A bevy of volunteers joined us Sunday afternoon for Prop-Making at the MAP Clubhouse! Actors, directors, and MAP supporters worked together to design animals, signs, trophies, landscapes, and more…Come to the plays this weekend to see the finished products!  

  We were thrilled to be invited to perform segments of our Be My Ally: the upstander play last week on GoodNewsRI, which will air in April on local cable networks. More info: https://www.facebook.com/pages/GoodNEWSRI/480559045295282  

Meet Emily, our newest VISTA! Hi! I’m Emily Oglesby, the new VISTA member at MAP, here to help build and refine sustainable marketing and fundraising practices. Yesterday I got a great introduction to the organization–I was lucky enough to share my first day at the Clubhouse with the new class of first-time playwrights, whose plays […]

We are thrilled to be receiving a 2014 Major Grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to support our programs. MAP’s artistic director Meg Sullivan was asked to be on the speaking panel at The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities announcement of major grant awards. The following are her remarks: Hello, I’m […]

MAP featured in Providence Monthly – February 2014 http://issuu.com/providencemedia/docs/pm_0214/61?e=2031222%2F6470063

Press release for Be My Ally: the upstander play “MAP presents new plays by kids about allies and upstanders” (Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) will stage its next performance, “BE MY ALLY: the upstander play” February 14-16th 2014. Performances will take place at 7pm on Friday, and 3pm on Saturday and Sunday, in the […]

January 25th, 2014 Q&A with Elicia Welch – MAP’s VISTA Q: What is the most recent playwriting adventure happening at MAP? EW: The kids are taking a serious approach to a difficult subject as they prepare to write Be My Ally: the Upstander play! The 5th graders at MAP are teaming up to come up […]