has often been used, erroneously, to refer to the monster rather than to […]

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