NOW ENROLLING March 15 - April 19 with instructor FRED SULLIVAN, JR

Trinity Rep is proud to strengthen its commitment to education by creating a new adult course intended for the beginner adult actor. The course, Introduction to Basic Acting will be taught by Trinity Rep’s longtime resident company member Fred Sullivan, Jr. The seven week course will be held Saturdays from 10AM to 12PM, March 15 - April 19. The focus of the class will be studying and performing scenes from notable plays, such as The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and American Buffalo by David Mamet. Enrollment for the course is now being accepted. Tuition is $375 and class enrollment is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. To register, please contact Tyler Dobrowsky at (401) 521-1100 x230 or by email at education@trinityrep.com. 

As part of Artistic Director Curt Columbus' initiative to encourage life long learning, Trinity Rep is now offering the adults the opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals of their resident acting company. Introduction to Basic Acting promises to be an excellent opportunity for those who have always wanted to try their hand at acting to comfortably approach the craft under the guidance of one of the finest theater professionals in the region.

Instructor Fred Sullivan, Jr. has played over 90 roles in 24 seasons at Trinity Rep and was last seen as Buckingham in Richard III. Sullivan has taught acting continuously over the past two decades for Trinity Rep, The Gamm, RISD, Wheaton College and Brown University Arts Education Department. Fred has also acted at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Rep, New Jersey Shakespeare, Theatre-by-the-Sea, American Stage Festival, The Breadloaf Acting Ensemble and this past summer as Nick Bottom for Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. in Boston. Sullivan is a Resident Director of The Gamm Theatre where he has directed Hamlet, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Barrymore, One for the Road, Press Conference, Catastrophe, Tartuffe, The School for Wives, The Crucible, The Dresser, The Birthday Party and La Bete. For the Harwich Jr. Theatre on Cape Cod, Fred staged Twelfth Night, Animal Farm, Arms and the Man, Dandelion Wine, Alice in Wonderland, Androcles & The Lion, Charlotte's Web, Snow White, The Glass Menagerie and Waiting for Godot and directed the touring Jr. Players for ten seasons. He directed The Wind in the Willows, The Revenge of the Space Pandas, Bremen Town (an original musical vaudeville for families Fred co-authored with his brother John) for the Barnstable Family Theatre and the Trinity Rep Conservatory productions of Happy Days, The Venetian Twins, The Real Inspector Hound, Endgame, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, By The Sea, La Bete, American Buffalo and Cloud Nine. Fred has taught acting continuously over the past two decades for Trinity Rep, The Gamm, RISD, Wheaton College and Brown University Arts/Ed Dept. He has served as vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Harwich Jr. Theatre and as Director of Trinity Summer Teen Theatre Camp.

About Trinity Repertory Company Since its founding in 1964, Trinity Repertory Company has been one of the most respected regional theaters in the country. Trinity Rep presents a balance of world premiere, contemporary, and classic works, including six subscription productions, and an annual production of A Christmas Carol, for an estimated annual audience of 160,000. In its 42-year history, the theater has produced 52 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 40th Anniversary of Project Discovery, Trinity Rep's pioneering educational outreach program Launched in 1966, the program introduces over 30,000 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. Since 1973, Trinity Rep's home has been the Lederer Theater Center, a historic landmark built as the Majestic Theatre in 1917. With an annual budget of $7 million, the theater employs 120 artistic and administrative staff and annually generates more than $24 million in economic activity. For more information, call the box office at (401) 351-4242 or visit Trinity Rep’s website at www.trinityrep.com.