Fat Ham: Reinventing a Shakespearean classic
FAT HAM by James Ijames, directed by Don Mays, is a funny, poignant play that deftly transposes Hamlet to a family barbecue in the American South to grapple with questions of identity, […]
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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
Dead Man’s Cell Phone: One ringy dingy….
Through the Glass Theatre Ensemble presents Sarah Ruhl’s surrealist comedy Dead Man’s Cell Phone at AS220’s Black Box. Ruhl is known for her probing humor, vivid imagination and poignant humanity. […]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time: Frailty of genius needs an audience!
Burbage Theatre Co presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the novel by Mark Haddon, and adapted by Simon Stephens. Its title refers to a […]
Down, But Not Out: The ongoing saga of the Bristol Theatre Company
This is the second article in a series about community theaters located throughout RI. According to the American Theater Association, it has always been difficult to get an accurate count […]
Lend me a Tenor: A Rollicking Whodunit-to-Whom
Rhode Island’s oldest community theatre, The Community Players is proud to present Ken Ludwig’s award-winning comedy, Lend Me a Tenor. The title is a pun on “Lend me a tenner,” […]
Profiling Rhode Island’s Community Theaters: The stories behind our neighborhood storytellers
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream may not have been the first play to parody amateur theater, but his depiction of the exceptionally incompetent Mechanicals certainly created the mold for more […]
The People Vs. Frankenstein: The measure of a sentient being
Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) presents The People vs. Frankenstein by Nicola Cuti and Kevin M. Glover. Things aren’t always what they seem, and the truth is about to be put […]
Between Riverside and Crazy: Theatre review
Gritty, profanity-laced, and unforgiving might be just the elixir audiences need these days and Gamm Theatre delivers via a gut-punch production of Between Riverside and Crazy. The dark comedy by […]
Deadline: A Fun Whodunit!
Nestled in the shopping center of West Warwick’s Arctic village is the small but mighty The Arctic Playhouse (TAP). This old, converted department store comfortably seats 90, and is currently […]
Life of PI: An Epic Journey of Endurance and Hope
Maybe you’ve read the philosophical novel by Yann Martel, or seen the movie, but you’ve seen nothing like this theatrical adaptation by Lolita Chakrabarti! PPAC presents Life of Pi, an […]