Susie Schutt News

The Wilbury Theatre Group's Founding Artistic Director Josh Short has announced the Group's 2015-16 season, including a new drama from one of New York's most promising young playwrights, the world premiere of a new play by Wilbury playwright-in-residence Ben Jolivet, two of the most acclaimed off-Broadway musicals of the last few years, an irreverent new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, and the New England premiere of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem.

There are many ways a playwright, filmmaker, writer or artist can work their themes and messages into a creative work. In some cases, those themes are delivered subtly, with nuance, so they're almost imperceptible at first but land in the audience's mind long after they've witnessed the work of art. At the other end of the spectrum, important messages can be put at the forefront, told in forceful and undeniable ways so that the audience is immediately confronted with them. Both of those approaches can and do often work. Unfortunately, in the Wilbury Group's current production of Rapture, Blister, Burn, the messages are delivered at the expense of a captivating compelling story or engaging characters.

The Wilbury Theatre Group is proud to present the Rhode Island premiere of Obie Award winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo's searing new comedy Rapture, Blister, Burn, tonight, March 19-April 4 directed by Susie Schutt. A smash Off-Broadway hit and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Kennedy Theatre Prize, Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn confronts a variety of post-feminist topics from the ongoing career vs. family debate, male dominance in business and relationships, feminist implications of torture movies, and even takes on society's acceptance and consumption of pornography.

The Wilbury Theatre Group is proud to present the Rhode Island premiere of Obie Award winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo's searing new comedy Rapture, Blister, Burn, March 19-April 4 directed by Susie Schutt. A smash Off-Broadway hit and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Kennedy Theatre Prize, Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn confronts a variety of post-feminist topics from the ongoing career vs. family debate, male dominance in business and relationships, feminist implications of torture movies, and even takes on society's acceptance and consumption of pornography.

The Wilbury Group has announced area playwright Ben Jolivet as the Group's first Playwright-in-Residence.

David M. Wax, managing director for The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm), announces the resignation of Education Director Steve Kidd, effective August 25. Kidd, who is also a Gamm resident actor, will be joining the faculty at Moses Brown School in the fall, where he will teach performance studies and direct the upper-school theater productions. Education and Outreach Coordinator Susie Schutt will be promoted to Education Director upon Kidd's departure, ensuring a smooth transition and continued growth of the theater's robust education programming.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) Education Department has concluded its 'Macbeth Project,' which has been augmenting standard curriculum with dynamic teaching tools at 12 area middle- and high schools since November. The collaboration between Gamm teaching artists and educators in select Pawtucket, Central Falls and Providence public and charter schools has served more than 500 students. The project was supported by a prestigious $25,000 Shakespeare in American Communities grant managed by Arts Midwest in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) Education Department is in the classroom at10 area middle- and high schools, where 'The Macbeth Project' is augmenting standard curriculum with dynamic teaching tools. The collaboration between Gamm teaching artists and educators in select Pawtucket, Central Falls and Providence public and charter schools (see list below) is supported by a prestigious $25,000 Shakespeare in American Communities grant managed by Arts Midwest in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

The Wilbury Theatre Group's New Works program announces a workshop production of resident artist Cyrus Leddy's new play The Teller directed by Susie Schutt, February 20-22, 2014.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre's Gamm Summer Intensive (GSI) is pleased to present a weekend of student-produced and -acted Shakespeare plays, composed of 3 performances each of As You Like It and Macbeth from tonight, July 18 through July 21. This pairing of a favorite comedy with a famous tragedy is the culmination of a 4-week 'extreme' theater training camp for high-school students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre's Gamm Summer Intensive (GSI) is pleased to present a weekend of student-produced and -acted Shakespeare plays, composed of 3 performances each of As You Like It and Macbeth from July 18 through July 21. This pairing of a favorite comedy with a famous tragedy is the culmination of a 4-week 'extreme' theater training camp for high-school students from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Join Salve Regina University's theatre arts program and community members as they celebrate new plays and new playwrights June 14-17 at the Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St., Newport, RI. Over the course of four days, 20 actors, seven directors and 18 playwrights will bring 13 new plays to life. All performances and workshops are free to the public.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is set to open Season 27 (2011-2012) with Annie Baker's Off-Broadway hit, Circle Mirror Transformation.

The Footlight Club Proudly Presents 'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU', The Pulitzer Prize Winning Comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Directed by Daniel Bourque

The Footlight Club Proudly Presents 'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU', The Pulitzer Prize Winning Comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Directed by Daniel Bourque

The Footlight Club Proudly Presents 'YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU', The Pulitzer Prize Winning Comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Directed by Daniel Bourque