Trinity Rep Hosts 2017 Project Discovery Gala 11/15

Trinity Repertory Company announces its 2017 Project Discovery Gala Flights of Fancy, which celebrates and supports education programs at Trinity Rep. The event will be held in Warwick's Textron Airplane Hangar and will feature cocktails, light dinner, fun and laughter, plus a live auction and a Shakespeare cabaret performed by Trinity Rep resident actors. Flights of Fancy is co-chaired by Alison & Larry Eichler and Suzanne & Ira Magaziner. The event committee includes Richard Beretta, Martha Douglas-Osmundson, Rebecca Gibel & Charlie Thurston, Laura Harris, Sally Herreid, Heidi Keller Moon, Kibbe & Tom Reilly, and Barbara & Larry Schoenfeld.

The program begins at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, November 15, at the Textron Airplane Hangar, 566 Airport Road, Warwick, RI. Tickets are now available at www.TrinityRep.com/event/flights-of-fancy-the-2017-project-discovery-gala/ or by phone at (401) 453-9237.

Party in an Airplane Hangar

The Textron Aiplane Hangar is a private facility operated by Textron, the Rhode Island-based aviation company. Tours of a Textron aircraft will be offered during the gala. Light dinner will be provided B. Russell Morin Fine Catering. A live auction and Shakespeare Cabaret begins at 7:00 pm with auctioneer Joe Wilson, Jr. (the star of this season's A Christmas Carol), and performances by beloved Trinity Rep company actors. Guests can bid on items including Broadway theater tickets, great sports packages, an exclusive high-end whiskey tasting, and a one-of-a-kind Trinity Rep house party. The evening wraps up with dessert and mingling.

Education at Trinity Rep

Funds raised at the Flights of Fancy gala will support education programs at Trinity Rep, whose dedication to education through art is one of its guiding principles as the State Theater of Rhode Island. At the center of the gala's focus is Project Discovery, which has given access to live professional theater to more than 1.4 million students and offers study guides, in-school workshops, and residencies for students, as well as professional development and preview nights for teachers.

Education at Trinity also includes Creative Classrooms, an arts integration program that builds community and develops 21st century skills in the classroom; the Young Actors Summer Institute (YASI), which offers electives such as playwriting, musical theater, and Shakespeare to youth in the summer; Studio Classes taught year-round by Trinity Rep's artistic and education staff and company members; Trinity Zoo, the company's teen improv troupe; Teen Ambassadors, who meet 2-3 times a month and see mainstage productions free of charge, as well as attending master classes with staff; the Write Here! Write Now! playwriting competition; and the Trinity Rep Active Imagination Network (TRAIN), which uses drama as therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Trinity Rep reaches nearly 20,000 K-12 students each year through its education programming. More info is at www.trinityrep.com/engagement.

Sponsors

Sponsors for the Flights of Fancy Project Discovery Gala are:

CHAMPION ($2,500)

Liz Chace

Alison & Larry Eichler

Suzanne & Ira C. Magaziner

Barbara & Larry Schoenfeld

Ken Sigel & Sarah Kelly

Russell Morin Fine Catering

Textron

BELIEVER ($1,000)

All Occasion Transportation

DBVW Architects

Joe & Sally Dowling

Laura Harris

Jeffrey W. Kasle

Heidi Keller Moon

Tom Parrish

Kibbe & Tom Reilly

Alec Stais & Elissa Burke

Donna & Jack Vanderbeck

Don & Kitty Wineberg

?Official Airline of Trinity Rep: Southwest Airlines

Trinity Repertory Company

Rhode Island's Tony Award-winning theater, Trinity Rep has created unparalleled professional theater for and with its community since its founding in 1963. Trinity Rep strives to facilitate human connection and has been a driving force behind the creativity that fuels and defines the region for more than 50 years.

Trinity Rep is committed to reinventing the public square and inspiring dialogue by creating emotionally-stimulating live productions that range from classical to contemporary and innovative education programs for all ages and abilities. Its annual production of A Christmas Carol has brought families together for 40 years and made memories for over a million audience members.

Subscriptions for the 2017-18 season are now on sale. The season includes Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau, Into the Breeches! by George Brant, Othello by William Shakespeare, Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías, and Ragtime by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow. For more information and to purchase tickets, call the box office at (401) 351-4242 or visit Trinity Rep's website at www.TrinityRep.com.

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