On “Plenty”: The play to read right now
There are certain plays I reread every year, because in some ways, it’s the best way to remind yourself how to write. David Hare has, sadly, become a rarely produced […]
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The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Capture the Block — Stories from Ward 15: Building community block by block
The Wilbury Theatre Group has teamed up with The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities’ Culture is Key Initiative, and will soon be presenting the fruits of their labor with Capture […]
The Race: Wilbury’s latest offering was written for Zoom
“I’m a professional storyteller by trade, and I pretty much stopped working because of COVID,” says Mark Binder, the writer and playwright behind The Wilbury Group’s newest online offering, The […]
They Say Write What You Know: How (not) to write a play about a pandemic
This was my first week teaching classes as an adjunct professor in playwriting. One of my students asked a question I’ve heard from a lot of other writers lately. “Should […]
The Top Ten Things I’ve Learned from Going Digital: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zoom
Now that we’re careening toward the one-year anniversary of all us having to learn that our faces look best when a ring of light is aimed at them, I thought […]
Cover Me!: Where have all the arts writers gone?
I should start by mentioning that even writing this would normally be considered a conflict of interest. That’s because for the past nine years, I’ve run a theater company. A […]
The New Classics: Ten titles to produce when we’re back to producing
As a theater lover, this is usually one of my favorite parts of any season. January has become the de facto time for theaters to take on some of their […]
Transform the New Year: Metamorphosis Dance Company’s NYE Extravaganza
It’s possible you’re missing the New Year’s Eve party you would have had if this had been anything resembling a normal year, but it only stands to reason that some […]
Try to Keep It All the Year: Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol”
“There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,’ returned the nephew. ‘Christmas among the rest. But I am […]
There’s No Other Way To Be King: The Psych Drama Company’s “The Lion in Winter”
“How dear of you to let me out of jail.” ~ Eleanor “It’s only for the holidays.” ~ Henry No matter how unconventional you think your holiday season is going […]