Playwright Erik Ehn founded the Tenderloin Opera Company in San Francisco in the hopes of building community among the homeless and their advocates. He transplanted the group to Providence when he moved here, but kept the name honoring the San Francisco neighborhood in which it was founded. Each week, TOC hosts writing workshops for homeless members of the Providence community, their friends, and advocates at Mathewson St. Church in downtown Providence. Together the TOC authors, writes music, and performs one opera a year based on stories of homelessness, abuse, addiction, hope, love, and redemption. They also perform often at soup kitchens, shelters, political rallies, and protest events with the aim of supporting and telling the stories of all marginalized people across Rhode Island and beyond.

We meet
FRIDAYS from 1:30-2:30pm

IN-PERSON at Mathewson Street United Methodist Church
134 Mathewson St., Providence, RI
(If door is locked, ring the bell.)

and on ZOOM
(Contact us for the link.)

COME JOIN US!    ALL ARE WELCOME!
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Notable links:
http://www.rihomeless.org/
http://www.rihomeless.org/WhatWeDo/SpeakersBureau/OurStories/tabid/150/Default.aspx
http://www.rifuture.org/congrats-to-ri-john-joyce-for-homeless-bill-of-rights.html
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/mathewsonstumc/

      
       This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council
       on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a
       grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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