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Mary DeBerry

Mary DeBerry is active throughout the arts community. In Rhode Island, DeBerry has given countless hours to the arts community through her creative, organizational, promotional and networking skills. While living in New Hampshire. DeBerry wrote a weekly theater column for the state newspaper. She served as Publicist for Daydream Theatre in NYC. In RI her articles and interviews have been published for Imagine Magazine, Ahtspot.com, RI International Film Festival, RI Film Collaborative, and SENE (the Southeast New England Film, Music and Art Fest). DeBerry is published in the "Mug of Woe" book series and is a produced screenwriter. Currently producing the short biographical film, "Children of the Asylum" for Tony Demings, DeBerry was previously a producer for Public Television.

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Catch Hay Fever at 2nd Story Theatre

The second show in rep for the summer at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren is Noel Coward’s Hay Fever. Set in the 1920s, the comedic romp about the eccentricities of theater folk was written by Coward as a kind of affectionate tribute to the families with whom he spent so much time. This is exactly the […]

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Epic’s “Leaving Rhode Island” Gives Residents New Perspective

Each July Kevin Broccoli, actor, playwright, and the Artistic Director of Epic Theatre Company, creates a month-long theater event involving a large group of actors from throughout the state of Rhode Island. Broccoli writes and directs the actors, who perform monologues and scenes focused around a single theme. This is the fifth year, and the […]

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2nd Story Theatre Kills it with Classic Christie Murder Mystery

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None plays in repertory this summer at the 2nd Story Theatre in Warren. The synopsis sounds much like the long-running television series “Survivor.” However, the people trapped on this island are being eliminated by death, not tribal council. The entire story and setting is a throw-back to a more […]

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Angels in America, Part II – Perestroika

The quintessential story of AIDS in America during the 1980s. Perestroika is the subtitle of the second installment of the epic theatrical saga, Angels in America by Tony Kushner. This ingenious Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece is presented by Epic Theatre Company at Theater 82 in Cranston on Rolfe Street. Kevin Broccoli and his […]

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RHD-RI Serves Up Pizza World

The Cool Collective Presents an Exciting Multi-Media Experience The Cool Collective from the Resources for Human Development-Rhode Island (RHD-RI) presents an original play, Pizza World for one weekend only on Friday, June 6 at 7pm and Saturday, June 7 at 2pm at 95 Empire Street, Providence. An exciting, multi-media presentation, in development since last September, […]

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Burbage Brings the Laughs Through Orson’s Shadow

Satirical Comedy Comes to the Artist’s Exchange There truly is a wonderful gaggle of talented actors in Rhode Island. And they’re not just at the “professional” venues; they are everywhere. Orson’s Shadow, by Austin Pendleton, is currently playing at the Artists’ Exchange on Rolfe Street in Cranston and it provides a vehicle to showcase the […]

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Posted on April 15, 2014January 17, 2022
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BTC Resurrects Doctor Cerberus for Bloody Good Fun

The Burbage Theatre Company shows that the teenage years of our lives are truly the horror years in their production of Doctor Cerebrus After a brief absence from the local theater scene, the Burbage Theater Company returns with great fanfare in the form of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s play, Doctor Cerberus. Dr. Cerberus (Rico Lanni) is the […]

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“Sweet Charity” Sings for The Community Players

The popular ’60s musical Sweet Charity is the current production of The Community Players in Pawtucket, RI. Directed by Greg Geer, musical direction by Mark Calazzi, with choreography crafted by Lennie Machado, the show is part of their season dedicated to the late Larry Reedy, past president. With book by Neil Simon and original choreography by […]

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Theater Company of Rhode Island Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary

Giving the people what they want for 30 years and counting We are fortunate to have theater enthusiasts throughout the state of Rhode Island. In fact, the demand for the arts has grown larger over the years. And within the past 10 years, residents finally have given in to travelling outside of their own neighborhoods […]

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Come Blow Your Horn at The Theater Company of Rhode Island

“An invitation to cut loose, break free and live a little” Neil Simon’s first notable comedy from Broadway, Come Blow Your Horn, is the current production of the Theater Company of R.I. in Harrisville (Burrillville). Simon’s family-centered “comedy of errors” stories became the well-known playwright’s signature style. With all the serious dramatic and tragic work […]