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Updated 4/20/2021

MIXED MAGIC THEATER & CULTURAL EVENTS

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Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Mixed Magic Theatre develops performing arts projects that forward its mission to "present a diversity of ideas and images on stage and use the theatre, and its related art forms as a way to build stronger, more literate, and arts-active communities" We "first think diverse" in our efforts to be inclusive.

Since the company's founding in 2000, Mixed Magic Theatre has developed and presented a wide variety of work including orginal adapatations of classic literature such as Moby Dick, Don Quixote and Frankenstein, to dramtic interpetations of speeches and letters by Martin Luther King. 

The company has also staged acclaimed orginal productions about iconic African-American figures such as Zora Neal Hurston, Maya Anjelou, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson and Martin Luther King.

In 2013 The Mixed Magic Exult Choir was formed to preserve and celebrate gospel music and its influence on contemporary and world music and the struggle for human rights. The choir, which also tours, presents 4 -6 concerts per year including its annual Greatness of Gospel Concert on Labor Day Weekend.

Mixed Magic has produced plays by emerging playwrigts including Kevin Broccoli and Alexis Inghram in additon to the work of August Wilson, Amiri Baraka, Stephen Addley Gurgis, Alfred Uhry and Ntozake Shange. as well as plays by William Shakespeare including King Lear, Othello, Taming of the Shrew, Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Comedy of Errors. Shakespeare's work has also been incorporated into original performaces that combined Shakespeare and gospel and hip-hop music to create Shakespeare in the Spirit and From the Bard to the Bounce: A Hip-Hop and Shakespeare Experience.

The company has a strong commitment to poetry with its presentations pf Poets on Fire, The Never Silent Voices and our monthly showcase of black and brown talent RIse to Black.

Along with the Exult Choir the company also offers touring productions of Reflections: Growing Up a Black Man in America, MLK's Beyond Vietnam and Letter From Birmingham City Jail, Fate Comes Knocking: MLK and the Foot Soliers of the Civil Rights Movement.

Find Me

Ricardo Pitts-Wiley
Job Title: Development Director
Phone: 4013057333
Address:
560 Mineral Spring Ave.
Box 100A
Pawtucket, RI 02860

Additional Content:

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2005

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2005

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Humanities - General

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Art Sales
  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Broadcast Production
  • Community Arts
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Venue Rental
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • People with Disabilities
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region
  • National

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts 2017

Awards

Awards:

  • Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts 2017

Artist Info

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • Rhode Island Education Roster

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • Rhode Island Education Roster

Venues for Rent/Use

Mixed Magic Theatre Mainstage, Stage Too Blackbox, Amphitheater
Venue Address: 560 Mineral Spring Ave. Pawtucket, RI 02860
Venue Phone: 4013057333
Venue Type: Theater
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $50
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $150
Venue Capacity: 90
Venue Accessibility: Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision. Facility is physically accessible (such as parking, entrances, accessible restrooms, seating, backstage).
Stage Details: Amphitheater / Concert Shell / Bandstand, Black Box, Proscenium Theater
Venue Seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
Venue Features: Climate Control, Dressing Room(s), Exhibition Walls, Light System / Track Lighting, Movie Screen / Projection Capabilities, Piano, Recording Equipment, Restaurant / Catering, Security, Sound System, WiFi
Trained Crew Available: Yes
Union Crew Available: No