220 Weybosset St
Providence, RI 02903
USA
Come for the laughs, stay for the lessons.
The Lobby Lounge at the world-renowned Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will serve as the host venue for the chapter’s first-time event, and award-winning Trinity Repertory Company resident actor Fred Sullivan Jr. will deliver the entertainment portion of the evening with dramatic readings of bad press releases. To protect the not-so-innocent from any further embarrassment, PRSA/SENE will redact all names and organizations from the releases.
The program’s keynote speaker will be Michael Pranikoff, global director of emerging media at PR Newswire. A fellow PRSA member, Pranikoff will share insider tips on how to increase visibility when drafting and distributing news releases, based on the latest trends PR Newswire is seeing across the industry.
About Fred Sullivan, Jr.:
Fred Sullivan Jr. is an award-winning resident actor at Trinity Rep in Providence. Since 1984, Fred has appeared in 120 productions at Trinity playing roles as diverse as Harold Hill, Falstaff, Scrooge, Oscar Madison, Jamie Tyrone, Alfie Doolittle and Captain Hook. Sullivan is a resident director at The Gamm Theatre where he has directed 24 productions and portrayed Mark Rothko in Red and Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale. For Boston’s Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, he has received much acclaim for his portrayals of Malvolio, Jaques, Nick Bottom, Gloucester, Menenius and Parolles. Sullivan has won the Boston critics’ Elliot Norton award for Outstanding lead actor and the IRNE award for Best Lead Actor. Sullivan has also directed and acted for Ocean State Theatre Company and he teaches acting at the Gamm and The Rhode Island School of Design.
About Michael Pranikoff:
Michael Pranikoff has worked at PR Newswire since 1998 where he advises and educates staff and clients on how to best communicate messages in an emerging media world. He is a frequent speaker, author, commenter and blogger on PR, marketing, social media, and future trends. Pranikoff has addressed PRSA chapters from coast-to-coast and has spoken at four different PRSA International Conferences.