Hungry: Four Stories with an Appetite will air on May 7-9 on WRNI

PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Rep continues its fourth season of Trinity Rep Radio Theater, created in partnership with WRNI, Rhode Island’s only independent NPR News station, with an all-new episode titled Hungry: Four Stories with an Appetite next month. Hosted by WRNI’s Morning Edition Host Bob Seay, the next installment of the show will air the weekend of May 7-9, 2010.

Artistic Director Curt Columbus alongside resident acting company members Janice Duclos, Fred Sullivan Jr. and guest artist Nance Williamson (The Odd Couple, Shooting Star, Prelude to a Kiss) will read and discuss “Last Christmas of the War” by Primo Levi, “The Fruits of Family Trees” by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Enough” by Alice McDermott, and “Breakfast” by John Steinbeck.

"As we chose the stories for this winter's Fine Dining show," said producer Emily Atkinson, "we found so many amazing pieces about hunger and all it can mean. The threat of starvation, the communion of breakfast, the stolen pleasures of ice cream late at night – these stories take your breath away."

Trinity Rep Radio theater “resurrects radio as a dynamic medium of theatrical performance – placing the listener squarely in the intimacy of the moment created by master authors and playwrights,” states WRNI General Manager Joe O’Connor.  “The program came about thanks to Curt Columbus’ hard work, creative energies and eagerness to feature his terrific troupe of actors and add to the tradition of excellence that is the signature of WRNI, Rhode Island’s NPR News Station.”

May’s installment of Trinity Rep Radio Theater will broadcast on WRNI 1290AM Providence and 102.7FM Narragansett on Friday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 8 at 1:00 p.m.; and Sunday, May 9 at 11:00 a.m. Free podcast subscriptions are also available online at www.wrni.org.

The program is co-produced by Trinity Rep Acting Company member Janice Duclos and Emily Atkinson, Artistic Associate for Communications.