PPAC Hosts Community Food Drive to Benefit We Share Hope on Sat, Oct 5 from 10A to 1P
Food Drive Inspired by SHUCKED
Donors Receive Special Pricing Offer to See The Show
National Tour Launches at PPAC
October 20 – 27, 2024
Providence, RI – Inspired by the “corniest” Tony Award-winning musical comedy, SHUCKED, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will host a community food drive to benefit We Share Hope on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10A to 1P. A We Share Hope van will be parked on-site in the drop off lane in front of the Theatre from 10A to 1P on Saturday, October 5 to receive donated food items.
All nonperishable food donations are welcome; however, We Share Hope lists the following items as most needed for donation:
- Canned vegetables (like corn) and fruit
- Peanut butter
- Chunky soups and beef stew
- Pasta, Pasta sauce, and Macaroni & Cheese
- Rice
- Dry or canned beans
- Canned meat (tuna, ham, chicken, etc.).
As a thank you, those who donate food to the drive will receive a special pricing offer for tickets to the Sunday, October 20 and Tuesday, October 22 evening performances of SHUCKED. The special offer is valid at the Box Office window (220 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903), by phone at 401.421.ARTS (2787) and online at ppacri.org. Golden Circle and Rear Second Dress Circle seating are excluded from the offer.
SHUCKED launches its National Tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center Sunday, October 20 to Sunday, October 27, 2024. In Providence, SHUCKED is part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
SHUCKED features a “superb book” (New York Post) by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score filled with “earworm songs” (The Daily Beast) by Grammy Award winners, Tony Award nominees and Nashville music superstars Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally and direction with “an infectious spirit of glee and warmth” (Variety) by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien. Casting for the tour will be announced at a later date.
What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can’t get enough of: corn. SHUCKED is the new musical comedy that proves sometimes tearing down a few walls, rather than growing them, is the only way to preserve our way of life. SHUCKED is turning musical theater on its ear and is offering a kernel of hope for our divided nation.
About We Share Hope
We Share Hope is a private, non-profit organization based in Rumford, Rhode Island that provides food deliveries six days a week to local nonprofit groups and supplies food to local school pantries. They also run Hope Market, a budget-friendly marketplace that stocks food, personal care items and more to under-resourced communities. Hope Market’s address is 310 Bourne Avenue, Rumford, RI 02916. Visit wesharehope.org to learn more.
About the Providence Performing Arts Center
The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) presents touring Broadway productions and some of the biggest names in comedy and concerts. PPAC has been the Theatre of choice for launching 24 national tours, including the upcoming engagement of Shucked, since 2008.
Located in the heart of Providence’s arts and entertainment district, PPAC is the second largest theatre of its kind in New England, with a seating capacity of 3100. The Loew’s Theatre Building, which is the historic home of PPAC, opened in October 1928 and is acclaimed for its beauty and grandeur. PPAC is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top ten entertainment venues of its size in the United States by industry publications Pollstar, Billboard Magazine and VenuesNow.
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Media Contacts
P.J. Prokop: 401.574.3103 ✵ pjprokop@ppacri.org
Caitlyn DiPompo: 401.574.3112 ✵ cdipompo@ppacri.org