The 5th annual Providence Fringe Festival begins July 30th! It's a week of 250 performing artists from across the country sharing their work in theatre, dance, visual arts, and everything in between. And this year, for the first time ever, the whole thing will be covered by journalist and multi-media artist Jacob Berendes. Thanks to […]
Presented by the Wilbury Theatre Group, The Olneyville Expo is a theatrical event celebrating the history, culture and community of the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence. Borrowing both the variety format and the ethics of education and uplift from 19th Expositions, Chautauquas, and Worlds Fairs, The Olneyville Expo brings together community groups, historians, ecologists, storytellers, artists, […]
Presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence, FRINGEPVD The Providence Fringe Festival® has traditionally brought hundreds of theatre, music, dance, and multimedia performing artists to the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence. In light of COVID-related closures to performance spaces, the 2020 Festival will feature performances from around the country streamed through the Wilbury Group […]
Join The Wilbury Theatre Group and Ana González for Capture the Block: Stories from Ward 15, part of the Humanities Councils' Culture is Key initiative. Capture the Block will be live-streamed for free, on The Wilbury Theatre Group's Facebook and YouTube channels on Sunday, February 21 at 6:00pm. "When we started this project almost six […]
Invoice for Emotional Labor, a new, educational multimedia workshop performance presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with CCRI Players and Community College of Rhode Island. Written by Christopher Johnson, Invoice for Emotional Labor explores contemporary terms and conversations around race and racism through performance and lecture, and concludes with audience talk-backs and discussions. More […]
Invoice for Emotional Labor, a new, educational multimedia workshop performance presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with CCRI Players and Community College of Rhode Island. Written by Christopher Johnson, Invoice for Emotional Labor explores contemporary terms and conversations around race and racism through performance and lecture, and concludes with audience talk-backs and discussions. More […]
Invoice for Emotional Labor, a new, educational multimedia workshop performance presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with CCRI Players and Community College of Rhode Island. Written by Christopher Johnson, Invoice for Emotional Labor explores contemporary terms and conversations around race and racism through performance and lecture, and concludes with audience talk-backs and discussions. More […]
Note: This screening has been postponed. The Humanities Council will update this listing upon receiving the new dates. May 20, 21, and 22, WaterFire and Wilbury Theatre Group will host playwright and performer Christopher Johnson's Invoice for Emotional Labor, including a live screening, performance, and talkback outdoors on the big screen as part of Theatre […]
In the Fall of 2020 The Wilbury Theatre Group was 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.” Working in collaboration with journalist Ana González of Mosaic on The Public's Radio, […]
