RHODE ISLAND THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 132

 Following a national search, Trinity Repertory Company, the State Theater of Rhode Island, has named the highly accomplished Tom Parrish as Executive Director.

Shakespeare in the park is one of the best parts of summer, and it's exciting that Head Trick Theatre has mounted a production that is affordable, family-friendly and energetic.

Plays, like anything else, come in all shapes and sizes.

Epic Theatre Company begins its 2015 - 2016 "Back to Basics" Season with a world premiere satire-These Ruthless Bitches, inspired by The Women by Clare Boothe Luce.

What would you do if you had a fortune and a mansion full of beautiful things? Barbra Streisand built a mall of make-believe shops in her basement to hold her memorabilia.

Trinity Repertory Company invites the public to celebrate the performing arts in Rhode Island and beyond as the host of the first annual season kickoff party, tonight, August 22, 2015.

Epic Theatre Company is excited to announce the integration of local music into Epic's 2015 - 2016 Season.

Due to popular demand, DAVE CHAPPELLE has added a second show at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Saturday, September 26, 2015, with shows now at 7P and 10P.

Award-winning comic sensation THE PRODUCERS takes the stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for one performance only on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 8P.

The Burbage Theatre Company opens previews of the second installment of their summer rep series -- 'LOVE SONG' by John Kolvenbach -- tonight, August 20 at 7 p.

 From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster new musical comedy, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, coming alive at Bill Hanney's award winning Theatre By The Sea (TBTS) from tonight, August 19 and through Saturday, September 6.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking two-week run in 2014 returns to Providence for a limited engagement November 17 - 22, 2015 at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm (The Gamm) opens Season 31 (2015-2016) with a timeless American classic, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.

The Wilbury Theatre Group proudly opens it's 2015/16 season with the  New England premiere of Ruby Rae Speigel's Dry Land, September 17-October 3, 2015.

The Community Players, Rhode Island's oldest community theatre, proudly announce their 95th anniversary season of plays.

Tartuffe or The Imposter, by Moliere was first performed in 1664, which may make potential theatregoers feel like they are doing something smart and sophisticated on a Friday or Saturday night by attending this production re-dubbed THE BOYS OF ST.

Adapting a work of literary fiction into a stage play is always tricky.

The Ocean State Summer Pops Orchestra, one of Rhode Island's cultural gems, will for the first time, present a concert at the Ocean State Theatre Company's state-of-the-art facility located at 1245 Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick tonight, August 15 at 7:00 pm.

Mixed Magic Theatre will present DAY OF ABSENCE, directed by Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, running September 18-October 3, 2015.

Tony Award-winning Trinity Repertory Company, under the leadership of Richard L.

The Burbage Theatre Company opens previews of the second installment of their summer rep series -- 'LOVE SONG' by John Kolvenbach -- on Thursday, August 20 at 7 p.

In April of 2015 our play PICKLES was officially selected to be part of The New York International Fringe Festival and that's about the time our seven stages of grief started to manifest.

Epic Theatre is thrilled to announce the commencement of our new Free-for-All Education Initiative, which will allow high school students to see any show in our 2015 - 2016 Season at no cost.

The Wilbury Theatre Group announces changes to it's leadership with the addition of Laura Goldstein as Education Coordinator and Kate Kataja as Artistic Associate.

There is unquestionably something to be said for reliability and comfort.