Rebecca Gilman's provocative and prize-winning play Spinning Into Butter takes place on a quiet college campus in Vermont. Racist letters found on the door of an African-American student precipitate a turbulent situation that Sarah Daniels, the liberal Dean of Students must investigate. Gilman's play provides insights into contemporary issues of racism and political correctness in a challenging, sometimes comic, and often disturbing way.
URI Fine Arts Center, Oct. 14-16, 7:30pm; Oct. 17, 3:00pm; Oct. 21-23, 7:30pm; Oct. 24, 3:00pm
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