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RAVE REVIEWS FOR STRAIGHT WHITE MEN:
"Straight White Men is a brilliant critique of privilege...The Wilbury production, directed by Vince Petronio, is wonderfully done. Against the backdrop of a 1980s-style rec room, the show draws on the acting strength of Gunnar Manchester as Drew, Josh Short as Jake, Dave Rabinow as Matt, and Roger Lemelin as their father, Ed. Short, the Wilbury’s founding artistic director, is most notably strong as the driven and obnoxious know-it-all Jake, delivering several impassioned rants aimed at Matt. Rabinow creates an endearing Matt, who seems to muddle through life." --The Providence Journal
"Straight White Men is exactly what we need right now... If you haven’t bought your tickets, I implore you: Go. It’s a raucous, entertaining play, and it has big implications — especially today. Theater has never been more relevant." -Rhode Island Monthly
"Vince Petronio's pointed direction churns out stellar performances from all four men. Josh Short is sensational as the blazing model of corporate masculinity and Gunnar Manchester is equally fiery as the intellectual voice of reason. Dave Rabinow's perfectly poised, empathetic portrayal of Matt conveys both pain and listlessness, and Roger Lemelin delivers an earnest, polished performance as father Ed...The Wilbury Theatre Group's Straight White Men is not just highly entertaining, but a probing, complex analysis of an American majority group." -Edge Providence
"Straight White Men delivers bold and lacerating insight into privilege and what it means to be “woke” in the world today through the lens of domestic dramedy...Though the play may be about straight white men, this isn’t just another Shakespeare." -Brown Daily Herald
"Written by Young Jean Lee a middle-aged Korean-born woman who was brought to the U.S. at age two and is now the darling of the far out theater scene, Straight White Men is at once loud and argumentative, quiet and meaningful, filled with rough language and ever rougher happenings...Straight White Men certainly is worth looking into as the United States moves toward being a nation of color.." -RI NPR
"The Wilbury Group's engaging Straight White Men raises many questions about privilege and will make you think about your own position in society. With what is going on in our country right now, it will also make you think about where we as a nation are going. Under the excellent direction of Vince Petronio, the play gives us much to think about." -Warwick Beacon/Cranston Herald
"You have to give the Wilbury Theatre Group a hand for being the most adventurous theatre company in Rhode Island. With the current production of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, the troupe continues to bring topical Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway plays to Rhode Island audiences who have a taste for the offbeat..What the play lacks in surprise, the Wilbury treatment makes up for in excellent staging, acting, and a total commitment to physical theater." - Artsfuse Boston
"Straight White Men is a brilliant critique of privilege...The Wilbury production, directed by Vince Petronio, is wonderfully done. Against the backdrop of a 1980s-style rec room, the show draws on the acting strength of Gunnar Manchester as Drew, Josh Short as Jake, Dave Rabinow as Matt, and Roger Lemelin as their father, Ed. Short, the Wilbury’s founding artistic director, is most notably strong as the driven and obnoxious know-it-all Jake, delivering several impassioned rants aimed at Matt. Rabinow creates an endearing Matt, who seems to muddle through life." --The Providence Journal
"Straight White Men is exactly what we need right now... If you haven’t bought your tickets, I implore you: Go. It’s a raucous, entertaining play, and it has big implications — especially today. Theater has never been more relevant." -Rhode Island Monthly
"Vince Petronio's pointed direction churns out stellar performances from all four men. Josh Short is sensational as the blazing model of corporate masculinity and Gunnar Manchester is equally fiery as the intellectual voice of reason. Dave Rabinow's perfectly poised, empathetic portrayal of Matt conveys both pain and listlessness, and Roger Lemelin delivers an earnest, polished performance as father Ed...The Wilbury Theatre Group's Straight White Men is not just highly entertaining, but a probing, complex analysis of an American majority group." -Edge Providence
"Straight White Men delivers bold and lacerating insight into privilege and what it means to be “woke” in the world today through the lens of domestic dramedy...Though the play may be about straight white men, this isn’t just another Shakespeare." -Brown Daily Herald
"Written by Young Jean Lee a middle-aged Korean-born woman who was brought to the U.S. at age two and is now the darling of the far out theater scene, Straight White Men is at once loud and argumentative, quiet and meaningful, filled with rough language and ever rougher happenings...Straight White Men certainly is worth looking into as the United States moves toward being a nation of color.." -RI NPR
"The Wilbury Group's engaging Straight White Men raises many questions about privilege and will make you think about your own position in society. With what is going on in our country right now, it will also make you think about where we as a nation are going. Under the excellent direction of Vince Petronio, the play gives us much to think about." -Warwick Beacon/Cranston Herald
"You have to give the Wilbury Theatre Group a hand for being the most adventurous theatre company in Rhode Island. With the current production of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, the troupe continues to bring topical Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway plays to Rhode Island audiences who have a taste for the offbeat..What the play lacks in surprise, the Wilbury treatment makes up for in excellent staging, acting, and a total commitment to physical theater." - Artsfuse Boston
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN PRODUCTION PHOTOS
CAST |
CREATIVE TEAMWritten by Young Jean Lee
Directed by Vince Petronio Set Design by Katryne Hecht Light Design by Kim Beggs Costume Design by Jillian Eddy Stage Management by Rachel Marshall |
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN IN REHEARSAL
