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In terms of longevity and legacy, The Wilbury Group is still one of the newest kids on the block in the Rhode Island theater community. Founded only three years ago, in 2010, they have been growing quickly, moving last season into a new space where they have settled in very nicely. Along with finding their home as far as the physical space is concerned, they also have begun to find their groove, artistically and technically. If the first play of this season is any indication, they are ready for another big growth spurt and area audiences are in for some exciting, riveting works of theater. Detroit is a play that begins with a simple enough premise. A couple living in an upper middle-class suburb have invited their new neighbors over for a barbecue. The suburb could be just outside of the titular city or it could be anywhere in the United States. Middle-aged and seemingly well-off, the first couple are either the picture of suburban harmony or they are trying very hard to fake it. The other couple, younger and definitely lower in class, are just recently out of rehab and everything about them indicates a struggle and desire to make their lives work, if they can only figure out how.

For many, if not most, plays and musicals are an escape. It is a way for audience members to lose themselves in the dark of the theater and in the lives of the people on stage. Plays are, for them, just entertainment, a way to connect with other human beings and feel what they feel, laugh or cry along with them. Then go home and forget all about it. That is not the case with the plays of German dramatist Bertolt Brecht, whose play The Threepenny Opera is currently running at The Wilbury Theatre Group.

The Wilbury Group presents the RI premiere of the award-winning rock musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, and a book by Alex Timbers, tonight, July 12 through July 28 2012 in a new performance space at the beautifully restored Butcher Block Mill Building, 25 Eagle Street, Providence.

The Wilbury Group will present the RI premiere of the award-winning rock musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, and a book by Alex Timbers, July 12-28 2012 in a new performance space at the beautifully restored Butcher Block Mill Building, 25 Eagle Street, Providence.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) continues Season 27 with Hamlet, William Shakespeare's famously timeless tale of murder and revenge.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) continues Season 27 with Hamlet, William Shakespeare's famously timeless tale of murder and revenge.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) continues Season 27 with Hamlet, William Shakespeare's famously timeless tale of murder and revenge.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to stage a brand-new production of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, a play with music, adapted and directed by Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to stage a brand-new production of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, a play with music, adapted and directed by Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to stage a brand-new production of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, a play with music, adapted and directed by Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) celebrated a quarter-century of Gamm Theatre/Alias Stage history at Gamm 25: A Silver Celebration, on Saturday April 10 in the drill hall of the Pawtucket Armory Center for the Arts.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) celebrated a quarter-century of Gamm Theatre/Alias Stage history at Gamm 25: A Silver Celebration, on Saturday April 10 in the drill hall of the Pawtucket Armory Center for the Arts.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will be commemorating a quarter-century of Alias Stage/Gamm theatre history at its upcoming fundraising party, Gamm 25: A Silver Celebration an evening of reminiscences and rollicking fun. The Gamm Theatre Board of Directors along with Honorary Chairs U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Dr. Sandra Whitehouse invite arts supporters to join them at the non-profit theater s eighth annual fundraising event on Saturday, April 10 at 6 p.m. Festivities include the honoring of Board President Coline Covington, Board Member and Resident Actor Samuel F. Babbitt, and Alan Shawn Feinstein and the Feinstein Family Foundation, plus a re-cap of the theater s season-long celebration of 25 pivotal players throughout its history.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, a semi-autobiographical retelling of the author's early years in Depression-era St. Louis.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, a semi-autobiographical retelling of the author's early years in Depression-era St. Louis.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, a semi-autobiographical retelling of the author's early years in Depression-era St. Louis.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will be commemorating a quarter-century of Alias Stage/Gamm theatre history at its upcoming fundraising party, Gamm 25: A Silver Celebration an evening of reminiscences and rollicking fun. The Gamm Theatre Board of Directors along with Honorary Chairs U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Dr. Sandra Whitehouse invite arts supporters to join them at the non-profit theater s eighth annual fundraising event on Saturday, April 10 at 6 p.m. Festivities include the honoring of Board President Coline Covington, Board Member and Resident Actor Samuel F. Babbitt, and Alan Shawn Feinstein and the Feinstein Family Foundation, plus a re-cap of the theater s season-long celebration of 25 pivotal players throughout its history.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, a semi-autobiographical retelling of the author's early years in Depression-era St. Louis.