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Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI, one of the best and most adventurous companies in the USA, known until 1986 as Trinity Square. It was founded in 1964 by a number of local citizens who played in a rented theatre in a church building, and became fully professional later the same year. In 1973 it moved to a permanent home in the Lederer Theatre Complex, a renovated cinema which contains two auditoriums. The downstairs theatre, seating 297, re-creates the intimate atmosphere of the original theatre; the upstairs, seating up to 500, is flexible, allowing for continual readjustment of audience and performing areas. The year-round season offers revivals of classic and contemporary plays, and the theatre is especially noted for its encouragement of living American playwrights such as Sam Shepard and John Guare; many world premières have been staged. Trinity Summer Rep was initiated in 1978 in the downstairs theatre, and the same season marked the beginning of the Trinity Rep Conservatory, a training programme for actors, directors, and playwrights. Project Discovery, for high school students, was started in 1966.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Trinity Repertory Company." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Trinity Repertory Company." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-TrinityRepertoryCompany.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Trinity Repertory Company." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-TrinityRepertoryCompany.html |
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Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company (Providence, Rhode Island). One of the nation's leading regional theatres, it was founded as the Trinity Square Repertory Company in 1964 and performed for many years in a converted church before opening two new stages at a renovated film house during the 1973–74 season. It presents a varied bill of classics and new plays, with which it has also toured both nationally and in Europe. Adrian Hall was the artistic director from 1965 until 1989, and during his tenure new plays were commissioned and superb revivals transferred to New York. The company received the 1981 Tony Award as outstanding regional theatre. (“Square” was dropped from the name in 1986.)
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Trinity Repertory Company." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Trinity Repertory Company." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-TrinityRepertoryCompany.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Trinity Repertory Company." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-TrinityRepertoryCompany.html |
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