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Over the past year, Spectrum Theatre Ensemble has been exploring how an organization can grow in ways that prioritize neurodiversity and take advantage of the ever-changing theatrical landscapes.

The Providence Performing Arts Center and Disney are teaming up to offer middle and high school students in grades six through 12  in the following Rhode Island school districts free access to a pre-recorded streaming performance of DISNEY'S NEWSIES: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's 2021 Spring Season at The VETS continues on Saturday, March 20th with two performances of Jennifer Frautschi – Violin Virtuosity led by Guest Conductor Leonard Slatkin in his RI Philharmonic Orchestra debut.

Ringo Starr announced today that his Spring 2021 North American tour, which includes a Sunday, June 13, 2021 concert at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), has been rescheduled to 2022.

A new ballet school has opened in Providence amidst the pandemic, Ocean State Ballet.

The Wilbury Theatre Group has announced the release of God Talks to An Agnostic – a twelve-part audio drama written, directed and featuring Don Mays.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off its 2021 Spring Season at The VETS on Friday,  March 12th with two performances of Gentle Winds at 5pm and 8pm.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School has continued to further its mission to  enrich and transform the state and region through brilliant music performance and music education during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Hosted for the first time in the summer of 2020, Mixed Magic Theatre is bringing back JAMMIN' FREQUENCIES, a lightly-curated jam session featuring some of Mixed Magic's favorite musicians.

Mixed Magic Theatre established its Online event series, “Theatre At A Distance,” in May 2020.

Mixed Magic Theatre established its online event series, “Theatre At A Distance,” in May 2020.

The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence announces the dates for this year's FRINGEPVD: The Providence Fringe Festival: July 18 – 24, 2021.

A screening of FirstWorks Artistic Ambassador Daniel Bernard Roumain and dance pioneer Drew Dollaz' collaborative works Our Country and About Face.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School has continued to further its mission to  enrich and transform the state and region through brilliant music performance and music education  during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

This challenging new play, done on Zoom – an emerging new performance medium – examines the common, and sometimes uncommon, obstacles of a high-pressure corporate interview dance in the Zoom era.

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The concerts will have limited total capacity and appropriate social distancing between patrons; mask wearing will be required at all times and performances will be 60-75 minutes long without intermission.

Spectrum Theatre Ensemble has announced the appointment of Laura Cornwall as the company's first Executive Director.

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Epic Theatre Company is presenting its first, full-length virtual reading of “Mayor Pete” written and performed by Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli.

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The Providence Performing Arts Center has announced that their FREE virtual Mighty Wurlitzer concert series with PPAC House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski continues this Valentine’s Day with “Love is in the Air!”

The Wilbury Theatre Group has been commissioned by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to participate in Culture is Key, an initiative to “understand, test, and evaluate the role of cultural participation on our state's civic health.

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 The Wilbury Theatre Group will present the world premiere of The Race by Mark Binder, directed by Brien Lang.