Trinity Rep Bottles Fine Wine Partner to Produce Red, White and Blues Benefit

Trinity Rep has announced a sparkling addition to Providence's winter social calendar – REd White & Blues, a casual evening featuring food, wine, and dancing to the music of local band The Silks, will take place on January 28. Co-chaired by Gil McLean and his wife Michelle Collie, sponsored by McLean's store, Bottles Fine Wine, and media sponsor Rhode Island Monthly, the benefit party will take place from 7PM to midnight at the Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire St., Providence.

Tickets are $60 and are available now online at www.trinityrep.com, by phone at 401-351-4242, in person at the Trinity Rep Box Office at 201 Washington St. in Providence as well as at Bottles on 141 Pitman St. in Providence. A $100 VIP ticket is also available, granting attendees entrance into an exclusive champagne tasting beginning at 6PM. The wine tasting will be complimented by delicious culinary offerings from several local restaurants.

"We are thrilled to be hosting this unique event with wonderful local partners this January," said Artistic Director Curt Columbus, who conceived of the event with his partner, Nathan Watson. "The vibrant downtown scene stops for no season – and with our fabulous area restaurateurs, Bottles, and the bluesy sounds of The Silks on board, we know that this benefit event will be a fun, fanciful evening for all."

All proceeds will go towards Trinity Rep's artistic and educational programming.

Formed in the summer of 2010, The Silks have burst onto the country blues scene in New England with ferocity and enthusiasm. Front-man and songwriter Tyler James Kelly has managed to assemble a cast of musicians with resumes consisting of The Midnight Creeps, Brown Bird, Cowgirl, and The Sugar Honey Iced Tea, and blending it into a sound that is all their own. With compliments that vary from drawing comparisons to The Rolling Stones in style and songwriting to a soundman shouting "that's the most fun I've ever had!" after a show, The Silks have garnered a reputation as a band that everyone found themselves wanting to see overnight.

Trinity Repertory Company
Since its founding in 1963, Trinity Repertory Company has been one of the most respected regional theaters in the country. Featuring the last permanent resident Acting Company in America, Trinity Rep presents a balance of world premiere, contemporary, and classic works for an estimated annual audience of approximately 120,000. In its 47-year history, the theater has produced 58 world premieres, mounted national and international tours, and, through its MFA program, trained hundreds of new actors and directors. This season marks the 45th year of Project Discovery, Trinity Rep's pioneering educational outreach program. Last season, Trinity Rep's educational programs reached nearly 15,000 Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut students through matinees as well as in-school residencies and workshops. Brown University/Trinity Rep offers professional training for actors and directors in a three-year MFA program. Trinity Rep's 48th Season will present seven subscription productions alongside holiday productions of A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. The 2011-2012 Season continues with The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare; the world premieres of Sparrow Grass by Curt Columbus, Love Alone by Deborah Salem Smith, and The Mourners' Bench by George Brant and closes with Marc Camoletti's Boeing-Boeing, translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans. For more information or to subscribe, call the box office at (401) 351-4242 or visit Trinity Rep's website at www.trinityrep.com.