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…
Photo courtesy of Emily Carter. Two University of Rhode Island theatre students competed for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and made it to the semi-finals. Fifth-year senior John Cunha and junior Emily Carter competed against 183 other students across 40 schools throughout New England and…
Photo Courtesy of Brandon Lovejoy. A University of Rhode Island theater department student advanced to the final round for stage management at a national theater festival earlier this month. After stage managing URI’s mainstage play, “Women and War,” Brandon Lovejoy, senior theater, history and public relations major, received a nomination from the play’s director. “My…
A play with an all-female cast and a classic romantic comedy musical will be splitting center stage for the University of Rhode Island’s Spring 2019 Theater Season. The first mainstage production of the semester, “The Wolves,” revolves around an all-female soccer team and provides an interesting perspective from the mind of a teenager. “I think…