Why Curt Columbus plans to step away from Providence’s Trinity Rep

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The theater scene in Rhode Island got some big news this month: The Trinity Repertory Company in Providence will be looking for a new artistic director. At that point, he’ll have been artistic director of the Trinity Rep for two decades. Interview highlightsOn why 2026 is the right time to step awayCurt Columbus: For about a decade I’ve been telling people that 20 years is as long as any artistic director should stay in the position. There was a group of community leaders who started Trinity Rep in 1963. I do think the thing that we changed when I arrived, we really wanted to share resources with other theaters in Rhode Island.