Tuesday, May 19, 2026

COLLINS’ “MELVILLE” AT WEAVER

Sailing Towards My Father: A One-man Play at the Weaver Library

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. ????? Acclaimed for his performance as Walt Whitman, Massachusetts actor Stephen Collins??returns to Weaver Library in Sailing Towards My Father on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 7 pm.

Written and staged by Carl A. Rossi, the play???s focus is Herman Melville, the American author best known for his whaling epic Moby- Dick.

Sailing Towards My Father chronicles Melville???s life from youth to old age, concentrating on his evolution as a writer and his complex relationships with God, his parents and siblings, his wife and children, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Stephen Collins currently performs nine one-man shows and has been met with rave reviews for over a decade. In taking on the persona of Melville, Collins brings the character and the 1800s to life.

Weaver Library is located at 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914.

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This program is free and open to all.

Questions? ??

Contact the library at 434-2453 or eplibraryjoyce@yahoo.com.