Trinity Rep ends their Spring season with Ragtime, a musical, set in 1906, that reflects the country’s political and social climate at that time. The cast is packed with current MFA students: Alexander De Vasconcelos Matos, Evan Andrew Horwitz, Olivia Miller, Antonio Michael Woodard, and alums Mia Ellis ’12 MFA, Rebecca Gibel ’10 MFA, Charlie Thurston ’12 MFA, and Jude Sandy ’09 MFA. Based on a novel of the same name, the show tackles race, women’s rights, immigration, and workers’ rights. Ragtime runs through May 27. Learn more.

The National Science Foundation has selected 30 Brown University students and alumni, including nine current graduate students, to receive funding for graduate study under the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). “Brown University graduate and undergraduate students have again done an excellent job distinguishing themselves as outstanding scholars by being named NSF GRFP fellows,” said Andrew Campbell, dean of Brown’s Graduate School.  

Current Brown/Trinity Rep master's student María Gabriela Rosado González and alumnus Daniel Duque-Estrada ’13 MFA star in the play, Native Gardens running through May 6 at the Dowling Theatre. Native Gardens is a comedy about neighbors, the American dream, and what happens when fictional and literal fences are built. Learn mo

Directed by MFA student Mauricio Salgado for his senior thesis show, An Acorn, runs March 1-11 at the Pell Chafee Performance Center. The play deals with humanity’s response to a crisis and how memory, grief, and finding each other can save us all. Salgado said he was drawn to the play for its observations on how humans handle traumatic and shocking events. He is a first generation US artist pursuing justice and healing through a decolonial framework. Learn more.