While our stages are dark, our staff and artists are gathering digital content to help keep us connected until we can come together in person again. For all this plus more news, follow us on Facebook or Instagram. Check back frequently for newly added content.
Your Half Hour Call with Curt
A new episode will stream live on Facebook each Thursday night at 7:30 with Trinity Rep Artistic Director Curt Columbus and special guests.
Upcoming Discussions
May 28 at 7:30 pm – “The Towering Women of Trinity Rep,” featuring Mia Ellis, Rachael Warren, and Phyllis Kay.
Past Discussions
- May 21 – “Why We Do New Plays” featuring George Brant, Lauren Yee, Taibi Magar, and Tyler Dobrowsky.
- May 14 – “What Theater Does That Nothing Else Can” with Richard and Sharon Jenkins, Brian McEleney, and Stephen Berenson.
- May 7 – “Why We Love Live Theater” with Angela Brazil and Stephen Thorne.
- April 30 – “Why We Do Musical Theater“ with Rebecca Gibel, Charlie Thurston, and Joe Wilson, Jr.
Actors and our Resident Acting Company
Way Back Wednesdays
Join us every Wednesday as resident company members share with us their memories about some of their favorite productions.
- Angela Brazil tells a story about what she had to do when she was stuck in traffic – but had to be on stage in this clip.
- Daniel Duque-Estrada talks about nearly walking onto stage laughing during Fade in this clip.
- Mia Ellis shares a story about getting ready for To Kill a Mockingbird in this clip.
- Rebecca Gibel and Charlie Thurston reminisce about Barefoot in the Park in this clip.
Blog Posts and Other Writings
- Find out what Rebecca Gibel’s been up to in our this blog post (hint: you can stream most of it at home!).
- Learn more about Stephen Berenson – including his time at Oxford in this blog post.
- See what Stephen Thorne was up to before our time at home and his history at Trinity Rep in this blog post.
- Find out more about Phyllis Kay and where she’s been seen on stage in this blog post.
Videos
- Angela Brazil reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 18
- Rebecca Gibel reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 27
- Tim Crowe reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 30
- Charlie Thurston reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 44
- Mia Ellis reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 76
- Mauro Hantman reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 97
- Stephen Thorne reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 103
- Phyllis Kay reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 129
- Stephen Berenson reads Shakespeare’s sonnet 130
- Brian McEleney reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s sonnet “Love is Not All (Sonnet XXX)”
- Anne Scurria and fellow actor (and husband) Barry Press read “Teddy Bear” from A.A. Milne
- Daniel Duque-Estrada, avid film lover, gives some of his favorite film recommendations for our time at home
- Charlie Thurston rehearses for Sweeney Todd by singing to a banana
- Rebecca Gibel sings “Try to Remember”
Trinity Rep Radio Theater
In 2009 Trinity Rep artists gathered to read and perform some of their favorite stories and monologues. We’re bringing them back with the following episodes:
- “The Hungry”
- “Happy Anniversary”
- “Irish Pleasures”
- “John Cheever: The American Dream”
- “James Thurber’s Comedy”
- “Live in Providence: Gryphon”
- “She’s My Hero: Mother’s Day Stories”
- “Anton Chekov”
- “Fine Dining”
- “Game Time”
- “Eudora Welty”
- “Robert Penn Warren”
- “For Art’s Sake”
- “Charles Dickens”
- “The Holidays”
- “Mothers and Daughters”
- “Fairytales”
Scenes and Songs
- See a clip from The Completely Fictional – Utterly True – Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe (2011)
- See another clip from The Completely Fictional – Utterly True – Final Stange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe (2011)
- See a clip from King Lear (2012 co-production with Dallas Theater Center)
- See a clip from The Grapes of Wrath (2013)
- See a clip from Julius Caesar (2015)
- See a clip from The Glass Menagerie (2015)
- See another clip from The Glass Menagerie (2015)
- See a clip from Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage (2016)
- See a clip from Oklahoma! (2016)
- See a clip from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2017)
- See a clip from The Mountaintop (2017)
- See another clip from The Mountaintop (2017)
- See a clip from Ragtime (2018)
- See a clip from Fade (2019)
Virtual Classes
Your favorite classes at Trinity Rep – now online! All classes meet virtually and students must have access to the internet as well as audio and visual capabilities.
- Storytelling and Dramatic Play for Grades K – 2 on Tuesdays, June 2 – 23 from 2:00 – 2:45 pm. Find out more.
- Clowning Around for Grades 3 – 5 on Tuesdays, June 2 – 23, 3 – 3:45 pm. Find out more.
Educational Resources
- Teachers and parents, looking for tools to engage your students while at home? Try our Educational Resources page.
Additional Fun
- Commissioned artist Miranda Rose Hall shares her poem These Days
- In partnership with the Providence Public Library each month we’ll be holding a Virtual Knitting Circle. Upcoming dates: June 13, July 11 all at 11:00 am. RSVP here.
- See the Brown/Trinity MFA class of 2020 performing contemporary monologues by clicking here.
How You Can Help
In uncertain times, so many of us have turned to live theater as a refuge – a place where we can gather with our fellow community members, share an experience, spend time with new characters, and engage with other worlds for a few hours. With the cancellation of the last two productions in our 2019-20 Season, we continue to move forward. In light of the recent times, help us be there for you when all of this is over by seeing our page on our current needs by clicking here.
