Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Performing Arts Schools, Theater

Mission: To reinvent the "public square" with dramatic art that stimulates, educates and engages the diverse community in a continuing dialogue through stage productions, a resident acting company, graduate training programs, lifelong learning and k-12 education programs.

Programs: During the 2016-2017 season, trinity repertory company produced seven plays: "beowulf: a thousand years of baggage, " "appropriate, " "a christmas carol, " "the mountaintop, " "a midsummer night's dream, " "faithful cheaters, sheep to water, or fuente ovejuna". Pay-what-you-can, open-captioning, and asl interpretation were provided for select performances. Trinity rep's shakespeare en el verano program toured a bilingual adaptation of "romeo & juliet" in free outdoor summer performances for an estimated audience of more than 2,500.Trinity rep's wide range of education programs, including project discovery student matinees, in-school artist residencies and workshops, professional development for teachers, after-school and summer programs, and the trinity rep active imagination network for children on the autism spectrum, served more than 21,000 k-12 students. Lifelong learning opportunities included pre- and post-show discussions, enrichment materials, and classes for adults.

the brown university/trinity rep mfa programs in acting and directing enrolled 50 students. This three-year program combines conservatory training with the practical experience of being connected to a professional theater and the academic credentials of an ivy league university. Mfa student productions included "the taming of the shrew", "a winter's tale", "mud "round and round "a map of virtue "our country's goodother classic, contemporary and new works.