Nonprofit Theater · Rhode Island
The Phoenix Collective
“To empower and teach through the arts, using theater as a vehicle for education, creativity, and community connection.”
Before anyone stands on the set, they paint it.
From the summer
What a summer at The Arctic Playhouse looks like from the inside.
Rehearsals, build week and the 2026 performances of Oliver! The Musical at The Arctic Playhouse.
See all the platesSix weeks
From an empty stage in July to five nights in front of an audience in August.
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I6 Jul
The first morning at The Arctic Playhouse. A stage with nothing on it, and a summer to fill it.
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II9 Jul
Workshop. Before anyone learns a line, the company learns to take up space.
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III20 Jul
Games that look like play and are quietly technique: voice, timing, trusting the person beside you.
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IV23 Jul
Build week. Chairs, flats and a Victorian street, painted by the company that will live in them.
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V6 Aug
In costume, on the finished set. The tavern, the table, the street.
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VI13 Aug
Five nights at The Arctic Playhouse, in front of an audience.
Oliver! The Musical
Five public performances at The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, at the end of six weeks of work.