'Electrifying' mash-up Ui [oo-ey] extended by popular demand through October 8

The Wilbury Theatre Group is pleased to announce three additional performances of it's mash-up production Ui [oo-ey] through October 8. The Wilbury Group's inspired production juxtaposes scenes from Bertolt Brecht's satirical allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Harold Pinter's short plays Party Time and The New World Order to create a unique theatrical experience that critics have called "brave and imaginative" (The Providence Journal), "electrifying" (Edge Providence), and "entertaining and surprising from beginning to end" (Broadway World). With less than a house worth of seats available for the regular run additional performances have been added for 7:30pm on Thursday 10/6, Friday 10/7, and Saturday 10/8.

REMAINING PERFORMANCES OF UI [oo-ey]
Thurs. September 29 at 7:30pm
Fri. September 30 at 7:30pm
Sat. October 1 at 7:30pm
Thurs. October 6 at 7:30pm JUST ADDED
Fri. October 7 at 7:30pm JUST ADDED
Sat. October 8 at 7:30pm JUST ADDED

PRAISE FOR UI [oo-ey] "Ui is imaginative and brave, pushing the concept of power and accountability to a new level on the eve of a contentious election. It's designed to make the audience think about what a leader should be by showing us what it should not be." -The Providence Journal

"With masterful execution, the Wilbury Group manages to create a fascinating and frightening world in which we can really believe these three disparate works might coexists...Attempting to take all of that and make it somehow work together and make sense as a whole is a tough task, but Wilbury Group succeeds brilliantly. It's a lot of fun and more than a little nuts, but it is entertaining and surprising from beginning to end." -Broadway World
"Electrifying...The Wilbury Theatre Group has earned a well-deserved reputation for producing exciting and especially innovative stage experiences, and this season's opener is indisputably its most daring and discerning to date." -Edge Providence

"In Wilbury's "Fascist mash-up" of three plays director Josh Short deserves praise for conceiving a radical experiment well carried out. Interweaving scenes from The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht and from Party Time by Harold Pinter, the result is surprisingly more palatable than either play standing alone. By bouncing back and forth with wild abandon, the heavy-handedness of each component is softened. Amazingly, Wilbury has managed to forge two rather bad plays into a unified whole that provides an intense audience experience..." -Motif Magazine Ui [oo-ey] now runs until October 8 at The Wilbury Theatre Group, 393 Broad Street, Providence RI. Tickets are $15-$25. Call 401-400-7100 or order online at thewilburygroup.org/ui-oo-ey.

Founded in 2010, The Wilbury Group is an ever-evolving collaboration of artists committed to presenting adventurous audiences with the highest quality professional theatre. Founded on the belief that quality theatre should be an affordable and accessible means of enrichment to the community; The Wilburys present contemporary, experiential theatre that simultaneously engage, inspire, and provoke thought among audiences.

As the official resident theatre company in the historic Trinity Square Theater at the Southside Cultural Center, The Wilbury Theatre Group is committed to providing our diverse and evolving community with affordable access to the performing arts through our Education program, public outreach programs, and professional productions of cutting-edge theatre from around the world.

The Wilbury Group's 2016/17 season is supported by The Avery Providence, The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Revival Brewing Company, and the City of Providence Dept. of Art, Culture, & Tourism.

Photo Credit: Maggie Hall.

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