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Woonsocket, RI 02895



Review: A GIRL IN SCHOOL UNIFORM WALKS INTO A BAR at Reverie Theatre Group


by Yuliya Pokhylko - February 21, 2026

When the lights go out, two accidental acquaintances have no one but each other to share the horrific experience - a bartender who knows more than she’s willing to reveal, and a teenager in a school uniform. An unlikely visitor at a bar...

Review: HAROLD AND MAUDE at The Community Players


by Jay Pateakos - February 16, 2026

The Pawtucket-based Community Players continued their record-breaking 104th season with the dark humored but stunningly still relevant 'Harold and Maude'....

Review: The Roommate at Trinity Rep


by Andria Tieman - February 04, 2026

Jen Silverman’s The Roommate is a tight two-hander about two empty-nesters who move in together due to economic necessity (and other, spoilery reasons), and end up in a situation neither could have predicted.  The Odd Couple + The Golden Girls seems like the obvious sources of inspiration here, b...

Review: THT REP'S SHARP, SHIMMERING MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM


by John McDaid - February 01, 2026

THT REP'S SHARP, SHIMMERING MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. The Hanover Theatre Repertory reimagines Shakespeare in an ‘80s nightclub — and delivers real magic...

Review: SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at Wilbury Theatre Group


by Jay Pateakos - February 01, 2026

What did our critic think of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at Wilbur Theatre Group?...

Review: ANTHROPOLOGY at The Players At Barker Playhouse


by Christopher Verleger - January 26, 2026

Lauren Gunderson’s fascinating play, ‘anthropology,’ presented by The Players at Barker Playhouse, is foremost a drama with plenty of humor and social commentary that examines the arguable benefits of AI and whether ultimately it does more harm than good....

Review: THE MEMORY OF WATER at Burbage Theatre Company


by Christopher Verleger - January 21, 2026

That loaded question—which speaks volumes—is posed by Mary, the middle sister who has returned home for her mother’s funeral in Shelagh Stephenson’s powerful albeit flawed drama, ‘The Memory of Water,’ now at Burbage Theatre Company....

Review: SUFFS at Providence Performing Arts Center


by Andria Tieman - January 21, 2026

White Women in the United States didn’t earn the right to vote until 1920, and Black women weren’t allowed to vote until 1965.  This shocking history and the effort it took for women to secure these rights is something many of us didn’t learn in school, but thankfully the musical Suffs is her...

Review: CLUE LIVE ON STAGE! at Providence Performing Arts Center


by Christopher Verleger - January 17, 2026

What did our critic think of CLUE LIVE ON STAGE! by the Providence Performing Arts Center, based on the beloved board game which inspired the 1985 movie, Clue, starring Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn....

Review: EUREKA DAY at The Gamm Theatre


by Christopher Verleger - January 14, 2026

The Gamm Theatre welcomes the new year with its compelling, timely production of Jonathan Spector’s insightful, thought-provoking dramatic comedy, “Eureka Day,” that carefully and amusingly examines such hot button issues as inclusion, wokeness, progressive politics, and public health safety....

Past Shows

Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
Mar 16 – Feb 25, 2018

Directed by Amy Simard-Bukowski Based Jane Austen’s classic novel involving manners, courtship and relationships, adapted by Helen Jerome. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet's...

A Christmas Carmella
A Christmas Carmella
Dec 8 – Dec 17, 2017

A CHRISTMAS CARMELLA Performances December 8,9,15 & 16 @ 7:30 PM and December 10 & 17 at 2:00 PM The grandkids want to hear “A...

Lend Me A Tenor
Lend Me A Tenor
Mar 30 – Apr 9, 2017

Rhode Island Stage Ensemble presents Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig Directed by Elizabeth Labrecque In Ken Ludwig's farce, a small-town opera company undergoes...

Father Misgivings
Father Misgivings
Mar 10

Join Father Patrick Aloysius Misgivings for this divine presentation of stories and one-liners about growing up Catholic. From miracles and marriage counseling to bazaars and...

Around The World in 80 Days
Around The World in 80 Days
Feb 24 – Feb 26, 2017

Phileas Fogg makes his famous wager, and just five actors play all the parts to help (and hinder) him in his travels in this hilarious...

The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge
Dec 2 – Dec 18, 2016

It's a year later, and Scrooge has reverted to his old ways. He's suing Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas for breaking & entering, kidnapping,...

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Oct 14 – Oct 23, 2016

Something evil lurks on the moors of Devonshire, waiting for the young heir Sir Henry Baskerville. Can the world's foremost detective stop the fiendish Hound,...

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