Season 23 Press Releases

GAMM THEATRE'S “SPRING CARNEVALE” A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
PAWTUCKET, RI (May 29, 2008) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) held its sixth annual fundraising party, Spring Carnevale, on Saturday, May 10, netting more than $68,000…

THE GAMM WINS FIRST ELLIOT NORTON AWARD Paul Grellong’s Radio Free Emerson Named “Outstanding New Script”
PAWTUCKET, RI (May 13, 2008) — The Boston Theatre Critics Association honored The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) with its first Elliot Norton Award last night at a ceremony at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater.

GAMM GOES GREEN! Wind Power Boosts Arts and Environment during The Taming of the Shrew
PAWTUCKET, RI (May 8, 2008) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to partner with People’s Power & Light (PP&L) to invest in Rhode Island’s sustainable future.

THE GAMM THEATRE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO SHAKESPEAREAN BATTLE OF THE SEXES  WITH UPROARIOUS, INSIGHTFUL TAMING OF THE SHREW
PAWTUCKET, RI (April 22, 2008) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) wraps up its 23rd  season with William Shakespeare’s most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew.

GAMM LITERACY PROGRAM GROWING WITH GREATER DEMAND Increased Financial and Community Support Put Pilot Program on Solid Footing
PAWTUCKET, RI (March 24, 2008) —Tony Estrella, artistic director for The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm), is pleased to report increasingly diversified financial support and growing community demand for the non-profit organization’s Pawtucket Literacy and Arts for Youth (PLAY) mid-way through the program’s second fiscal year.

NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE PRESENTS PRESTIGIOUS 2008 LEWIS HINE AWARD TO STEVE KIDD OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH
New York, NY, March 12, 2008--The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) today announced that Steve Kidd of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, will receive its prestigious Lewis Hine Award on March 31, 2008 in New York City.

THE GAMM HONORS OUT-GOING BOARD MEMBER FOR OUTSTANDING FUNDRAISING EFFORTS Collette Vacation’s Lynne Kelly Credited with Raising Nearly $2 Million in Revenue
PAWTUCKET, RI (March 18, 2008) —The board of The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) unanimously voted on February 19th to honor Lynne Kelly, out-going chair of the theater’s development committee and community outreach manager for Pawtucket-based Collette Vacations, for her outstanding fundraising efforts during her three and a half years on the theater’s board.

THE GAMM HOSTS SPRING CARNEVALE Venetian-style Festival to Benefit Theater’s Artistic and Educational Programs
PAWTUCKET, RI (March 3, 2008) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) invites arts supporters and revelers to dress for drama! Spring Carnevale, a Venetian-style festival and the non-profit theater’s sixth annual fundraising event, will be held on Saturday, May 10, from 7-10 p.m. at the Pawtucket Armory, 172 Exchange St.

THE GAMM THEATRE PRESENTS DAVID MAMET’S BOSTON MARRIAGE Wickedly Sharp Dialogue Pierces Victorian Veneer
PAWTUCKET, RI (February 22, 2008) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents Boston Marriage, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s drawing room comedy about two fashionable women involved in a “Boston Marriage”.

THE GAMM THEATRE PRESENTS RHODE ISLAND PREMIERE OF THE PILLOWMAN
PAWTUCKET, RI (January 2, 2008) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) presents the Rhode Island premiere of Martin McDonagh’s enthralling and edgy hit play The Pillowman.

Gamm Theatre's PLAY Program Harnesses High School Talent in Staging of Romeo and Juliet
PAWTUCKET, RI (December 5, 2007) — For the second year in a row, The Gamm Theatre's Pawtucket Literacy and Arts for Youth (PLAY) program highlights the best of the Bard with a joint production of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy Romeo and Juliet, featuring students from neighboring Tolman High School and Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND AT THE GAMM: David Sedaris’ The SantaLand Diaries & Season’s Greetings
PAWTUCKET, RI (November 13, 2007) — Crumpet and Jocelyn are back! The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to stage a limited engagement of David Sedaris’ The SantaLand Diaries & Season’s Greetings a year after the off-beat holiday show broke previous Gamm box office records.

GAMM THEATRE ANNOUNCES FIRST STRAIGHT TALK OF 2007-2008 SEASON A Program of the Pawtucket Humanities Forums Supported by RICH
PAWTUCKET, RI (October 29, 2007) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities are pleased to present “The Case of Sacco & Vanzetti: Immigration Then & Now”.

RUSSELL LEES’ NIXON’S NIXON AT THE GAMM THEATRE Lots of Laughter Amid Serious Speculation
PAWTUCKET, RI (October 8, 2007) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to present Nixon’s Nixon, Russell Lees’ tragically funny fact-based fiction surrounding the fall of President Richard Nixon.

THE GAMM THEATRE & VSA ARTS OF RHODE ISLAND SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON DISABILITY WITH ELEPHANT MAN EVENT
PAWTUCKET, RI (September 10, 2007) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) and VSA arts of Rhode Island are pleased to present a panel discussion with experts in the fields of theater and disability on Friday October 5 at 6:30 p.m., followed by an ASL-interpreted performance of Bernard Pomerance’s multi-award-winning play The Elephant Man.

THE ELEPHANT MAN AT THE GAMM Critically Acclaimed Drama Sets the Stage for New Season
PAWTUCKET, RI (August 10, 2007) — The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens Season 23 with Bernard Pomerance’s masterful, multi-award-winning play, The Elephant Man.