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WORLD PREMIERE OF VERONICA MEADOWS TAKES THE STAGE AT TRINITY REP THIS SPRING Playwright & Actor Stephen Thorne premieres new "girl detective" play April 3‐May 4 PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Rep continues its commitment to new plays with the world premiere of Veronica Meadows by Stephen Thorne, directed by Michael Perlman in Trinity Rep's intimate Dowling Theater from April 3 to May 4, 2014. Girl detective Veronica Meadows has been solving small town crimes for as long as anyone can remember. Time and time again, they stop the evil‐doers in their tracks and heroically save the day. That is, until the day our plucky girl detective stops following the rules of the game and takes a dangerous turn into the unknown. This world premiere is a darkly comic gem from Stephen Thorne, resident actor and playwright of The Completely Fictional— Utterly True — Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe. This production of Veronica Meadows is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Alan and Marie Weiss. Tickets are on sale now at www.trinityrep.com, by calling (401) 351‐4242, or at the theater’s box office at 201 Washington St., Downtown Providence. Classic 50s girl detective stories are the jumping off point for Thorne's newest play, Veronica Meadows. Sleuthing with her trusty gal pal Ginny, these plucky girls stay true to their motto: "Where secrets lie we snoop and spy. We sneak and peek all days of the week!” While their innocent world view has never changed, the years have continued to tick by and Veronica is no longer the sixteen year‐old girl she once was. "We notice the contradiction right away," explains Thorne, "this whip‐smart woman has gotten stuck playing the "girl detective" role and once she realizes that perhaps there is more to life than her tried and true routine, she steps outside of the role she has been asked to play. As she evolves and grows her actions completely re‐write her world and everyone around her." Playwright Thorne is thrilled to introduce local audiences to Veronica Meadows, after two years of readings and workshops with Trinity Rep's resident actors. "It’s impossible to imagine this play happening without the collaboration of this acting company, " he says, "As a writer, you work alone for months and in your mind, the play is done. Then you hear it read out loud and suddenly the room is alive with questions and new ideas." Thorne adds, "The greatest thing about our collaboration is the vigorous curiosity the acting company brings to the table, literally opening up the play and letting it blossom and grow beyond anything I was originally thinking as a writer."