Association will present “West Side Wednesdays”, a free outdoor performance

series that is part of “Celebrate Providence”–the City of Providence’s

Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative. Locally acclaimed bilingual ECAS

Theater, featuring Marlene Luna’s Feeling -Luna- Tic-A, will be the

opening performance on Wednesday, July 11th, from 6:30-7:30 at the Dexter

Training Grounds. (between Dexter and Parade

Streets, Providence).

Feeling Luna-Tic-A asks : What is real and what is imagined? Does art

imitate life, or vice versa? Marlene Luna, a young playwright and actor

originally from the Dominican Republic, set out to write a play that would

capture the humor, drama and anxiety that comes with being young and

bicultural in America today. In the process of doing so Marlene takes us on

a poignant and entertaining path through self-discovery. Bring your family,

your neighbors a blanket and a picnic and enjoy the show.

Also in this year’s series: Children’s singer and storyteller Bill Harley,

Wednesday, July 18th, Shadow puppetry and spoken word with New Urban Arts,

Wednesday, July 25th, and the Mary Day Band, Wednesday, August 1st. All

performances begin at 6:30pm at the Dexter Training Grounds.

This series is produced through a collaboration between the West Broadway

Neighborhood Association, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture

& Tourism, Providence Parks Department and Mayor David N. Cicilline. For