The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre

Gamm Theater at the Armory

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (aka The Gamm) is a non-profit theater in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is housed in the Pawtucket Armory Center for the Arts along with the J.M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

History

The theatre was founded in 1984 as Alias Stage by seven members of the graduating class of Trinity Rep Conservatory.

In 1998, the theatre staged its last performance as the Alias Stage - a staging of King Lear - before being renamed as the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre due to receiving a donation of about $100,000 from Alan Shawn Feinstein in memory of his sister. The theater was close to shutting in 2001 when it had to move from a church on Mathewson Street in Providence. The theater was in the Providence, Rhode Island Jewelry District in cramped accommodation until 2003, when it moved to a new 124-seat stage in an old police garage, part of the Pawtucket Armory Center.

Seasons

25th anniversary season

• Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr.
• Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) dir. Tony Estrella
• Shakespeare in Rep! – Much Ado About Nothing & Romeo and Juliet
• The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello
• 4:48 Psychosis (Sarah Kane) dir. Tony Estrella
• The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr.
• Rock 'n' Roll (Tom Stoppard) dir. Judith Swift

2008–09 Season

• Don Carlos (Friedrich Schiller adapted by Tony Estrella) dir. Tony Estrella
• An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde) dir. Judith Swift
• Awake and Sing! (Clifford Odets) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr.
• Grace (Mick Gordon & A.C. Grayling) dir. Tony Estrella
• The Scarlet Letter (Phyllis Nagy adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne) dir. Judith Swift

2007–08 Season

• The Elephant Man (Bernard Pomerance) dir. Tony Estrella
• Nixon's Nixon (Russell Lees) dir. Judith Swift
• The Pillowman (Martin McDonagh) dir. Peter Sampieri
• Boston Marriage (David Mamet) dir. Judith Swift
• The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare) dir. Peter Sampieri

2006–07 Season

• Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht) dir. Tony Estrella
• The SantaLand Diaries and Season’s Greetings (David Sedaris adapted by Joe Mantello) dir. Chris Byrnes and Wendy Overly
• Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: A Hand Witch of the Second Stage (Peter Barnes) dir. Peter Sampieri, One for the Road, Press Conference (Harold Pinter), Catastrophe (Samuel Beckett) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr
• Sin: A Cardinal Deposed (Michael Murphy) dir. Judith Swift
• Radio Free Emerson (Paul Grellong) dir. Peter Sampieri

2005–06 Season

• Crime & Punishment (Adapted by Marilyn Campbell & Curt Columbus, from the Novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky) dir. Peter Sampieri
• Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare) dir. Tony Estrella
• The Lonesome West (Martin McDonagh) dir. Judith Swift
• Top Girls (Caryl Churchill) dir. Wendy Overly
• La Bête (David Hirson) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr.

2004–05 Season

• An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen adapted by Arthur Miller) dir. Tony Estrella
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Jim Cartwright) dir. Judith Swift
• Red Noses (Peter Barnes) dir. Peter Sampieri
• Oleanna (David Mamet) dir. Judith Swift
• The Beard of Avon (Amy Freed) dir. Tony Estrella

2003–04 Season

• The Crucible (Arthur Miller) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr.
• A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Dylan Thomas) dir. Tony Estrella
• Aunt Dan & Lemon (Wallace Shawn) dir. Tony Estrella
• Barrymore (William Luce) dir. Fred Sullivan, Jr.
• Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare) dir. Judith Swift

External links

• The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre Website
• The Pawtucket Armory Center for the Arts
• J.M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts
• News coverage in Providence Journal