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Fringe 2022 HUMANITIES DISCUSSION

Mayoral Forum on the Arts

7pm Monday, July 25
FRINGEPVD 2022 Humanities Discussion:

Mayoral Forum ON THE ARTS

A panel discussion with the Providence Mayoral candidates on the role of arts and culture in our city, hosted by Don Mays and The Public's Radio. 
​

Monday, July 25
7pm-9pm

Listen to the recording via The Public's Radio.


Presented at the WaterFire Arts Center
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ABOUT THE Host

PictureDony Mays
Don Mays is a Writer, Filmmaker, Director, and Photographer based in Providence. As a filmmaker, Mays has one feature film, one HBO short film, a documentary and several short films and scripts to his credit. As a theatre director, Mays has worked with several local theaters including The Providence Black Rep and The Wilbury Theatre Group, where his film work appeared in Decameron, Providence, and as Director of Hype Man: a break-beat play and Miss You Like Hell. Most recently, Mays has used his photography skills to document the uprising in association with the Black Lives Matters movement. His audioplay series God Talks to an Agnostic ​is currently in it's second season on The Public's Radio. 

FRINGE 2026: July 12-18, 2026


​FRINGEPVD : The Providence Fringe Festival®
​​IS PRESENTED BY
 THE WILBURY THEATRE GROUP
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  • Home
  • 2025 Shows
    • 50% of Presence
    • A Wolf in Ex's Clothing
    • Actress Waiting to Audition
    • An Outer Bounds Sketch Comedy Show
    • And the Band Plays On
    • Apocalypse King; Or, the legacy of small hands (an anti-anti intellectual play) also known as, No one panic! It’s just late stage capitalism!
    • Beastly: An Autobiographical Feminist Folk Tale
    • Blue Cow Bells: Six Short Plays
    • Cabaret Jeté
    • Childhood Nostalgia
    • Chin Up
    • CHRONIC PAin au chocolat
    • Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins
    • Connecting the Dots
    • Drunken Folk Music
    • Escape from the Zoo
    • Fatso Goes to McDonald's (and other short plays)
    • fidget. spinster.
    • Folk Music for the 21st Century
    • franny keeps live
    • God and Manic Depression
    • Golden Arches
    • How Much Can You Change for Someone You Love?
    • How to Get a Second Husband
    • husk/vessel
    • I Am Going To Die (And All They Gave Me Were These Lousy Cupcakes)
    • I Love You, Satan
    • In A Minute
    • Jacob and the Jellyfish
    • Life's Canvas
    • Literary Monsters
    • Marge the Pizza Presents: A Slice of Life
    • Me'leven
    • MetroGnome: A Fully Improvised Musical
    • Modern Butchood
    • Morality Play
    • Ms. Steak's Mistakes
    • Murder, Meth and Mayhem: a folk opera
    • Escape from the Zoo
    • Obsessive Comedy Disorder
    • Of Petals and Fire
    • One Dead, One Alive
    • Oops! All Songs - One Providence Place: A Mall Musical
    • Persistence
    • Pierrot < 3 Moon
    • Piggy Wants to Fly
    • PROMISCUOUS METALS
    • RHODE DAWN!!!
    • Shelter from the Storm
    • The Call to Adventure: An Improvised Epic
    • THE CALLING, or BROKE
    • "The Clothes Make The Man: A Loving Satire On 'Mrkn Fashion Featuring 'The Man In White' And The Developing Country Band"
    • the estate sale
    • The Farm
    • The Fear is Becoming Normal
    • The Gospel According to Susan: Confessions of a (Transgender) Serial Killer
    • The Greatest Betrayal
    • The Lady of Shalott
    • The Navel Gazers
    • The Stronger
    • The Waste Land
    • Too Fat for China
    • Travel “Whore”: The Backside of International Relations
    • Trolley Stop(s)
    • Two Passengers
    • Unscripted: The Everchanging One Act Play
    • Whatever Fate Decides
    • When Cayden Came
    • WomenInShorts Part Deux
    • "Would I Lie to You?" Played by PIG Performers
    • Zauber Magic Flute Enchantée
  • Special Events
    • "Let's Fringe!" Opening Night Party
    • Busking at the Fringe!
    • Open Mic Night
    • Motion State Arts Dance Classes
    • Artist Mixer
    • Sims Ave Fest + Family Fringe!
    • Haus of Codec LGBTQQIA+ Resource Fair & ART Marketplace
    • ACCESSIBILITY IS BEAUTIFUL
    • Playwrights’ Mixer @ LitArts RI
    • Closing Party
  • Venues
    • 50 SIMS
    • ALCO
    • Buttonwoods Brewery
    • Farm Fresh
    • ISCO
    • LitArts RI
    • Riffraff
    • Teatro ECAS
    • The Providence Drum Troupe Clubhouse
    • The Steel Yard
    • Wilbury Theatre Group
  • About
    • 2025 Photo Gallery
    • Fringe Awards
    • FAQ's
    • About The Wilbury Theatre Group
  • Support