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BROWN/TRINITY REP MFA PROGRAMS PRESENT THORNTON WILDER’S THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 9 AT THE PELL CHAFEE PERFORMANCE CENTER The Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Programs proudly presents Thornton Wilder’s profoundly philosophical and epic comedic-drama, The Skin of Our Teeth, directed by Taibi Magar (Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs ’14). Propelling through time and place, the Antrobus family perseveres against an ice age, politics, and world war, only to discover that some things never change. A raw awakening to the depths of human survival, The Skin of our Teeth, exposes the meaning behind faith and the nature behind what it truly means to be a family. Performances run February 27 through March 9 in the Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire Street, Providence. General admission $12, and $6 for students and seniors. Tickets are on-sale now at the Trinity Rep box office, by phone (401) 351-4242, and online at www.trinityrep.com. Meet the Antrobus family. Married only 5,000 years, Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus have two wonderfully perfect children, Gladys and Henry; and a melodramatic house-maid, Sabina. This suburban American conformist nuclear family struggles to hold their ground in the face of cataclysmic shifts as they escape one disaster from another. From the Depression to an apocalyptic Ice Age and even a war, The Skin of our Teeth illustrates the ever-changing and tenuous faith in humanity that leads us to question the existence of mankind and the nature of relationships. “As global warming's sirens ring louder every day, as political sex scandals still flourish, as the nature of a family is hotly debated and our technological isolation abounds, this play is as fresh as ever,” explains director Taibi Magar of the1943 Pulitzer Prize winning Drama. “The events in the play could very well happen to us tomorrow.”