Laughter on the 23rd Floor: Wit, warmth, and a wink to mid-century chaos
In an age when comedy writers are influencers and punchlines are tweets, Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a nostalgic trip back to when humor came with nicotine, neurosis, and […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Hamlet: At the Gamm Theatre
Jeff Church was born to play Hamlet. As lead in a retelling of the Shakesperean tragedy at Gamm Theatre, Church is physically and emotionally nimble, leaping and swashbuckling about the […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
hang: What if someone’s life were in your hands?
Burbage Theatre Co. is proud to bring you hang, by debbie tucker green and directed by Lynne Collinson. According to BTC, a crime has been committed, and the victim has […]
A Legendary RI Treasure Takes Grand Stage
Just when The Providence Performing Arts Center was grappling with final arrangements for its 2024-25 season – kicking off with back-to-back premiers of two national stage tours (A Beautiful Noise, […]
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 […]