{"id":64040,"date":"2008-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-theatre-to-present-small-tragedy\/"},"modified":"2008-09-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T00:00:00","slug":"uri-theatre-to-present-small-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/09\/uri-theatre-to-present-small-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"URI Theatre to present Small Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I.\u2014September 25, 2008&#8211;The University of Rhode Island\u2019s prize-winning Theatre Department announces the Rhode Island premiere of Small Tragedy.  Its playwright, Craig Lucas, also wrote Prelude to a Kiss and Reckless.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n \tSmall Tragedy captured the Obie Award (N.Y\u2019s Best New Off-Broadway Play in 2004).  Extraordinarily probing, powerful and often amusing, the play, set first in Cambridge, Mass. and finally New York City, follows six young people, three men and three women, as they rehearse an adaptation of Sophocles\u2019 Oedipus Rex discussing justice, denial and the acceptance of responsibility.  From the mid to late 1990\u2019s they become friends and lovers as the audience witnesses how the themes of Greek tragedy merge with some truths about the Bosnian War to impact irrevocably on their personal lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAssociate Professor Bryna Wortman (Grapes of Wrath, Angels in America), will direct the production.  Costume design is by Marilyn Salvatore, scenic design is by Max Ponticelli, lighting design is  by Associate Professor Christian Wittwer and sound design is by Michael Hyde. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA MATChat, short for matinee chat, with the director, cast, designers and crew will follow the Oct. 12 performance at 3 p.m.   The interactive chat will give audience members an opportunity to ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIf you would like to be included on the theatre mailing list, call 401.874. 5921.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tMembers of the cast, their characters, and hometowns follow:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nCast, Character, Hometown<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBenjamin Grills, Hakija, Westerly<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJonPaul Rainville, Christmas, West Kingston<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBenjamin Gracia, Nathaniel, E. Providence<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKira Arnold, Paola, Fairfield, Conn.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJolie Lippincott, Jen, Westerly<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAutumn Gillette, Fanny, Manchester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nUnderstudies <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nGregory Infussi, Hakija, N. Providence<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTravis Greene, Christmas, N.Kingstown<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael DeBartolo, Nathaniel, Bethel, Conn.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHillary Scofield, Paola, Kensington, N.H.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJulia Bailey, Jen, Plaistow, N.H.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKira Hawkridge, Fanny, Woonsocket<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I.\u2014September 25, 2008&#8211;The University of Rhode Island\u2019s prize-winning Theatre Department announces the Rhode Island premiere of Small Tragedy. Its playwright, Craig Lucas, also wrote Prelude to a Kiss and Reckless. &#13; Small Tragedy captured the Obie Award (N.Y\u2019s Best New Off-Broadway Play in 2004). Extraordinarily probing, powerful and often amusing, the play, set first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}