Trinity Rep Comes to the RIHS for Holiday Open House??
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) ??? In celebration of the season, the Rhode Island Historical Society will open the doors of the Aldrich House to all on Saturday, December 10, with festivities including food, crafts, music, and special guests.
Trinity Repertory Company Artistic Director Curt Columbus and Assistant Artistic Director Tyler Dobrowsky will present ???Fashioning a Christmas Carol,??? a talk about the creative process behind producing annual performances of the treasured Dickens classic.????
In addition, the Very Merry Dickens Carolers will perform. Throughout the afternoon, guests may enjoy handmade cookies prepared by RIHS staff, docents, and volunteers, while getting crafty with holiday ornaments.
The RIHS???s annual Holiday Open House is free and open to the public.
About the Rhode Island Historical Society
Founded in 1822, the RIHS is the fourth-oldest historical society in the United States and is Rhode Island???s largest and oldest historical organization, as well as its only Smithsonian Affiliate. In Providence, the RIHS owns and operates the John Brown House Museum, a designated National Historic Landmark, built in 1788; the Aldrich House, built in 1822 and used for administration and public programs; and the Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center, where archival, book and image collections are housed. In Woonsocket, the RIHS manages the Museum of Work and Culture, a community museum examining the industrial history of northern Rhode Island and of the workers and settlers, especially French-Canadians, who made it one of the state???s most distinctive areas.??
About the Trinity Repertory Company
Since its founding in 1963, Trinity Repertory Company has been one of the most respected regional theaters in the country. Featuring one of the last long-standing resident acting companies in America, Trinity Rep presents a balance of world premiere, contemporary, and classic works for an estimated annual audience of 120,000. Over the past fifty years, the theater has produced a number of celebrated world premieres, mounted national and international tours, trained hundreds of new actors and directors through its MFA programs (now in association with Brown University) and has consistently been a pioneer in arts education for people of all ages and abilities. Since 1973, Trinity Rep’s home has been the Lederer Theater Center, a historic landmark built as the Majestic Theatre in 1917. With an annual budget of $7.4 million, the theater employs over 100 artistic and administrative staff and annually generates nearly $12 million in economic activity. In 1981 it won the Regional Theatre Tony Award, and in 2014 it was named the State Theater of Rhode Island.