STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT: Award-Winning Wilbury Theatre Will Perform Live Online in Partnership
Sunday, March 22, 2020
The Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence is bringing a series of performances and theatrical classes to the public online.
The award-winning theater company will begin the programming on Sunday night at 7:00 p.m. on GoLocalProv.com
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe entire Rhode Island theater community has been shut down by the coronavirus restrictions.
“Live-streaming is the next frontier for performing arts companies, and we’re excited to make the leap with the group of artists that we’ve assembled. In addition to the incredibly popular drop-in classes by Mycah Hogan and Jen Mischley, this work represents our shared commitment to supporting local artists and the development of new works. We’re glad that with the support of GoLocalProv we’re able to find a new way for these artists to continue to move the development of their work forward," said Josh Short, founder, and artistic director.
The Wilbury was the winner of the 2018 National Theatre Company Award from the American Theatre Wing.
GoLocal will carry all of the performances and promote them on social media and through advertising at no charge to the theater company.
"The coronavirus is causing chaos for many businesses and non-profit groups. We are at risk of losing some of the very best parts of Rhode Island. GoLocal has a big megaphone and we are working to support those organizations that are innovating to survive," said Josh Fenton, CEO and co-founder of GoLocal.
"We hope the community will watch the performance and classes, and also consider making a contribution to support the theater community," said Fenton.
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“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with GoLocalProv on bringing these performances and events to our community. We look forward to welcoming audiences back into the theater when things return to normal but for now, we’re happy to take our work to them,” added Short.
“Closing our doors just four performances into our production of Miss You Like Hell was heartbreaking, but I’m proud that with the support of our dedicated staff, loyal audience, and our Resident Artists, we’ve been able to pivot into this new direction. This is a great opportunity for all of us to stretch outside of our comfort zone a bit and I can’t wait to see where it takes us."
The following are the performance and classes to be streamed:
Sunday, March 22 at 7 pm
Invoice for Emotional Labor by Christopher Johnson
The staged-reading of a new work-in-development, Invoice for Emotional Labor is the upcoming multi-discipline solo performance answering the asked and not so obvious unasked questions about race and racism from the perspective of poet and 2018 McColl Johnson finalist and RISCA Playwright fellow Christopher Johnson
Monday, March 23 at 6 pm
“The Playful Actor” class with Mycah Hogan
Actor and Educator Mycah Hogan leads this weekly drop-in class that uses joy-based games and acting exercises to explore the actor’s capacity for truth, joy, enthusiasm, and generosity. Use Zoom to participate in the class!
Friday, March 27 at 7 pm
Reading of Naty and My Chaotic Stench by Shey Rivera Ríos
Ali is a queer teenager growing up in rural Puerto Rico, going to punk shows with her friends. She is haunted by a bad smell that doesn't seem to go away. Naty is Ali's madrina, a bruja, about to be crowned as santera. Naty tries to help Ali by taking her to various healers and witches, doing readings, and preparing despojos (baths) to break spells. But nothing seems to work. That is, until Ali recognizes who she truly is. Read by interdisciplinary artist Shey Rivera Ríos Naty and My Chaotic Stench is the magical realism, coming of age story of a young witch living in the mountains of Puerto Rico sure to resonate with audiences of all ages.
Sunday, March 29 at 6 pm
Reading of Chernobyl Babies by Darcie Dennigan
The perfect nuclear family--father, mother, son, daughter-- finds itself quarantined with serious radiation poisoning. And each of them is inexplicably pregnant. The doomsday clock is ticking and their terrible pregnancies are progressing. From the Wilbury Group’s Resident Playwright comes a brand new play about how trauma and gamma rays can change chromosomes.
Monday, March 30 at 6 pm
"The Mindful Actor" class with Jen Mischley
Take your performance to the next level by liberate yourself through a mindful examination of your intuition, imagination and concentration. In this group setting, participants are invited to explore playful exercises designed to free the creative spirit, engage in weekly cold readings of scenes and monologues, ending with a guided meditation.
Wednesday, April 1 at 6 pm
Performance of Roadhouse: The Musical by Brien Lang
Are you too stupid to have a good time? Then you may want to avoid 'Roadhouse: the Musical' The show from Brien Lang (based on the film featuring Patrick Swayze) made infamous throughout Rhode Island for the throat-ripping, knee smashing energy that has made it a staple among the discerning bar, brewery, and even theater patrons. And some other stuff too.
Friday, April 3 at 7 pm
Performance of TBD by Andy Russ
Interdisciplinary performance artist Andy Russ is cooking up something and it’s going to be something good. An electrifying exercise in sound, meaning, and storytelling, it’s certain to be a unique immersive theatre experience unlike anything audiences have ever experienced.
Sunday, April 5 at 7 pm
Luna Loba by Shey Rivera Ríos and friends
Featuring 12 artists across mediums and identifies, Luna Loba is the long-running
performance series curated by Shey Rivera Ríos that creates space to explore ritual through artistic practice. Performance art, video, spoken word/readings, sound/music, and performative installation are all on the table.
Monday, April 6 at 6 pm
“The Playful Actor” class with Mycah Hogan
Actor and Educator Mycah Hogan leads this weekly drop-in class that uses joy-based games and acting exercises to explore the actor’s capacity for truth, joy, enthusiasm, and generosity. Use Zoom to participate in the class!
Wednesday, April 8 at 6 pm
Staged reading of New and Dangerous Ideas Christopher Johnson
Winner of the 2018 Playwriting Fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, New and Dangerous Ideas is a multimedia experience, challenging ideas of criminalizing race and sex, expatriating police while humanizing statistics by using personal stories of several members of different communities intersected with spoken word poetry, framed in music, dance and video. Originally presented in an earlier form in the Wilbury Theatre Group's 2017/18 Season, New and Dangerous Ideas by Providence's unofficial poet laureate Christopher Johnson takes a revised and updated look at race in America.
Friday, April 10 at 7 pm
Performance of CVK: Clever and Vainglorious Kings by Jesse Hawley and James Stanley
CVK is a multi-faceted performance project that consists of a.) the manufacture of an 80s synth pop band that never was; and, b.) a staging of their triumphant reunion tour. Fully inhabiting their post-punk alter egos in CVK, performance artist duo Jesse Hawley and James Stanley (House Warming at The Wilbury Theatre Group) will create a hybrid theatrical retrospective of CVK's work, a show that combines musical performance, video, dance, storytelling and various forms of immersive theatrical hi-jinx. They offer a danceable meditation on the circularity of history, and a how-to guide in the subversion of tribal conservatism.
Sunday, April 12 at 7pm
Jen Mischley’s Corona's Cabaret
4 weeks is a long time when you’re socially distancing yourself. Blow off some steam with Jen Mischley and friends at the first-ever Corona Cabaret. All together now, but still 6-feet apart.
