DON'T BE EVIL Opens this Weekend at the Burbage Theatre Company

Burbage Theatre Company continues their sixth season with the Rhode Island Premiere of 'Don't Be Evil' by Bennett Fisher, a new workshop production directed by Jeff Church.

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
Friday FEB 5 at 7pm

OPENING NIGHT
Saturday FEB 4 at 6pm

"This week, the president signed an executive order to reinstate domestic "black sites" and condoned torture on US soil. It's a little disheartening that the play feels more relevant now than it did even a short time ago, but DON'T BE EVIL is about how both the the perpetrators and victims of "advanced interrogation" try to make sense of a thing we all know is wrong even if we feel it is necessary. And, in that way, I hope the play is an opportunity for dialogue, an opportunity to feel empathy for the people we are poised to hate, and a rallying cry to find good in a world that feels cruel and brutish."
-Bennett Fisher, playwright of Don't Be Evil

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In this dark comedy about interrogation and innovation, a computer programmer is arrested after the search engine he designs answers "yes" to the question "is the government of the United States evil?" Desperate, he strikes a deal with his captors, agreeing to resign the software in exchange for his freedom. As they work to understand the search engine's answer and how to change it, both the programmer and his persecutors begin to question their faith, their ability, and whether it is possible to do something good in the service of something evil.

Ensemble -
Dillon Medina, William Webster
Allison Crews, Hayes
Andrew Iacovelli, Kavanaugh
Jim Sullivan, Murdock

Creative Team-
Jeff Church, director
Owen Tidwell, stage manager
Liz Hallenbeck, production assistant

Andrew Iacovelli, Operations Manager
Trevor Elliot, Technical Director

Friday Feb 3 7pm Pay-What-You-Can
Saturday Feb 4 6pm Opening Night

Friday Feb 10 7pm Performance #1
Saturday Feb 11 6pm Performance #2
Friday Feb 17 7pm Performance #3
Saturday Feb 18 6pm Performance #4
Friday Feb 24 7pm Performance #5
Saturday Feb 25 6pm Performance #6

TICKETS
GENERAL ADMISSION $20
STUDENTS/SENIORS $15
Rhode Island College STUDENTS $10

www.burbagetheatre.org; www.auroraprovidence.com

ABOUT BURBAGE

Founded in 2010, Burbage is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to excite and engage a new generation of theatre-goer with socially relevant and compelling stories, both classic and contemporary, told by an inventive and expert ensemble of actors.

We believe in the importance of irreverence. We believe that acting comes first. We believe the theatre's continued relevance as a civil institution is best perpetuated by building productions and their aesthetic around the collaboration of an expert ensemble of storytellers. We believe it is the actor's job to activate thought and inner movement in his audience.

In collaboration with Aurora, Burbage's theatrical residence in downtown Providence, Burbage is dedicated to the growing and cultivating of the diverse artistic community in Rhode Island by providing affordable access to the performing arts and perpetuating a discourse about, not only content, but the actor's role as storyteller in today's world. Burbage is an ideal sustainable arts model for the 21st Century.