PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Rep has an added partner in
its commitment to supporting the Rhode
Island Community Food Bank this year. One week after the announcement that
the Rhode Island Foundation will
match the first $60,000 in contributions made to Trinity Rep between Thanksgiving
and New Year’s Eve with a cash grant to the Food Bank, Ocean State Job Lot has committed to matching the second $60,000 in
gifts to Trinity Rep with an equivalent donation of food. Thanks to this
partnership, the community is able to show support for both Trinity Rep and
their neighbors who need assistance with food at a time when both organizations
are seeing a higher than usual need for support. Public health restrictions
have inhibited the theater’s ability to generate ticket revenue since spring. A
new report issued by the Food Bank last week revealed that 1 in 4 households
report being food insecure this year, a significant increase from prior years.

“Job Lot loves Trinity Rep. We have been a supporter for
over two decades. Addressing food insecurity is a core initiative for the Ocean
State Job Lot Charitable Foundation. The opportunity to support both missions
at the same time gives us great pleasure,” says Ocean State Job Lot CEO Marc Perlman.

“Community is one of Trinity Rep’s core values and bringing
people together – whether that is in a theater, in a classroom, or around an
important cause – is what we do,” added Executive Director Tom Parrish. “This unique partnership of Trinity Rep, the Food
Bank, Rhode Island Foundation, Ocean State Job Lot, and the community will help
ensure a happy holiday season for so many Rhode Islanders.”  

Thanks to the generosity of Ocean State Job Lot and the
Rhode Island Foundation, Trinity Rep is able to continue its 15-year tradition
of encouraging support for the Food Bank through this $120,000 matching
opportunity. Traditionally, at the end of every performance of Trinity Rep’s
production of A Christmas Carol, the
actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge has stepped forward and asked the audience to
help support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Audiences drop money into
buckets on their way out of the theater, with totals averaging over $60,000 for
the last several years and over $667,500 contributed since 2006. This year’s
campaign needed to look much different with in-person performances of the
holiday classic not possible. The theater pivoted to an on-demand streaming
production and is making it available to audiences worldwide for free.

The public may participate in the match
by donating to the theater at http://www.trinityrep.com/matchwww.trinityrep.com/match, by calling (401) 453-9235, or texting
“SCROOGE” to 44-321. Donations are also accepted during the registration
process for free access to A Christmas
Carol Online at http://www.trinityrep.com/carolwww.trinityrep.com/carol. The video will be streaming December
17, 2020 – January 10, 2021.

TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

Rhode Island’s
Tony Award-winning theater, Trinity Rep has created unparalleled professional
theater for and with its community since its founding in 1963. Trinity Rep
strives to facilitate human connection and has been a driving force behind the
creativity that fuels and defines the region for more than 50 years.

Trinity Rep is committed to reinventing
the public square and inspiring dialogue by creating emotionally-stimulating
productions that range from classical to contemporary and innovative education
programs for all ages and abilities. Its annual production of A Christmas Carol has brought families
together for more than four decades and made memories for over a million
audience members.

For more information, call the box office at (401) 351-4242
or visit Trinity Rep's website at http://www.trinityrep.com/www.TrinityRep.com.

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