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Boston Globe
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Richard and Sharon Jenkins, other familiar faces to return to Trinity Rep to direct in 2025-26 season
'Directors like Richard and Sharon Jenkins, Amanda Dehnert, and Ben Steinfeld have a long history with our company, but their work hasn't been on our stages for a while,' Columbus said in a Richard and Sharon Jenkins will be the creative minds behind 'A Christmas Carol,' when it returns for its 49th year this holiday season. Steinfeld will direct a production of 'The Winter's Tale,' by Related : The lineup, which includes several other productions 'promises to inspire, engage, and connect us all, while returning us to the roots of what makes Trinity Rep's brand of theater-making so uniquely captivating,' Executive Director Katie Liberman said in a press release announcing the forthcoming Get Globe Rhode Island Food Club A weekly newsletter about food and dining in Rhode Island, by Globe Rhode Island reporter Alexa Gagosz. Enter Email Sign Up 'Each story explores themes of connection, hope, and forgiveness, narratives that resonate deeply with the world we live in today,' Liberman said. Advertisement According to Trinity Rep, due to Related : Here is the schedule for the upcoming season: 'Cold War Choir Practice:' Written by recent Brown University graduate Ro Reddick and directed by 'Brown/Trinity Rep alumna' Aileen Wen McGroddy, 'Cold War Choir Practice' will have its world premiere when it takes the stage in Providence. 'A dark comedic thriller, the new play follows a Black family's unexpected foray into cults, espionage, the Cold War, and choir practice as they deal with family tensions,' the company says. The show runs Sept. 4 through Oct. 5. Advertisement 'A Christmas Carol:' Emmy Award-winner, Academy Award-nominee, and former Trinity Rep Artistic Director Richard Jenkins will co-direct the Charles Dickens classic this year, alongside acclaimed choreographer Sharon Jenkins. The show runs Nov. 6 through Dec. 31. 'The Roommate' and 'The Winter's Tale:' According to Trinity Rep, for the first quarter of 2026, a 'contemporary play and a classic work will run in a rotating repertory.' The first is 'The Roommate' by Jen Silverman. Directed by Columbus, the play is described as 'a one-act comedy about second acts in life.' The other is Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale,' directed by Steinfeld. The two productions run in 'Primary Trust:' Directed by resident company member Tatyana-Marie Carlo, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth is 'a hilarious, heartwarming story about an isolated man who finds connection outside his comfort zone,' according to Trinity Rep. The show runs from April 9 through May 10, 2026. 'Next to Normal:' With a book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, the Tony Award-winning rock musical 'explores a suburban housewife's struggle with bipolar disorder, her loved ones' journey in learning to see each other for who they truly are, and discovering what it means to be family,' according to Trinity Rep, which said Dehnert, a former associate artistic director at Trinity, will return for the first time in over 20 years to direct. The show runs from May 28 through June 28, 2026. Advertisement Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Boston Globe
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Portraits of Iraq War veterans makes ‘Someone Will Remember Us' unforgettable
Get Globe Rhode Island Food Club A weekly newsletter about food and dining in Rhode Island, by Globe Rhode Island reporter Alexa Gagosz. Enter Email Sign Up This world premiere production at Trinity Rep has been created in the same spirit as the company's 2006 production of Michelle Cruz's 'Boots on the Ground,' which told the true, poignant stories of Rhode Islanders deployed in Iraq. That play was crafted from interviews with nearly 70 soldiers and their families, medical workers, journalists, ministers, and other Americans caught up in the war. Advertisement 'Someone Will Remember Us' — with creative input from Cruz and The telling of these stories is treated with the kid gloves they deserve by director Christopher Windom, who carefully sidesteps the unfortunate tendency of documentary dramas to be too heavy-handed in their earnestness, too political in their underlying intentions, or overly dramatic in their staging. Advertisement In comparison, 'Someone Will Remember Us' whispers. This production allows the poignancy of the words, which are directly addressed to the audience, to do the heavy lifting. The scenic design by Tanya Orellana is simple — a seating area in an airport terminal with metal benches and sliding glass panels surrounded by raised illuminated signage that specifies a time and place as the play progresses. Costumes by Shahrzad Mazaheri, lighting by Emma Deane, and sound by Peter Sasha Hurowitz all serve to complement the dialogue, and do little to draw attention away from the eight-person ensemble, many of whom play multiple roles with the effective assistance of Sade Namei's dialect coaching. Resident company members Stephen Thorne and Rachael Warren, along with Allison Jones, Ashley Aldarondo, Jihan Haddad, Dereks Thomas, Josephine Moshiri Elwood, and Jade Ziane are remarkably authentic in their portrayals. So much so that, at the end of the opening night performance, they — particularly Aldarondo and Jones, who portrayed fellow Marines and close friends of Charette — were as moved by their own performances as an audience comprised largely of show creators, fellow actors, and families of those represented in the play. The only time this production turned the least political was upon the post-show announcement that SOMEONE WILL REMEMBER US Play by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston. Directed by Christopher Windom. At Trinity Rep's Dowling Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I. Through Feb. 23. Tickets are $24-$90. 401-351-4242, Advertisement Bob Abelman is an award-winning theater critic who formerly wrote for the Austin Chronicle. Connect with him .
