08-09 Season Announcement Curt Columbus Announces 45th Season of Plays:

A Raisin in Sun, Importance of being earnest, world premieres & more

PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Rep is proud to announce its 2008-2009 Season will begin and end with world premiere plays: The Dreams of Antigone (formerly Antigone Anew), written by artistic director Curt Columbus and Shapeshifter by Laura Schellhardt, who is playwright-in-residence at Trinity as part of an NEA/TCG fellowship. The season continues with the dark comedy The Receptionist by Brown MFA playwriting graduate Adam Bock (December-January), the beloved American classic A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (January–March), David Hare's family drama The Secret Rapture (February–March) and Oscar Wilde’s best-loved comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest (April–May).

New this season is a unified curtain time of 7:30 PM for all performances (except for 2PM matinees) and A Christmas Carol, which has a separate schedule.