OUR MISSION
An award-winning, not-for-profit professional theatre company, The Wilbury Theatre Group engages our community in thought-provoking conversation through new works, reimagined classics and adventurous playmaking. We are idealistic, ambitious, and stubborn in our resolve to create theatre that entertains, enlightens, and inspires.
*WINNER of the 2018 National Theatre Company Award from the American Theatre Wing (The Tony Awards).
*WINNER of the 2018 National Theatre Company Award from the American Theatre Wing (The Tony Awards).
In providing a platform for stories that would otherwise go unheard, The Wilbury Theatre Group believes that encouraging diversity and dialogue in our community are essential components to our reason for being. Learn more about our Community Engagement.
ABOUT US
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Founded in 2010, The Wilbury Theatre Group produces plays by artists on the cutting-edge of theatre and reimagined classics from the canon. We pride ourselves on our pursuit of excellence in acting and design, a less-is-more aesthetic, and a commitment to creating an engaging audience experience with every production.
From our earliest days the Wilbury Group has maintained a commitment to offering students and audiences from throughout New England affordable access to our programs through our outreach, education, and new work development programs. A promising and important cultural organization in Providence, we are proud to serve our diverse and ever-evolving community. The Wilbury Theatre Group Operates Under A Collective Bargaining Agreement With Actors' Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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MISSION & VALUES The Wilbury Theatre Group is an ever-evolving collaboration of artists committed to creating the highest quality professional theatre. Founded on the belief that quality theatre should be an affordable and accessible means of enrichment to the community; The Wilburys strive to create work that will simultaneously engage, inspire, and provoke-thought among audiences.
WHY WILBURY?
In May 1988 Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Roy Orbison (above) got together and calling themselves The Travelling Wilburys, more or less by accident wrote and recorded an album of music that spanned each of their respective styles and genres to create what many critics have hailed as a near-perfect collaboration. They left their egos at the door, and all (with ‘Sidebury’ Jim Keltner on drums) took turns leading, following, writing and filling in wherever it was needed.
It's with these ideals of collaboration and selflessness in mind, and a recognition that every individual artists unique talents contribute to a greater whole, that The Wilbury Theatre Group was founded. FUN FACT The term "Wilbury" was a slang term first used by Harrison during the recording of his landmark solo album Cloud Nine, produced by Jeff Lynne. Referring to recording errors created by some faulty equipment, Harrison jokingly remarked to Lynne, "We'll bury 'em in the mix". |
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GET INVOLVEDAs a growing company that thrives itself on finding and working with some of the best local talent available, we love hearing from new people looking to get involved. Send us a note, or consider one of these ways to get involved with a national award-winning theatre company:
AUDITIONS The Wilbury Group holds season auditions for Equity Actors Association (AEA) and non-AEA actors each spring for the coming season in April. Auditions are announced through our mailing list, on this site, in The Providence Journal and other local newspapers, and on the StageSource hotline. Role-specific auditions are held at the artistic director’s discretion and announced in the same sources. Learn more or view current audition opportunities. VOLUNTEERING Volunteers have always been a key to our success. Whether it's helping build the set, providing expertise on marketing and fundraising ideas, or ushering at a show, you help us make it happen. Learn more about how you can help. PLAY SUBMISSIONS To submit a new work (full-length play, translation or adaptation) for consideration at The Wilbury Group, please follow these instructions. |
Production History2021/22 SEASON
The Historical Fantasy of Esek Hopkins* by Haus of Glitter Lifted* by Charlie Thurston, directed by Josh Short The Floating World* written + directed by Andy Russ AntigonX* by Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Ríos, directed by Jackie Davis Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, directed by Josh Short, music supervision by Milly Massey, choreography by Ali Kenner Brodsky DIGITAL / STREAMING God Talks to An Agnostic: Season 2* written + directed by Don Mays Fire Flowers and a Time Machine, o Flores de Fuego y una machina del tiempo* virtual experience by Shey ‘Rí Acu’ Rivera Río |
