The Female Playwrights Issue Takes Center Stage
I’ve been lamenting the representation of women playwrights on the American stage since I learned that only 17 percent of all plays produced in the U.S. are written by women. […]
Events:
A Changing Reflection
This exhibition demonstrates Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries.
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues
Featured artists include: Jim Arendt, Elizabeth Duffy, Brooke Erin Goldstein, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Letitia Huckaby, Tamara Kostianovsky, Dinh Q. Lê, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Veronica Mays, Alison Saar, Emma Welty, Nafis M. White,
December 3, 2022 @ 8:00 am - June 11, 2023 @ 5:00 pmSuperimposed
January 25 - June 4Elisabeth Subrin’s The Listening Takes
February 9 - June 4Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I will not bend an inch
February 17 - August 4Avenue Q
2004 Tony Award winner that features a broke college grad going into the “big city,” for the first time. Only this college grad is a puppet, and all his friends
May 19 - May 28Ana Flores
Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmMy Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
From the king of swing to the Rat Pack, Ol’ Blue Eyes charmed his way into the hearts of millions. Celebrate the pivotal moments of Sinatra’s remarkable five-decade career with
May 24 - June 11Off With Their Heads
Award-winning playwright and poet Darcie Dennigan (Dolores Goes to Poetry City; RESCUE! Or, The Fish; The Pleiades) and director Josh Short re-team for a brand new musical about the rape
May 25 - June 8Eveline Luppi
Opening Reception: Sunday, June 4 from 2 – 4pm.
May 30 - June 16Rock the Rainbows Night
Rock the Rainbows Night Saturday, June 24, 2023 at Dusk (301 Harris Ave, Providence, RI) Heather Rose In Clover are your hosts for this Pride filled celebration! With: Tung, Nymphidels,
June 24 @ 8:00 pm
Brown Playwrights Rep Brings Plays on a Journey
By: Khrysta Ryan & Melanie Rainone The Brown Playwrights Rep offers playwrights a unique opportunity to perfect their work in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Now in its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Noises Off: Entertaining Entropy
One of their most successful productions, Contemporary Theatre Company (CTC) in South Kingstown brings back playwright Michael Frayn’s Noises Off as a revival from their 2009 season. A favorite of […]
“Harvey” Is Good-Natured Silliness
The Community Players have dusted off the 1944 farce Harvey, playwright Mary Chase’s tale of lovable eccentric Elwood P. Dowd. Elwood, played by Rick Braun, has a special friend: a […]
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 […]
Anne Frank Celebrates the Strength of the Human Spirit
The Ocean State Theatre Company presents the heart-wrenching story of the Frank family in The Diary of Anne Frank Today, we carelessly use words like “heroic” or “courageous” to describe […]
Compassion and Charity Lie Through the Stage Door
For the Love of Theater The energy level is high on a Wednesday night in February as three dozen kids head into their final rehearsal of You’re a Good Man, […]