Trinity Repertory Company (Trinity) in
Providence, RI recently announced that their 2008-2009 season will
begin and end with world premiere plays: Antigone Anew, written by artistic director Curt Columbus and Shapeshifter by Laura Schellhardt, who is playwright-in-residence at Trinity as part of an NEA/TCG fellowship.
The season continues with the dark comedy The Receptionist by Brown University MFA playwriting graduate Adam Bock, the American classic A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry , David Hare's family drama The Secret Rapture and Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Trinity's 45th Season schedule is as follows: Antigone Anew by Curt Columbus September 19 – October 26 in the Dowling Theater The Receptionist by Adam Bock Directed by Curt Columbus December 5 – January 11 in the Dowling Theater A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry 
 Directed by Brian McEleney January 30 – March 8 in the Chace Theater The Secret Rapture by David Hare
 Directed by Curt Columbus February 20 – March 29 in the Dowling Theater The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
 Directed by Beth Milles April 10 – May 17 in the Chace Theater Shapeshifter by Laura Schellhardt
 Directed by Laura Kepley May 1– June 7 in the Dowling Theater Trinity Rep Conservatory graduate Liesl Tommy will direct Trinity Rep's 32nd annual all-new production of Charles Dickens'A Christmas Carol, running November 21- December 31, 2008 For more information visit www.trinityrep.com