Ocean State Theatre Company, currently celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season as the not-for-profit producing entity at the historic Theatre By The Sea, is thrilled to present the Tony® Award-winning smash hit, God of Carnage. The Rhode Island Premiere presentation will enjoy a limited run at Theatre By The Sea from September 6 - 16.
The newest play from Yasmina Reza, the Tony® Award-winning author of Art, focuses on two sets of parents, who meet to discuss a fight between their sons at a nearby park. Although they set out to resolve the childhood quarrel with civility and maturity, they resort to childish antics themselves as the evening soon turns to chaos. Winner of both the Tony® and Olivier Awards for Best Play, the Broadway production was hailed as being “first class” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, “hilarious yet surprisingly thoughtful comedy” by the Associated Press, while David Rooney of Variety proclaimed “It's Reza's sharpest work since ‘Art.’" God of Carnage contains adult language and content.
Directed by Producing Artistic Director, Amiee Turner, who directed this season’s critically acclaimed production of The Sound of Music, the talented cast includes Broadway (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and film and television (The Nanny Diaries, Ed, “All My Children”) performer Kevin Kraft and bicoastal (New York and Los Angeles) actress Marianne Ferrari, whose solo play Guido Girl was performed off Broadway, as Alan and Annette Raleigh. In the roles of Michael and Veronica Novak are Robert Ierardi, who, in addition to his stage appearances, played the recurring role of the police dispatcher on “The Guiding Light” and Lisa Ann Goldsmith, who’s worked off Broadway (Manhattan Ensemble Theatre), regionally (Pittsburgh CLO, Tulsa Shakespeare in the Park) and in film (The Next Three Days, Love and Other Drugs, One for the Money). All four performers are making their Theatre By The Sea stage debuts.
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Audiences are invited to enhance their theatre experience, before or after the performance, by enjoying the lush seaside gardens, maintained by Dana Designs, which contain over 300 varieties of perennials, grasses, shrubs and climbing plants, offering a magical environment for flower lovers of all ages.
God of Carnage will be presented at Theatre By The Sea from September 6 - 16, with a preview performance on Thursday, September 6 at 7:30 pm and opening night on Friday, September 7 at 7:30 pm. Remaining performances are scheduled for Saturday, September 8 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm, Sunday, September 9 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm, Wednesday, September 12 at 7:30 pm, Thursday, September 13 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm, Friday, September 14 at 7:30 pm, Saturday, September 15 at 2:00 and 7:30 and Sunday, September 16 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm. The theatre is located at 364 Cards Pond Road, Matunuck, RI. Tickets are $30 for the preview performance, $30, $35 and $40 for the Thursday matinee and $39, $44 and $49 for all other performances. Discount rates for groups of 20 or more are available by calling (401) 782-3800 x18. $25 “Rush” tickets are available on a limited basis one hour prior to curtain on the day of the performance. Tickets are on sale at the box office Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, online anytime at www.theatrebythesea.com and via telephone during normal box office hours by calling (401) 782-TKTS (8587). The box office will also be open one hour prior to every performance.
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Shows are produced by Ocean State Theatre Company, an IRS designated not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. The purpose set forth by Ocean State Theatre Company, Inc. is to preserve and pass on the tradition of live, professional theatre — including the American Musical — and to pursue avenues of enrichment and education for the benefit of the state of Rhode Island and the surrounding region through the theatre arts.
