Upcoming Events:
Final Performances: Day of Scenes, May 1, 2013
Performance:
Free Performance: Jedermann (Everyman), directed by Brian Mertes, May 2-5, 2013
Conversations in Africana Theatre: Ntozake Shange, May 7, 2013
MFA Thesis Performance: Romeo and Juliet, directed by Ryan Purcell '13, May 7-19, 2013
Performance: Contemporary Mande Final Performances, May 12, 2013
Graduate Performances: In the Blood & Bus Stop, May 17-20
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CONTINUING PERFORMANCES:
performed by TAPS graduating seniors 
April 29 (tonight!) - May 4
Full Performance Schedule
Strasberg Theatre
(below Stuart)
Solo performances for graduating seniors began Sunday, April 28 and will continue until Saturday May 4. Shows are written and performed by graduating seniors who have developed their work in class all semester. Each day features a different solo show by Lizzie Stanton (performance completed), Madeleine Heil, Alexis Aurigemma, Will Ruehle, Ty Lowell, Korama Danquah and Ben Freeman. Every performance will take place twice at this time and once again during commencement.
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FINAL PERFORMANCES:
Day of Scenes in The Cave
performed by Kym Moore's TAPS 23 students Wednesday May 1, 2013
12 PM
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCE:
produced by Julie Adams Strandberg 
May 2-5 Thursday-Saturday @ 8 PM
Sunday @ 2 PM with Brown/Trinity affiliated artist: Shura Baryshnikov
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Stuart Theatre
75 Waterman Street
Providence, RI
The Festival of Dance features performances by the TAPS Department's two dance companies: The Dance Extension, and New Works/World Traditions. The Dance Extension was created by founding Director of Dance, Julie A. Strandberg on the premise that the training of dancers must include the opportunity to perform, teach, and revisit masterworks. While the dancers in the company are encouraged and supported to create their own work, they also have the rare opportunity to work with some of our most revered choreographers and some of our most exciting contemporary innovators. New Works/World Traditions is an international dance troupe created by Department head Michelle Bach-Coulibaly. Through research and cross-cultural exchange, New Works develops provocative theatrical experiences that address important political, public health and social landscapes. New Works actively tours through out the USA and West Africa to engage with communities in humanitarian projects devoted to cultural preservation, malaria prevention, environmental causes and educational advancement. Don't miss this exciting show!
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FREE UPCOMING PERFORMANCE:
Jedermann (Everyman)
adapted by Hugo von Hofmannstahl
directed by Brian Mertes
Open Rehearsals: May 2-5 @ 7 PM
Outdoor Public Performance: May 5 @6:30 PM
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Rehearsals: Nelson Rehearsal Studio
Lederer Theatre Center/Trinity Rep
Performance: Ship Street Square
at Richmond St, Providence, RI
Don't miss this medieval morality play featuring members of the Brown/Trinity Class of 2014 and directed by Brian Mertes, Head of the Brown/Trinity MFA Directing Program. This show is a work in progress and all rehearsals are open and the outdoor public performance is entirely free! Reservations are encouraged, but not required, and are on a first come, first served basis for friends and family of the performers.
Note: The open rehearsals are not wheelchair accessible. It is strongly encouraged to bring a blanket or chair to sit on during the outdoor performance.
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CONVERSATIONS IN AFRICANA THEATRE:
Dynamic Innovators: Ntozake Shange
moderated by Elmo Terry-Morgan
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 @ 4 PM
Department of Africana Studies
Churchill House, Basspas
155 Angell St, Providence, RI
Ms. Shange is a poet, playwright, novelist and Obie-Award winner for her play: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. In addition to her plays, she has written poetry, novels, and essays. She is co-author with her sister, Ifa Bayez, of the novel Some Sing, Some Cry. Among her other books are Sassafras: A Novella (1977), and Nappy Edges, a book of poems, (1978). Shange has taught at California State College, the City College of New York, the University of Houston, Rice University, Yale, Howard University, New York University, and the University of Florida. She has also won a Los Angeles Time Book Prize for Poetry and a Pushcart Prize. An adaptation of the her novel, Lilliane: Resurrection of the Daughter, was presented at Rites and Reason Theatre in 2000.
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3RD YEAR MFA THESIS PERFORMANCE:Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Ryan Purcell '13
May 7-11, 13, 16-18 @ 7:30 PM
May 11, 12, 18, & 19 @ 2 PM
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Pell Chafee Performance Center
87 Empire St, Providence, RI
Witness the classic tale of forbidden passion in a world filled with violence and jealousy. Two teens unexpectedly meet and fall in love although their families are the most violent of enemies. Directed by Ryan Purcell '13 for his 3rd year MFA Thesis Project. Featuring the Brown/Trinity Class of 2013.
Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Programs provide a three-year professional training program under the auspices of an Ivy League University and Rhode Island's Tony Award-winning theatre company. Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies is internationally recognized for the quality of its faculty and instruction. Trinity Rep, with its deep tradition of resident artists, provides powerful artistic assets and creates a firm foundation for a new generation of theatre artists. Call 401-351-4242 for more information.
General admissions is $12, students and seniors are $6.
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCE:Contemporary Mandé Final Performances
Simmons Quadrangle
TAPS1390: Contemporary Mandé Performance invites you to watch their epic final performances outside on Simmons Quadrangle (formerly known as Lincoln Field).
Want to sit in the sun and watch your classmates dance to live African drumming?
Take a break from finals, come sit on Lincoln ("Simmons"), and watch the famous Mande Dance Final! It's a show! There's an awesome raffle!
The Contemporary Mandé dance class has been working hard all semester to free their pelvises and free their minds in order to learn the three Malian dances that they will perform for you.
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UPCOMING GRADUATE PERFORMANCES:In the Blood & Bus Stop
by Brown/Trinity First-Year Directing Students
Bus Stop: May 18 @ 12 PM, May 19 @ 6 PM, May 20 @ 2 PM
In the Blood: ER Studio
Bus Stop: Toma Studio
Lederer Theater Center/Trinity Rep
Come see productions directed by and featuring members of the Class of 2015. In the Blood is by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Flordelino Lagundino '15. Bus Stop is by William Inge and directed by Dan Rogers '15. Performances are intended for friends and family. They are not open to the general public and not wheelchair accessible.
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