Trinity Rep set to host annual Season Kick-Off Party on Sunday, Sept. 10

PROVIDENCE — Trinity Rep invites the public to celebrate the upcoming theater season at its third annual Season Kick-Off Party, Sunday, Sept. 10, from 12 to 7 p.m.

Full of games, crafts, shopping, performances and food, the event offers theater fans and families the opportunity to gather at Trinity Rep to connect with one other and artists to kick-off the upcoming season. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at Trinity Rep, 201 Washington St. in Providence, and in the adjacent Adrian Hall Way.

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Outdoors on Adrian Hall Way between 12 and 3 p.m., the party includes games including Giant Jenga and Connect Four, face painting and stage make-up effects, and food trucks. A pop-up outdoor shopping market from The Providence Flea will also fill Adrian Hall Way at this time, filled with local vendors and community members. Free, interactive instruction installations will also take place including Make-Your-Own Comic Books with Dean Surdarsky, Tap Dancing with Orlando Hernández, Herbs and Smudge Sticks with Rachel Playe, Active Games and Singing with Vatic Kuumba, and Color Book MuralMaking with Walker Mettling. Artist performances will also be happening throughout Adrian Hall Way between 12 and 3 p.m.

Inside the Trinity Rep building, staff will be offering free building tours every hour on the hour through 6 p.m., a bar open for purchase for drinks from 12 to 7 p.m., and a special Props and Costume Sale from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Members of the Trinity Rep acting company and the artistic staff will offer a special sneak peek performance of the upcoming Trinity Rep season in the Chace Theater from 6 to 7 p.m.

“The fall is such a special time in Providence – everyone is savoring the last days of good weather, the students come back, and the theaters launch their seasons. We love celebrating the incoming year of creativity with artists and audiences from across the city and state,” said Community Engagement Coordinator Rebecca Noon. “This year's party is happening primarily outside on Adrian Hall Way, and we're inviting lots of different kinds of interactive artists to make it really lively, theatrical, and great for people of all ages. The Providence arts community is incredibly creative and inventive, and so I know it's going to be kind of outrageous and super fun.”

Performing participants include DJ Jerediah Gonzalez, Arte Latino of New England (ALNE), Head Trick Theater, OUT LOUD Theatre, Stray Creatives, Swamp Meadow Community Theatre, Tenderloin Opera Company, The Players, theater of bewilderment, Y Sabes Quien Es? Iris Yunette/Grupo Arcoiris, Spectrum Theatre Ensemble, and Trinity Rep. (Performers and groups are subject to change.)

Subscriptions for the 2017-18 season 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/or to purchase tickets, call the box office at 401-351-4242 or visit Trinity Rep's website at