The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens Season 28 with the Rhode Island premiere of After the Revolution by rising American playwright Amy Herzog (4,000 Miles, Belleville). Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella directs Herzog's engrossing contemporary drama about a loving clan of leftist 'idealists'. At the center is the story of Emma Joseph (Diana Buirski) and her father, Ben (Jim O'Brien), whose close bond, built on shared politics, is shattered by a family revelation.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens Season 28 with the Rhode Island premiere of After the Revolution by rising American playwright Amy Herzog (4,000 Miles, Belleville). Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella directs Herzog's engrossing contemporary drama about a loving clan of leftist 'idealists'. At the center is the story of Emma Joseph (Diana Buirski) and her father, Ben (Jim O'Brien), whose close bond, built on shared politics, is shattered by a family revelation.
David M. Wax, President of the Board of Directors of The Sandra Fenstein-Gamm Theatre, has announced a sabbatical for Executive Director Yvonne Seggerman from July 1 through December 31, 2012, during which he will serve as the organization's acting executive director.
The Gamm Theatre's production of 1984, George Orwell's famous novel newly adapted for the stage by Nick Lane, directed by Tony Estrella runs through May 27 and includes several extra, behind-the-scenes offers along the way. These exciting community discussions will surround The Gamm's staging of George Orwell's 1984. Forums will immediately follow Sunday matinee performances of1984 (show attendance is encouraged but not required).
The Gamm Theatre's production of 1984, George Orwell's famous novel newly adapted for the stage by Nick Lane, directed by Tony Estrella, runs through May 27 and includes several extra, behind-the-scenes offers along the way.
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, announces that digital-marketing pioneer and best-selling author Seth Godin will speak at the 22nd annual TCG National Conference in Boston from June 21 to 23, 2012. This multiday convening will bring 1,000 theater practitioners together from around the world to conclude TCG's year-long 50th anniversary celebration.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present a new stage adaptation of George Orwell's landmark novel, 1984. British playwright Nick Lane's reimagining of Orwell's dystopian nightmare 'comes to life in a stark, futuristic vision with The Gamm's trademark pull-no-punches staging. Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella helms the first U.S. staging of this gritty, electrifying script with thrilling multimedia effects that bring home the work's never-ending relevance, including the influence of mass media on daily life.'
The Gamm Theatre opens its production of 1984, George Orwell's famous novel newly adapted for the stage by Nick Lane, directed by Tony Estrella, next Thursday, April 26. The show runs through May 27 and includes several extra, behind-the-scenes offers along the way. These exciting community discussions will surround The Gamm's staging of George Orwell's 1984. Forums will immediately follow Sunday matinee performances of1984 (show attendance is encouraged but not required).
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present a new stage adaptation of George Orwell's landmark novel, 1984. British playwright Nick Lane's reimagining of Orwell's dystopian nightmare 'comes to life in a stark, futuristic vision with The Gamm's trademark pull-no-punches staging. Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella helms the first U.S. staging of this gritty, electrifying script with thrilling multimedia effects that bring home the work's never-ending relevance, including the influence of mass media on daily life.'
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) present Boom, described as 'an explosive, highly acclaimed comedy by rising American playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Gamm Resident Director Fred Sullivan, Jr., directs this delightfully warped and ultimately hopeful view of the apocalypse through the eyes of a marine biology grad student as he prepares for the end of the world. Developed in Rhode Island at Brown/Trinity Playwright's Rep, Boom was America's most produced play of 2009-2010, according to Theatre Communications Group.'
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present Boom, described as 'an explosive, highly acclaimed comedy by rising American playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Gamm Resident Director Fred Sullivan, Jr., directs this delightfully warped and ultimately hopeful view of the apocalypse through the eyes of a marine biology grad student as he prepares for the end of the world. Developed in Rhode Island at Brown/Trinity Playwright's Rep, Boom was America's most produced play of 2009-2010, according to Theatre Communications Group.'
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present Boom, described as 'an explosive, highly acclaimed comedy by rising American playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Gamm Resident Director Fred Sullivan, Jr., directs this delightfully warped and ultimately hopeful view of the apocalypse through the eyes of a marine biology grad student as he prepares for the end of the world. Developed in Rhode Island at Brown/Trinity Playwright's Rep, Boom was America's most produced play of 2009-2010, according to Theatre Communications Group.'
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens 2012 with the New England premiere of Festen, the hugely successful London and Broadway play about a modern Danish family with a dark and disturbing secret. British playwright David Eldridge's script is based on the award-winning 1998 Danish film and screenplay of the same name (released in the U.S. as The Celebration) by Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov and Bo Hr. Hansen.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens 2012 with the New England premiere of Festen, the hugely successful London and Broadway play about a modern Danish family with a dark and disturbing secret. British playwright David Eldridge's script is based on the award-winning 1998 Danish film and screenplay of the same name (released in the U.S. as The Celebration) by Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov and Bo Hr. Hansen.
William Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, Hamlet, proved a groundbreaking production for the Gamm Theatre (then operating as Alias Stage) in 1997. Now, 14 years later, the Gamm Theatre revisits that initial success in a truly first-rate restaging of the earlier, highly-acclaimed theatrical piece.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will stage the North American premiere of Paul, British playwright Howard Brenton's powerful and provocative play exploring the extraordinary phenomenon of faith. Brenton's secular dramatization of the famous conversion of Saul of Tarsus to Saint Paul and the resurrection of Jesus Christ played to critical acclaim as well as controversy at London's National Theatre in 2005.
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will stage the North American premiere of Paul, British playwright Howard Brenton's powerful and provocative play exploring the extraordinary phenomenon of faith. Brenton's secular dramatization of the famous conversion of Saul of Tarsus to Saint Paul and the resurrection of Jesus Christ played to critical acclaim as well as controversy at London's National Theatre in 2005.
