C.O.A.A.S.T. brings the conversation about addiction to campus through performance Production group called Creating Outreach About Addiction Support Together, put on a show last week addressing the opioid crisis in America. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Act II of “Four Legs to Stand On,” described as therapeutic theater aiming to eradicate the opioid epidemic through the…
Omar Laguerre- Lewis and Conor Delaney play third graders in “A Brief History of the World and Everything in it.” Photo by James Singer. The University of Rhode Island’s theatre department opened their season with “A Brief History of the Earth and Everything In It…..,” a satire show-within-a-show put on by a third grade drama…
(Left to right) Lauren Janetti, Conor Delaney and Trey DiGioia play third-graders who rebel against their fundamentalist principal in “A Brief History of the Earth and Everything in it…” Photo by James Singer. URI’s Theater Department has a strong opening night for their musical For a quick minute, bring yourself back to the third grade….
Theater students Omar Laguerre-Lewis, Conor Delaney, Lauren Janetti, Trey DiGioia and Meg O’Donovan are prepared to open “A Brief History of the Earth and Everything In It…” this weekend. Photo contributed by Randy Osca. Presented in conjunction with the honors colloquium “Religion in America,” the play “A Brief History of the Earth and Everything In…
Professor Dave Rabinow shares how he created “A Brief History of the Earth and Everything In It…..,” which the theater department will be performing for their first play of the season. Contributed by Tony Pacitti. A year after Dave Rabinow began teaching at the University of Rhode Island, his play will be performed as the…
Students prepare for the upcoming show “A Brief History of The Earth and Everything In It.” Photo by Autumn Walter. A Quick Look into the URI Theater Department’s Upcoming Season With the start of the upcoming fall theatre season, audiences will be transported to an elementary school with singing third graders and the fantasy world…
The Theater Department closes out its season with a romantic comedy musical Seniors J. Edward Clarke and Emily Turtle perform as a newly married couple with intimacy issues. Photo by Anna Meassick The University of Rhode Island theatre department’s production of the musical “A Little Night Music” combines a beautiful, operatic score with innuendos, love…
This spring’s romantic comedy, a Stephen Sondheim classic, “A Little Night Music” will be the first musical since 2012 to be performed in the Fine Arts Center. “There’s an ample amount of sex jokes so I think it will suffice for most college students,” said senior Jake Clarke, who is starring as Frederik, one of…
Brian Miranda, Alison Castaneda, talk what goes on behind the scenes of theater University of Rhode Island sophomores Brian Miranda and Alison Castaneda have shown that when it comes to theatre, you don’t have to be in the limelight to be a star. Both Miranda and Castaneda are theatre tech students at the University with…
Students performing in “The Wolves” stretch and talk about challenging topics among each other. Photo by Greg Clark. URI theater department confronts emotional challenges in their production of ‘The Wolves’ Take teenage girls, add in drama, social issues and indoor soccer practices, put it on stage and you get a thrilling and intimate performance of…