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PRODUCTION HISTORY

2024/25


What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, directed by Brien Lang
NOISE by César Alvarez, directed by Dante Green
The Father: A Tragic Farce by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by Josh Short
Fat Ham by James Ijames, directed by Don Mays
American Idiot by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer with music by Green Day, directed by Josh Short
, with music direction by Milly Massey and choreography by Ali Kenner Brodsky

Rasputin, LIVE! by Kit Grindewald
The Ricky Rainbow Beard Show by Ricky Rainbow Beard
Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Bird Jail 2: Bird Bath and Beyond by Niki Healy
I'm At Your Window by Jay Are Adams and Dan Pomfret, presented by What Fray Was Here?: Social Justice Shakespeare

FRINGEPVD 2025: The 12th Annual Providence Fringe Festival - presented online and in person


2023/24


22|6: The Remix of A Global Experiment* written and directed by JaMario Stills
Indecent by Paula Vogel, directed by Susie Schutt
Hir by Taylor Mac, directed by Brien Lang
Wolf Play by Hansol Jung, directed by Marcél A. Mascaró
Once 
book by Enda Walsh, music + lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, based on the film by John Carney, directed by Josh Short, with music direction by Milly Massey and choreography by Ali Kenner Brodsky

CVK: Extended Play* by Jesse Hawley and James Stanley
The Ricky Rainbow Beard Show* by Ricky Rainbow Beard
The Poor Rich by Gemma Soldati
Who Is The Houseboy?* presented in Collaboration with William Kentridge and The Centre for the Less Good Idea’s Residency at Brown Arts Institute, facilitated by Mycah Hogan and Josh Short, featuring devised performances and original work by Julio Berroa, April Brown, Jose Docen, Marcel A. Mascaró, Don Mays, Sidy Maiga, Mikala Nims, Susanna Koetter, Eli Nixon, Michayla Robertson-Pine, and Judd Schiffman.

DIGITAL / STREAMING
God Talks to An Agnostic: Season 3* written + directed by Don Mays

FRINGEPVD 2024: The 11th Annual Providence Fringe Festival - presented online and in person

*world premieres



2022/23


Silhouette of A Silhouette* by Rose Weaver, directed by Don Mays
The Humans by Stephen Karam, directed by Josh Short
We're Gonna Die by Young Jean Lee, directed by Marcel A. Mascaro
Indecent by Paula Vogel, directed by Susie Schutt
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight* by Darcie Dennigan with music by Niki Healy, directed by Josh Short with music direction by Milly Massey and choreography by Ali Kenner Brodsky

/a.dick.ted/OR, learning to breathe underwater; a ritual of lemons. also known as, I love you, I hate you, shut up & tell me everything! [a mostly-true entirely-honest tale of recovery] A SOLO PUNK ROCK EPIC POEM by Teddy Lytle, directed by Harmon dot aut
Festival of New (Short) Works* directed by Brien Lang, featuring The Bench by Tim Lehnert, Murder Takes A Mulligan by Brien Lang, and 
Mysticism + Gravity = Happiness by Baha Sadr

DIGITAL / STREAMING
God Talks to An Agnostic: Season 2* written + directed by Don Mays

FRINGEPVD 2023: The 10th Annual Providence Fringe Festival - presented online and in person

*world premiere



2021/22


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 Ríos

FRINGEPVD 2022: The 9th Annual Providence Fringe Festival - presented online and in person.


​*world premiere

2020/21


Decameron, Providence* ​featuring work by Ashley Frith + Desmond Bratton, Daraja Hinds, Vatic Kuumba, Rhode Island Ukulele Armada, Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading Collective, Don Mays, Shaffany Piáget, Christopher Johnson + Big Luxe, Saul Ramos + Shey Rivera Ríos, Rhode Island Black Storytellers, Andy Russ, Luis Martinez, and Marcel A. Mascaro.
Fire Flowers and a Time Machine, o Flores de Fuego y una machina del tiempo* curated by Shey Rivera Ríos, featuring work by Sussy Santana, Saúl Ramos Espola, Maritza Martell, Becci Davis, April Brown, Lilly E. Manycolors, Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie, Matt Garza, Gina Rodríguez-Drix, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Eli Nixon, Janaya Kizzie, and Rachel Hughes
Our Story // Our Song* by Christopher Johnson + Big Luxe
Constellations by Nick Payne, directed by Aubrey Snowden
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, directed by Josh Short
Dolores Goes to Poetry City* by Darcie Dennigan, directed by Josh Short

DIGITAL / STREAMING
Whose Name Was Writ in Water* written + directed by Becci Davis
The Race* by Mark Binder, directed by Brien Lang
Culture is Key: Capture the Block* by Ana Gonzalez + Josh Short
God Talks to An Agnostic* written + directed by Don Mays

FRINGEPVD 2021: The 8th Annual Providence Fringe Festival - presented online and outdoors and in person.


​*world premiere

2019/20


MAIN SERIES
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Fred Sullivan Jr. 
Dance Nation by Clare Barron, directed by Angela Brazil
You Got Older by Clare Barron, directed by Wendy Overly
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig, directed by Brien Lang
Miss You Like Hell book & lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes w/ music & lyrics by Erin McKeown, directed by ​Don Mays, music direction by Matt Requintina

NEW WORKS/STUDIO W 
Mueller Report Fan Fiction by Liz Zito
Lighting the Way: Climate Change Theatre Action presented in collaboration with URI Providence, directed by Logan Serabian
Rescue! Or, The Fish* by Darcie Dennigan, directed by Josh Short
A.dick.ted by Teddy Lytle, directed by Davis Alianiello
Hamlet* by William Shakespeare, adapted by Bill Lattanzi, directed by Davis Alianiello
Luna Loba Series curated by Shey Rivera Ríos

STREAMING PROGRAM
Developed in response to the closure of the theater as a result of COVID-19, performances from the Wilbury Group's streaming series included work by Mycah Hogan, Shey Rivera Ríos, Darcie Dennigan, Jesse Hawley & James Stanley, Andy Russ, Brien Lang, Marcel Mascaro, Teddy Lytle, Gray Horan, Christopher Johnson, Jen Mischley, Caridad Svich, Jayne Hannah, Lawrence Goodman, and Josh Short. View archived performances

FRINGEPVD 2020: The 1st Virtual (but 7th Annual) Providence Fringe Festival

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*world premiere

2018/19 


MAIN SERIES
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel, directed by Wendy Overly
Hype Man: a break-beat play by Idris Goodwin, directed by Don Mays
Futurity by César Alvarez, with music by The Lisps and addtl. text by Molly Rice, directed by Brien Lang w/ music by Milly Massey
The Burn ​by Philip Dawkins, directed by Logan Serabian
Constellations by Nick Payne, directed by Aubrey Snowden
Fun Home by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel; directed by Josh Short w/ music by Tom Chace and choreography by Ali Kenner-Brodsky

NEW WORKS/STUDIO W 
Hansel and Gretel: The Story, The Drama, The Play by the Brothers Grimm, adapt. by Emma Sacchetti, Josiah Conway, and Richie Whitehead
The Pleiades by Darcie Dennigan, directed by Meredith Healy and Josh Short
Red Bike by Caridad Svich, directed by Kate Bergstrom
​More Weight inspired by The Crucible by Arthur Miller, adapted and directed by Logan Serabian
The Making of a Journey by Vasiliki Platsidakis, Isayra Marines, Betty Alvarez, Angel Duggins, and Simon Olaoye
M(Y)O͝OˈLÄDŌ by Alexis Ingram, directed by MJ Daly
Coming Attraction by Gray Horan, music by Amanda D'Archangelis, lyrics by Sami Horneff, directed by Meredith Healy
The Happy End 
adapted and directed by Darcie Dennigan from Mónica de la Torre's book The Happy End/All Welcome
​The 2019 Festival of New Works* featuring ​The Servant of 2 Masters adapted and directed by Brien Lang. The Recycling Party!, or The Fish by Darcie Dennigan, directed by Andy Russ, Elbow Deep's book of Historic Not-non-fiction presented by Elbow Deep Media, The Mess Jacket by David Schrag, directed by Logan Serabian 

FRINGEPVD 2019: The 6th Annual Providence Fringe Festival

2017/18


MAIN SERIES
The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, directed by Steve Kidd
New and Dangerous Ideas* written + directed by Christopher Johnson
Church by Young Jean Lee, directed by Brien Lang
The Skin of Our Teeth ​by Thornton Wilder, directed by Josh Short with music by Matt Requintina
The Flick by Annie Baker, directed by Wendy Overly
The Pirates of Penzance or, The Slave of Duty by Gilbert & Sullivan, wildly adapted by Sean Graney & Kevin O'Donnell; directed by Josh Short with music by Matt Requintina and choreography by Ali Kenner-Brodsky

NEW WORKS/STUDIO W 
​House Warming* by Jesse Hawley & James Stanley (workshop)
Roadhouse: The Musical (again) written & directed by Brien Lang
​​After Church* by Marlon Carey & Brother's Keeper
PARt by Ali Kenner Brodsky and MorganEve Swain
Jesus Christ Superstar: In Concert by Andrew Lloyd-Weber, directed by Kate Lester with David Tessier's All-Star Band
​The 2018 Festival of New Works* featuring Heresy by Lawrence Goodman, Skin and Bones by Laura Neill, and Ubu Roi ​by Alfred Jerry, adapted by Brien Lang and Phoenyx Willams

FRINGEPVD 2018: The 5th Annual Providence Fringe Festival

2016/17


MAIN SERIES
Ui [oo-ey]* adapted from ​The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ​by Bertolt Brecht and works by Harold Pinter; directed by Josh Short
Straight White Men** by Young Jean Lee; directed by Vince Petronio
Di + Viv + Rose** by Amelia Bullmore; directed by Kate Kataja
Betrayal by Harold Pinter; directed by Aubrey Snowden
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Ann Washburn; directed by Brien Lang
Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater; directed by Josh Short with music by Matt Requintina and choreography by Ali Kenner-Brodsky

NEW WORKS/STUDIO W 
10,000 Things* written and directed by Erik Ehn
Touch/ed* curated and produced by Ellen Galkin
After Orlando staged-readings produced in association with Missing Bolts Productions and NoPassport Theatre Alliance
​House Warming* by Jesse Hawley & James Stanley (workshop)
Ill Seen Ill Said/Not I** by Samuel Beckett; directed by Erik Ehn
​The 2017 Festival of New Works* featuring Cold by Ben Jolivet, Amaranthine by Rebecca Miller, The Invasion of Vox Populi ​by Phoenix Williams, and work-in-progress showings by Ellen Zahniser, Laura Neill, Kate Lohman, David Higgins & Vanessa Gilbert, and Verdant Vibes.

The Revel by Damon Kiely, directed by Rachel Walshe with music direction by Brien Lang

FRINGEPVD 2017: The 4th Annual Providence Fringe Festival

2015/16


MAIN SERIES
Dry Land** by Ruby Rae Spiegel; directed by Josh Short
Cain + Abel* by Ben Jolivet; directed by Susie Schutt
Passing Strange by Stew & Heidi Rodewald; directed by Brien Lang with music by Tom Grace & Matt Requintina
Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner, adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov; directed by Mark Peckham
Murder Ballad** book by Julia Jordan, music by Juliana Nash; directed by Wendy Overly, music by Courtney Swain
Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth; directed by Josh Short


NEW WORKS 
Vessel* by Andy Russ (workshop)
Invisible UpSouth* by Christopher Johnson & Vatic Kuumba, inspired by Invisible Man by Ralph Elison

FRINGEPVD 2016: The 3rd Annual Providence Fringe Festival

2014/15 


MAIN SERIES
This Beautiful City** by Steve Cosson with music by Michael Friedman; directed by Josh Short with music by Brien Lang & Milly Massey
A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney** by Lucas Hnath; directed by Brien Lang
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard; directed by Josh Short
Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo; directed by Susie Schutt
Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey & Tom Kitt; directed by Wendy Overly with music by Juan Rodriguez

NEW WORKS 
Holiday in Swingtime* by Kristen Minsky & Chifferobe
Roadhouse: The Musical a workshop-concert of a new musical written & directed by Brien Lang

FRINGEPVD 2015: The 2nd Annual Providence Fringe Festival

2013/14


MAIN SERIES
Detroit** by Lisa D'Amour; directed by Josh Short
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant by Alex Timbers & Kyle Jarrow; directed by David Tessier, with music by Kerry Callery
An Iliad by Lisa Peterson & Denis O'Hare; directed by Clara Weishahn
Blasted** by Sarah Kane; directed by Josh Short
Cabaret by Joe Masteroff, Lyrics & Music by Fred Ebb & John Kander; directed by Tom Gleadow, choreography by Shura Baryshnikov, music by Mike Savignac

NEW WORKS 
The Teller* by Cyrus Leddy; directed by Susie Schutt
Roadhouse: The Workshop of the Concert of the Musical written & directed by Brien Lang
Veja Doolittle: Live in Concert* by Meg Sullivan; directed by Susie Schutt

FRINGEPVD 2014: The Providence Fringe Festival


2012/13


MAIN SERIES
LUNGS** by Duncan Macmillan; directed by Steve Kidd
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz; directed by Josh Short
Body Awareness by Annie Baker; directed by Wendy Overly
The Threepenny Opera** by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weil, adapted by Wallace Shawn; directed by Josh Short

NEW WORKS  
It's a Spaceship Now* by Stuart Wilson; directed by Susie Schutt


2011/12


MAIN SERIES
Gruesome Playground Injuries** by Rajiv Joseph; directed by Mark Peckham
Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco; directed by Rebecca Noon & Josh Short
Destefano on the Air!* by Cyrus Leddy; directed by Robert Casey Jr.
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson** by Alex Timbers & Michael Friedman; directed by Josh Short & David Tessier

2010/11


MAIN SERIES
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee; directed by Jimmy Calitri
Special Happy conceived, written and directed by Strange Attractor Theatre Company
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh; directed by Josh Short
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! by Dario Fo; directed by Brien Lang



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**New England premiere

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