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'''Mixed Magic Theatre''' is a non-profit theater and performance venue at Lorraine Mills in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Mixed Magic Theatre was founded in 2000 by Bernadet and Ricard Pitts-Wiley. It was originally located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The theatre relocated to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 2005. In 2007 Mixed Magic officially altered its mission to "bring diverse stories to the stage."<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152421C79D42EBC8|title=DIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT - Mixed Magic founder helps create theater legacy|last=STEPH|first=MCKENNA|date=26 February 2012|newspaper=Providence Journal,"The Rhode Islander"|access-date=29 August 2019|page=D2}}</ref> The theatre added an outdoor amphitheater in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mybackyardnews.com/2017/12/14/lte-mixed-magic-theatre/|title=LTE: MIXED MAGIC THEATRE – My Backyard News|last=Hanley|first=Jim|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
In addition to producing plays, the theatre acts as a venue for local and national performers. Mixed Magic also produces a set of regular programs, including Rise to Black, a theater series featuring scenes from the works of black artists<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/rhode-island/article/Mixed-Magic-Theatre-To-Begin-New-Performance-Series-RISE-TO-BLACK-20190203|title=Mixed Magic Theatre To Begin New Performance Series RISE TO BLACK|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> and the Exult Choir, the theatre's resident choir, formed in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mybackyardnews.com/2019/04/11/exult-chior-revival-days/|title=EXULT CHOIR "REVIVAL DAYS" – My Backyard News|last=Hanley|first=Jim|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
The theatre has attracted international attention for producing ''Moby Dick: Then and Now'', an interpretation of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick by Ricardo Pitts-Willey. The production featured two casts, an adult company that portrayed the Melville version of the story, and a youth cast where the actors portrayed a story where the white whale is cocaine.<ref name=":1" /> The play traveled to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.,<ref>Gray, Channing. "Mixed Magic's Moby Dick to play Kennedy Center." Providence Journal (RI), All ed., sec. Lifebeat, 6 Oct. 2008, pp. D-01. NewsBank, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1524251E736A6638. Accessed 10 July 2019.</ref> and the International Melville Conference held by the Melville Society in Poland in 2007.
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Category:Theatres in Rhode Island Category:Music venues in Rhode Island