America Too: Providence Housing Crisis Free Event at Trinity Rep, Oct. 22

Trinity Rep’s annual America Too event will feature powerful, honest, and revealing short plays about Providence’s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, in partnership with D.A.R.E. (Direct Action for Rights and Equality)’s Tenants and Homeowners Association (THA). The event will be held at Trinity Rep on Monday, October 22 at 7:00 pm.

Written by local playwrights in collaboration with THA members, the collection of 5-minute plays will be inspired by conversation around prompts like: How has your neighborhood changed in the last 10 years? What is important to you about your neighborhood? What forces are at work in your neighborhood? How do they push you out? How do they draw you in? What do you want other people to know about your neighborhood?

Following the performance will be a community conversation on what we can do to create a city that works for everyone, and stops pushing out people who can no longer afford to live here.

The event features short plays by April Brown, Julia Izumi, Vatic Kuumba, Eli Nixon, David Rabinow, and Gina Rodriguez.

The event is free, but reservations are recommended. Call (401) 351-4242 or visit TrinityRep.com/America-too.