We are so excited!
Recently, we found that our theater had been nominated nine times in the 2009 MOTIF MAGAZINE THEATER AWARDS.
Last year, we were lucky enough to pick up awards for our production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. This year, THE FEMALE ODD COUPLE and THE UNDERPANTS have been nominated.
As always, we appreciate your support!
You can check out the categories and place your vote by clicking on the Motif Magazine link here… Read more
The third show of Theatre Works’ 26th season is Tennessee Williams’ American classic “The Glass Menagerie”. The show first opened on Broadway on March 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances. it starred local actor from Woonsocket Eddie Dowling as Tom in the 1945 production. It was Williams’ first successful play and seems to be an autobiographical of Williams’s life more closely than any of his other works and is… Read more
Written by: Tony Annicone
Spoilers removed by: Josh Smith (Sorry Tony!)
The second show of Theatre Works 26th season is “The Underpants”, a farce by Carl Sternheim and adapted by Steve Martin. The show takes place in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1910 and begins when the young and beautiful wife of an uptight bureaucrat drops her bloomers during a town parade for the king. Louise is a pretty and naive housewife whose frilly… Read more
By Tony Annicone - Little Rhody Entertainment Writer
© Little Rhody Theater 2008 - Original Article Here
The opening show of Theatre Works’ 26th season is “The Female Odd Couple”. Madison, the slob, and Unger, the cleaning fanatic, are at it again. Olive Madison and Florence Unger, that is, in Neil Simon’s 1985 update of his play. Instead of poker, the girls meet every Friday night to play trivial pursuit and the… Read more
by Robert Barossi
Theatre Works begins their season with a newer version of an old classic.
Neil Simon’s 1965 play, “The Odd Couple,” spawned a television series, spin-offs, sequels, revivals and even an animated series. Twenty years later, in 1985, Simon himself wrote a female version of the play.
In this twist, Felix and Oscar are turned into Florence Ungar and Olive Madison, the poker game becomes a game of Trivial Pursuit, and… Read more
Crazy comedy, serious drama and a heartwarming family story are on the schedule as TheatreWorks announces the lineup for its 26th season. ”We’re very excited to be offering four plays that we’ve never done before,” said Connie Anderson, president of the community theater group. ”We’re hoping to entertain the folks who have been our subscribers for years, while welcoming new theatergoers to our very special space,” she said.
The season will open next… Read more
We are looking for help in order to raise funds for the next few seasons.
Just like you’ve seen at the movies Theatre Works will be displaying local businesses ads before the shows and during intermission on our projector. To participate please visit twri.org/sponsors - Get your name out there!
What we need is people who are willing to hit the pavement and solicit advertisements from local business owners.
Direct all questions to Josh at jsmith@twri.org Read more
Simply stated, Theatre Works is a non-profit volunteer organization. But what that truly means is anyone who participates in a non-profit volunteer organization is asked to give up many hours of their own time to serve that organization. Once in a while someone comes along who performs above and beyond the word “volunteerism.” In 2004, our Member of the Year Award went to Sharon Charette of North Smithfield.
Sharon has, over Read more
WOONSOCKET - This community’s theater groups scored big in Motif Magazine’s Theater and Music Awards presented earlier this month, with the city’s Theatre Works company receiving three top honors and with several more nominations going to local actors and directors. Read more
‘The Boys Next Door’
By FRANK O’DONNELL Valley Breeze Entertainment Writer
WOONSOCKET - Tom Griffin’s “The Boys Next Door,” now on stage at The atreWorks, tells the story of four mentally challenged men living together in one apartment. It’s sort of a cross between “The Odd Couple” and “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” flipping often from comedy to drama and back.
Arnold (Kevin Broccoli) is in charge -just ask him. He’s nerdy Read more