Trinity Rep Radio Theater Audiences Invited to First Ever Live Taping
Publicado el 2009-06-25 15:57:43 [0 comentarios]
Jennifer Salcido
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TRINITY REP RADIO THEATER AUDIENCES INVITED TO FIRST EVER LIVE TAPING
Fundraiser set for taping on August 6 in Newport
PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Rep is pleased to announce plans to invite audiences to its first ever live taping of its Trinity Rep Radio Theater, created in partnership with WRNI, a service of Rhode Island Public Radio. Hosted by WRNI’s Morning Edition Host Bob Seay, the special installment of the show will be taped as part of a live fundraiser at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro Street in Newport on Thursday, August 6 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased online at www.trinityrep.com, by phone at 401-351-4242, or at the Trinity Rep box office at 201 Washington St. All proceeds will benefit Trinity Rep Radio Theater.
“Since we first started broadcasting Trinity Rep Radio Theater three seasons ago, we have always wanted to have an opportunity to perform our shows for a live audience, and to get their real time feedback and questions, to make them a living part of the show,” states Trinity Rep Artistic Director Curt Columbus. “Now, we have a chance to realize this dream broadcast in Newport, while raising money to support Trinity Rep Radio Theater in the coming season.”
This special live episode features the talents of resident company actors Stephen Berenson, Janice Duclos, Phyllis Kay and Joe Wilson Jr. alongside Curt Columbus. The actors will read excerpts from and discuss Thornton Wilder's beloved portrait of Newport, Theophilus North. After taping at the Jane Pickens Theater, the show is slated to air on WRNI 1290AM Providence, 1230AM Westerly, and 102.7FM Narragansett on Friday, September 3 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, September 4 at 1:00 p.m.; and Sunday, September 5 at 11:00 a.m. Free podcast subscriptions are also available online at www.wrni.org.
WRNI General Manager Joe O’Connor said the special live taping was “destined to give its audience the chance not only to see great storytelling in person but enjoy up close and personal the actors’ delight in describing their transformation into characters you can’t forget. The magic of theater that only Trinity Rep can produce combined with the intimacy and excellence that Rhode Island Public Radio offers will produce a remarkable evening one will not soon forget.”
Trinity Rep Radio Theater is made possible in part by generous support from the Carter Family Charitable Trust. The live taping is sponsored by William Vareika Fine Arts, Ltd. The program is co-produced by Trinity Rep Acting Company member Janice Duclos and Emily Atkinson, Artistic Associate for Communication.
ABOUT TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY
Since its founding in 1963, Trinity Repertory Company has been one of the most respected regional theaters in the country. Featuring the last permanent resident acting company in America, Trinity Rep presents a balance of world premiere, contemporary, and classic works for an estimated annual audience of nearly 160,000. In its 44-year history, the theater has produced 54 world premieres, mounted national and international tours, and, through its graduate-level theater arts conservatory, trained hundreds of new actors and directors. This season marks the 42nd year of Project Discovery, Trinity Rep's pioneering educational outreach program. Launched in 1966, the program introduces over 20,000 Rhode Island and Massachusetts students a year to live theater. The Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium offers professional training for actors and directors in a three-year MFA program. Trinity Rep's season presents six subscription productions and an annual production of A Christmas Carol. The 2009-2010 Season includes Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb; Shooting Star by Steven Dietz; Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl; The Odd Couple by Neil Simon; The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien; and A Christmas Carol. For more information or to subscribe, call the box office at (401) 351-4242 or visit Trinity Rep's website at www.trinityrep.com.
ABOUT TRINITY REP RADIO THEATER
Trinity Rep Radio Theater is a monthly hour of performance and discussion of dramatic literature and poetry, featuring members of Trinity Rep's resident acting company. Archived programs are available at www.wrni.org. Since its premiere in 2006, Trinity Rep Radio Theater has showcased authors such as George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, John Cheever, Daphne duMaurier, Ernest Hemingway, Jamaica Kincaid, James Joyce, Thornton Wilder, David Sedaris, Robert Penn Warren, Langston Hughes, Roald Dahl, Anne Sexton, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, Ray Bradbury, and Eudora Welty.
ABOUT WRNI
WRNI, broadcasting on 1290AM in Providence and 102.7FM in Southern Rhode Island, is Rhode Island's only independent NPR News station, operated by Rhode Island Public Radio. In addition to providing NPR and BBC programming, the station’s award-winning news team produces local segments including the "Political Roundtable” and "This I Believe-Rhode Island.” WRNI’s mission is to provide Rhode Islanders with quality journalism and compelling storytelling that informs, enriches, and inspires community.
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