A Furtive Movement: The Use of Farce
Providence has the honor of hosting RISCA Play and Screenwriting Merit Award winner Vatic Tayari Kuumba as a resident — possibly a permanent one, according to Kuumba, who is dedicated […]
Events:
Auction for the Arts
A Stadium Theatre Fundraiser. 22nd annual online silent “Auction for the Arts.”
May 29 @ 9:00 am - June 14 @ 5:00 pmAngels in America (Part I)
This Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning modern musical masterpiece is set in 1980s New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Part II will open in September.
June 1 - June 15American Idiot
In 1994, Rolling Stone magazine dismissed the underground band Green Day as, “Cheeky monkeys who came to raid the bar and disappear.” Raid they did, but disappear they did not.
June 1 - June 15Sly Fox
Directed by Jeanne Smith: Based on Ben Jonson’s Volpone, this sly farce was reset to 19th-Century San Francisco, and chronicles the misadventures of Foxwell Sly and his manservant as four
June 1 - June 22Four Dimensions
diverse perspectives by Albert Baez, Caterine Milinaire, Marilyn O’Donnell, Michael O’Donnell, Claudia Rowland
June 1 - June 29A Walk Through With The Weavers Artist Talk
June 1 - June 25Linda Megathlin Featured Exhibit
June 1 - July 13Julio D. Samayoa
June 1 - June 28The Way We See: A Visual and Emotional Conversation
an exhibit by noted RI painter Anthony D. Tomaselli. Closing Reception Thu, Sep 4, 4:30 – 7pm.
June 1 - September 5Jonathan Buonaccorsi Izzard of Lunar Queer Art | The Illuminated Chamber
June 7 - June 30Chloë Bohórquez | Retrospective
June 7 - June 30Eric Telfort | The New World Federation
June 7 - June 30Gabriel Richardson | Toward the Unknown
June 7 - June 30Macbeth
Theatre Rats in Fall River, MA, are looking for actors ages 9 – 20 to take a youthful stab at the Scottish Play. Contact ladykcreative@gmail.com for details. 1641 Pleasant St,
June 11 - June 13Being Seen
June 11 - July 12Answering Our Ancestors
June 11 - July 12The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
An alien meteor transforms a small town into singing, dancing monsters, except for a rag-tag group of survivors who must become (non-musical) heros. Auditions June 12 at Swamp Meadow &
June 12 - June 14RISA
4 rounds of acoustic, original music inspired by the theme, “Picture on the wall.”
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmPurple Ivy Shadows/ Poem Rocket/ Alice Sandahl (La Luz)/ The Intelligence
Rock music.
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pmDepopulate Montana/ Comfort Room/ whenthetimecomes/ Misaki
Alt-rock.
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
ECAS Theatre Glamorously Introduces Mayor Elorza and PVD Fest 2018
If you weren’t one of the hundred or so recently at the highly acclaimed ECAS Theatre, rubbing elbows with Mayor Elorza, Firstworks and PVD Fest’s 2017 grand marshall Francis Parra […]
Happy Birthday, Langston: The Community Celebrates with a Reading
It was Super Bowl Sunday, but the cool kids were hanging out at the Providence Public Library. Sunday, February 4, marked the 23rd Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading. All […]
The Liar’s Contest by FUNDA Fest at Mixed Magic Theatre
For the 20th year, the RI Black Storytellers hosted and produced a Liar’s Competition on January 19 as part of FUNDA Fest, sometimes referred to as RIBS’ Fibs. The event was […]
Shakespeare to Hiphop Engaged and Educated Audiences
Shakespeare to Hiphop is a 90-minute show that is appropriate for all ages and introduces attendees to William Shakespeare with a three-piece band, incredible beats and a brilliant comedy duo. […]
REVIEW: Luna Loba VIII Moon of Floods: Part 2
Luna Loba VIII is, “Performance art, sound, body/voice, video. Female + gender neutral artists exploring home, water, flood, cleansing, destruction, the act of building, deluge, flow, connectedness, generosity, roots, force, […]
It Does Mean a Thing: Providence Swings
There is only one thing that makes Rhode Island a swing state and it isn’t controversial. Providence Swings, a non-profit organization, is where the swinging takes place. Based out of […]
Rhode Island’s Sweet Little Variety Show
“All the world is a Sweet Little Variety Show and all of our LBGTQ friendly humans merely feminist, anti-racist, queer-positive, body positive players in a cabaret,” to paraphrase William Shakespeare. […]
Menopause Mama Brings Dinner Theater to Providence
Anyone who knows Rhode Island knows that Rose Weaver is an icon who works in stage, film and television. She sometimes graces the steps of the state house with her […]