“New short plays by kids celebrate the 100th birthday of National Parks” (Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) will stage its next performance: May 5-8th. Performances will take place at 7pm on Thursday and Friday, and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, in the Blackbox at AS220 on Empire Street downtown. There will be a […]

WORK IT OUT: the work and labor play WORK IT OUT: The Work and Labor Play is the culminating performance of The Manton Avenue Project’s TAG TEAM program, an afterschool playwriting course held at MAP’s Clubhouse in Olneyville. Nine young playwrights, 5th and 6th graders, will collaborate on a play about work.  For this project, The […]

 “New collaborative play about work and labor written by 5th and 6th grade MAP playwrights” February 1, 2016 (Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) will stage its next performance: WORK IT OUT: The work and labor play, March 10-13, 2016. Performances will take place at 7pm on Thursday and Friday, and 2pm on Saturday […]

INTO THE DEEP: The Narragansett Bay Plays! December 3-6 AS220 Blackbox       What do a squid, a ghost ship, and Ida Lewis have in common? The Narragansett Bay, of course! Join us as 4th grade playwrights at The Manton Avenue Project tackle this history of our beautiful bay and the challenges we face […]

RISCA AWARDS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS CULTURAL FACILITIES GRANT TO DEVELOP NEW THEATRE SPACE FOR MAP AND OTHERS IN OLNEYVILLE January 11, 2016 (Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) is thrilled to announce that their partners at ONE Neighborhood Builders are recipients of a competitive RISCA Cultural Facilities Grant to transform unused space at the […]

For Immediate Release: November 8th, 2015 “New plays by kids, performed by adults, about Narragansett Bay!” (Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) will stage its next performance: “INTO THE DEEP: The Narragansett Bay Plays!” December 3-6, 2015. Performances will take place at 7pm on Thursday and Friday, and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, in […]

Youth Playwrights Tackle Teamwork in the “Sports Plays” (Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) is proud to announce our next play festival of original works by nine young Olneyville playwrights aged 9-16. “Go Team: the sports plays” will be presented at AS220’s 95 Empire theatre from July 30th – August 2nd, 7pm on Thursday […]

Amanda Burgess is the 2015-2016 AmeriCorps VISTA with MAP. Amanda believes in the intrinsic value of individuals, mentors, and collaboration. As a performing artist, Amanda is a part of the duo Brian4Ever, a performance art satire based around business and finance, as the fictional CEO of a paper company called Computer Computer Paper. During off […]

We hope you’ll join us next week at “Go Team: The Sports Plays!” The illustrations below will give you a taste of the different stories our young playwrights have written about, stories about teamwork, competition and friendship in the sports of baseball, bowling, cheerleading, soccer, track, boxing, and more . Illustrations by Reilly Sullivan Sanders, […]

We are proud to announce the completion of our 2015 Strategic Plan, a result of a consultancy with Cause & Effect’s Gayle Gifford, ACFRE, funded with a grant from the Rhode Island Foundation. This 6-month project included interviews with community members, staff, volunteers, young people, and parents, to help us plan for long-term organizational durability. […]