WARWICK, RI (February 21, 2024) – The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night —a web of misdirected love and unexpected poignancy woven by a cast of unforgettable characters. Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella and Associate Artistic Director Rachel Walshe co-direct the Bard’s famous comedy. Twelfth Night runs March 21-April 14 at The […]
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What’s Up Interview: Gamm Theatre Artistic Director Tony Estrella on ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
This holiday season, the Gamm Theatre presents It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play for the fifth time. “It’s our fourth time live,” said the Gamm’s Artistic Director, Tony Estrella. “One year – our canceled season – we did the show on NPR.” So are the folks at the Gamm trying to turn this […]
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‘Six Picks’ Events: What’s Up in RI this weekend (May 19-21)
Festival season is upon us. Lots of annual fests and more going on this weekend – we’re highlight a few (mostly) free activities around the state. Check out our weekly column “Six Picks: What’s Up in RI this weekend.” Friday: The Gamm Theatre presents Shakespeare’s King Lear, starring Ian McKellen broadcast live from the National […]
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What’s Up in Local Theater: We review ‘The Children’ at the Gamm
The play opens to the sounds of an angry wave-crashing sea. We’re in a seaside cottage. Kitchen, dining area, living area all in one small space. An old-fashioned stove sits unused, except as a shelf. The timeframe is unclear. Is it now, or 40 years ago? Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. This is the setting for […]
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Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘The Children’ will close The Gamm’s 2022-23 season
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) closes its 2022-23 season with The Children, British playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s award-winning and Tony-nominated play. A riveting eco-drama infused with dark humor, The Children runs from April 27 to May 14. Veteran Gamm actor Steve Kidd makes his Gamm directorial debut with Kirkwood’s slow-burning play set in England, inspired by events surrounding the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident […]
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The Gamm Theatre announces its 2023-24 season
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announced its 2023-2024 season comprising Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winners, landmarks of the American theater, and modern plays that have made waves in the theater world. Season 39 includes a 5-show subscription series beginning in September and concluding in May, as well as a limited run of the theater’s popular holiday show, It’s A Wonderful Life: […]
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Just my Opinion: Freedom of Expression? I think so
Outside the Gamm Theater on Sunday afternoon, a group of protestors from what they said is the Rhode Island Coalition for Israel were objecting to a billboard promoting the theater’s current production, “Bad Jews.” Literature the group distributed said the theater in 2018 had canceled a production because an impersonation show raised “concerns about blackface…Double […]
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‘Six Picks’ Events: What to do in RI this weekend (Nov. 4-6)
The most wonderful time of the year has arrived … and we’re not talking about the holiday season… Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend, we fall back, and gain an extra hour of sleep! So get out there and enjoy the upcoming 49-hour weekend! Friday: FirstWorks RI presents Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: What Problem? […]
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Gamm Theatre to host ‘Truth and Tyranny’ community discussion Sept. 25
(WARWICK, RI) – The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announces “Truth and Tyranny,” a community discussion around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its centuries-long imperial ambitions, and the manufacture of “truth” in an age of amplified, instantaneous, globalized information and disinformation. “Truth and Tyranny” will take place on Sunday, September 25 following the matinee of Describe the Night (approx. 4:30 pm) at The Gamm Theatre, 1245 Jefferson Blvd., […]
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Gamm Theatre announces its 2022-23 season
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm), under the leadership of Artistic Director Tony Estrella and Managing Director Amy Gravell, this week announced its 2022-23 season of bold and compellingly human plays. Featuring five works for its intimate 185-seat theater, Season 38 starts in September with back-to-back Obie Award and Pulitzer Prize winners, followed by three more plays. The lineup also includes a limited run of It’s A […]
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Gamm Theatre to present Martyna Majok’s ‘Ironbound’ March 17- April 10,
WARWICK, RI (February 21, 2022) – The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) continues Season 37 with Martyna Majok’s Ironbound, a heartrending and also humorous drama about the dreams and realities of the American immigrant experience. Set in a gritty stretch of New Jersey, the play spans 22 years in the life of Darja, a Polish immigrant getting by on cleaning […]
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Theater Review: Superb “An Octoroon” makes a point at Gamm Theatre
You could best describe “An Octoroon” as a play surrounding a play. Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, his modern play incorporates another, written by Dion Boucicault in 1859. That play centers on a crumbling plantation in Louisiana, and the fight to control it and the people who call it home. One of those people is Zoe […]
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“Six Picks” Events: What to do in RI this weekend – An Octoroon, a Superstar, and the Bit Players
Saturday’s snowstorm may impact your weekend plans, so we’ve selected a few activities that are running on Friday and Sunday for “Six Picks” events this weekend. Have fun and be careful! Friday: Beat the snow, head to the Firehouse Theatre in Newport, and laugh out loud with the award-winning “Improv with the Bit Players” beginning […]
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Gamm Theatre launches fellowship program for emerging artists
WARWICK, RI (September 21, 2021) – The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announces the launch of its new Gamm Fellowship Program for emerging artists of color. The pilot cohort comprises three fellows hailing from Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and the University of Rhode Island. The 10-month program, in partnership with Rhode Island’s public institutions of higher education, is a paid fellowship designed […]
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The Gamm Theatre Announces Auditions for Season 37 (2021-2022)
WARWICK, RI (June 7, 2021) —The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is casting its 37th season and is accepting video submissions for Equity Principal Audtions. The first round of casting will not include an in-person audition. Call back dates are TBD and will be conducted via digital platform and/or in person as public health/professional safety protocols evolve. The […]
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Gamm Theatre announces 2021-22 season
WARWICK, RI (June 3, 2021) —The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm), today announced its plans to reopen for Season 37 (2021-22) with a five-play lineup beginning at the end of September 2021. The season includes an Obie award-winner, a premiere of a late 19th century classic re-invented for our pandemic year, the regional premiere of a […]
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Gamm Theatre to present a virtual staged reading of “A Lie Agreed Upon” June 11
WARWICK, RI (May 10, 2021) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present the premiere of A LIE AGREED UPON by Tony Estrella, a brand-new version of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. The play will be aired live digitally on Friday, June 11 at 7:30pm and be available through The Gamm’s website (www.gammtheatre.org/lie) for three days following the […]
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Gamm Theatre Announces Upcoming Classes and Workshops
PLAYWRIGHTS WORKSHOP Instructor: Dave Rabinow January 21 – March 11This course is designed to support writers in any stage of the writing process, whether you have a project in the works or are looking for inspiration! Each week, at least one student will have their work read by local actors followed by a discussion/workshop. This […]
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The Public’s Radio and the Gamm Theatre to Present “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”
WARWICK, RI (December 2, 2020) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) and The Public’s Radio (89.3FM) have teamed up to co-produce the timeless classic It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, which is above all, a celebration of the human spirit at a time when that spirit is collectively challenged. Thanks to the […]
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Gamm Theatre to Present “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” Friday, Nov. 6
Join Warwick’s Gamm Theatre tomorrow at 7:30pm on their Facebook page or YouTube page for the Season 2 premiere of BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE, hosted by Gamm Artistic Director, Tony Estrella! Special Guest: Andrew BurnapAndrew was recently nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play for his turn as Toby Darling in Matthew Lopez’ The Inheritance. Hear about his experiences as Valentine in Two Gentlemen […]
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Gamm Theatre to Delay Season Until Fall 2021
WARWICK, RI (October 1, 2020) – The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announces that it will delay the opening of its Season 36 subscription season until fall 2021. With the previously planned 5-play lineup on hold, the organization will focus its efforts on virtual programming and education initiatives, as well furthering its commitment to becoming […]