Wilbury Theatre Group
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Wilbury Theatre Group was founded in 2010. The name is a reference to the Traveling Wilburys.{{Cite web|url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2017/05/30/know-a-theatre-the-wilbury-theatre-group/|title=Know a Theatre: The Wilbury Theatre Group|last=Editors|first=American Theatre|date=2017-05-30|website=AMERICAN THEATRE|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> The group moved from the Southside Cultural Center to its own space in Olneyville in 2017.<ref>Susan McDonald. "New Season, New Spaces; Wilbury Theatre Group Finds A Home In Olneyville, While Burbage Theatre Company Moves To Pawtucket". Providence Journal, September 10, 2017 Sunday. <nowiki>https://advance-lexis-com.ccriezp.idm.oclc.org/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:5PFJ-MC11-JBKX-9122-00000-00&context=1516831</nowiki>. Accessed February 4, 2020.</ref> The group's artistic director, Josh Short, has been with the Wilbury Theatre since it began.
Since its founding, the Wilbury Theatre Group has produced over 100 shows. Productions have included Fun Home, Spring Awakening, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and works by prominent Rhode Island artists like Christopher Johnson, Vanessa Gilbert, and Vatic Kuumba, and Rebecca Noon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewilburygroup.org/history.html|title=Production History|last=|first=|date=|website=www.thewilburygroup.org|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
The theater also supports the creation of new works through its Studio W program, offers acting classes, actor and playwright residencies, and community outreach.
Wilbury Theatre Group started Rhode Island's fringe festival, FringePVD, in 2014. It is the largest fringe theater festival in New England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-england%E2%80%99s-largest-fringe-festival-kicks-off-this-week-in-providence/ar-AAEO1JG|title=New England’s largest Fringe Festival kicks off in Providence|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
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Category:Theatre in Rhode Island
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