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This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

The Granite Theatre continues with its soft-opening and return to live stage performances and in-theatre audiences presenting TEA FOR THREE. Performances begin tomorrow night, August 20 and run through September 12.

Summer's heat can sometimes sneak up on you, as the days get longer and the sun seems to burn brighter and higher in the sky each day, the temperature rising until it becomes stifling, sweltering. Suddenly Last Summer, a one-act play by Tennessee Williams that currently being presented by Epic Theatre Company, also sneaks up on you, raising its own temperature ever so slightly during it's run time, until it boils over into the final shocking revelations of the final moments.

Epic Theatre Company is continuing its tradition of producing modern masterpieces in innovative and exciting new ways this January with Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams. The Gothic drama is an underrated gem with searing characterizations that careen toward an unforgettable ending.

“The Hollow” is another thriller in our continuing series of Agatha Christie mysteries.  The show opens September 6, 2019 and runs thru September 29 at the Granite Theatre.  Producer/Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson. 

"On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson is opening August 2, 2019 at the Granite Theatre. Often perceived as a serious drama, Artistic Director David Jepson says it is "both comedy and drama that often matches the funniest one liners of any Neil Simon. "On Golden Pond" will be the last opportunity for the audience to see the long time producing and acting team of David and Beth Jepson on stage together before their retirement at the end of this season. The show runs August 2 - 25, 2019

"The Curious Savage, John Patrick's crazy comedy is opening May 31, 2019 at the Granite Theatre.  "The Curious Savage" is a wonderful combination of humor, mystery and heart-warming sentimentality with a good message about trying to live your life to its fullest and not letting dreams go unfulfilled.  Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson.  The show runs May 31 - June 16, 2019

A Murder is Announced... and a good time is had by all.

"A Murder is Announced" by Leslie Darbon, adapted from Agatha Christie's novel is opening September 7 at the Granite Theatre.   Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson.  The show runs September 7 - 30, 2018.

'The Ladies Foursome" by Norm Foster is opening Friday June 1 at the Granite Theatre. The show is the follow-up to the hugely popular Foursome" from 2016. Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson. The show runs June 1 - 17, 2018

Fear not, theatre-goers: David Auburn's Proof, presented by the Renaissance City Theatre, Inc. at Westerly's plush Granite Theatre weekends through May 12th, may contain talk of mathematicians and theorems, but to consider this merely a "play about math" would be disingenuous.

'Proof' by David Auburn is opening April 27 at the Granite Theatre. 'Proof' is an intriguing play that asks the question - can madness be inherited? Can genius? Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson. The show runs April - May 12, 2018

"Proof" by David Auburn is opening April 27 at the Granite Theatre.  "Proof" is an intriguing play that asks the question - can madness be inherited?  Can genius? Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson. The show runs April - May 12, 2018

CALENDAR GIRLS is a charming story about some Yorkshire women who think outside the box in order to raise money to celebrate one of their late husbands.  The ladies of the Women's Institute sell a calendar every year as a fundraiser, but the calendar is usually pictures of local churches or similar.  This time, they decide to get a bit risque', but also run the risk of running afoul of the head of the national Women's Institute.  It's a charming play that is genuinely funny, and the cast of the Granite Theatre are clearly enthusiastic, unfortunately the production is marred by numerous technical elements that normally an audience doesn't even notice, but when they do, it creates something that's hard to watch.

The Granite Theatre of Westerly, announces the opening of Tim Firth's delightful comedy "Calendar Girls" is the true and "revealing story" of a women's group in England who decided to drop everything to raise money for a new settee for the hospital waiting room in honor of one's husband who died of leukemia.  The news of the "alternative calendar" charitable venture spread like wildfire and ultimately raised over a million dollars.  Alternately dazzlingly funny and shamelessly sentimental this delightful play tells the story of their journey.  The show opens Friday June 30, 2017 and runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm through July 30, 2017.   Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson.

Renaissance City Theatre Inc., the producing entity at the Granite Theatre of Westerly announces the opening Agatha Christie's 'Black Coffee'. The show opens Friday September, 2016 and runs all Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm through October 2, 2016. Producer/ Artistic Director for the theatre is David Jepson. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

An exceptional 23 person cast will open a limited engagement of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at CoA at the Alexandria (3rd floor).

An exceptional 23 person cast will open a limited engagement of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at CoA at the Alexandria (3rd floor).

An exceptional 23 person cast will open a limited engagement of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at CoA at the Alexandria (3rd floor).