Wilbury Group Makes America Great Again with p[remiere of UI [oo-ey]

The Wilbury Theatre Group is proud to announce that it has made America great again with its upcoming production of Ui [oo-ey], September 15-October 1, 2016.
Directed by Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short and featuring a cast of 14 of The Wilbury Group's most patriotic actors, Ui [oo-ey] is an innovative new adaptation that uses The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht and Party Time & New World Order by Harold Pinter as it's source material. Audiences are assured that the very existence of this production solves any and all social and economic problems (real or imagined) facing Americans today.

Ui [oo-ey] runs September 15-October 1 at The Wilbury Theatre Group, 393 Broad Street, Providence RI. Tickets are $15-$25. Call 401-400-7100 or order online at thewilburygroup.org/ui-oo-ey. About Ui [oo-ey] What's old is new again in this fresh (and fascist) mash-up of two of the greatest dramatists of all time. Brecht's Arturo Ui is the funny, sharp and thrilling take on the rise of Hitler shot through with Brecht's razor-sharp wit. Pinter's Party Time and New World Order paint a terrifying portrait of the culpable indifference of a privileged class, of the cruelty engendered in its members by political disruption, and of their merciless extinction of dissent. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche - from Al Capone to Shakespeare's Richard III and Goethe's Faust - Ui creates a hilariously comic and darkly condemnatory tale of the persistence of fascism and the inevitable rise of those unlikely leaders who rise to power by preying on the fear of the masses.
"There's been a lot of talk about making America great again lately," says Artistic Director and area-man Josh Short, "and you know we kind of thought somebody else would do it. So we were just like waiting around, you know? But then when nobody else stepped up we figured, ok I guess we'll do it. So, there you go America. We can't wait to share it with you."

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Ui [oo-ey]
Adapted from The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, and Party Time & New World Order by Harold Pinter
?Directed by Josh Short

CAST (in alphabetical order)
Julia Bartoletti Ben Conant Rachel Dulude Tom Grace Diego Guevara Daraja Hinds Sarah Leach Katrina Pavao Melissa Penick Vince Petronio Josh Short Andrew Stigler David Tessier Phoenyx Williams

CREATIVE TEAM
Scenic Design by Josh Christofferson
Costume Design by Meg Donnelly
Sound & Light Design by Andy Russ Stage Management by Rachel Marshall

CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES Thursday, September 15, 7:30pm
Friday, September 16, 7:30pm
Saturday, September 17, 7:30pm
Sunday, September 18, 7:30pm
Monday, September 19, 7:30pm PRESS
Thursday, September 22, 7:30pm
Friday, September 23, 7:30pm
Saturday, September 24, 7:30pm
Thursday, September 29, 7:30pm
Friday, September 30, 7:30pm
Saturday, October 1, 7:30pM

Founded in 2010, The Wilbury Group is an ever-evolving collaboration of artists committed to presenting adventurous audiences with the highest quality professional theatre. Founded on the belief that quality theatre should be an affordable and accessible means of enrichment to the community; The Wilburys present contemporary, experiential theatre that simultaneously engage, inspire, and provoke thought among audiences.

As the official resident theatre company in the historic Trinity Square Theater at the Southside Cultural Center, The Wilbury Theatre Group is committed to providing our diverse and evolving community with affordable access to the performing arts through our Education program, public outreach programs, and professional productions of cutting-edge theatre from around the world.

The Wilbury Group's 2016/17 season is supported by The Avery Providence, The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Revival Brewing Company, and the City of Providence Dept. of Art, Culture, & Tourism.

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