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Red Clay Ramblers to be honored at PlayMakers Ball

01.20.2012 - Tony Award-winning, North Carolina music legends The Red Clay Ramblers will receive the PlayMakers Distinguished Achievement Award on Feb. 11 at the 24rd annual PlayMakers Ball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers mounts royal Shakespearean epic in rotating repertory

01.18.2012 - PlayMakers Repertory Company will stage a royal coming-of-age epic, combining William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2” and “Henry V” as “The Making of a King,” to be performed Jan. 28 - March 4.

PlayMakers’ “No Child…” offers portrait of public education

12.16.2011 - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents actor-playwright Nilaja Sun in her timely one-woman show “No Child…” Jan. 11-15.

PlayMakers presents Albee Tony Award-winner for the holidays

11.14.2011 - PlayMakers Repertory Company celebrates the holidays a little differently this year, with something for those who need a night off from family activities and all the “fa-la-la.”

PlayMakers hosts Freedom Riders’ art during ‘Parchman Hour'

10.28.2011 - PlayMakers Repertory Company is collaborating with artist Charlotta Janssen, utilizing her work onstage and in exhibition during the run of the theater’s world premiere of “The Parchman Hour.”

‘No Child…’ replaces ‘Amish Project’ in PlayMakers second stage lineup

10.28.2011 - Actor-playwright Nilaja Sun’s timely one-woman show “No Child…” comes to PlayMakers Repertory Company Jan. 11-15, as part of the theatre’s PRC2 second stage series.

PlayMakers world premiere commemorates Freedom Riders

10.05.2011 - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents the world premiere of “The Parchman Hour: Songs and Stories of the ’61 Freedom Riders” Oct. 26-Nov. 13.

Tony-nominated comedy opens PlayMakers Mainstage

09.07.2011 - PlayMakers Repertory Company kicks off another Mainstage Season Sept. 21-Oct. 9 with Sarah Ruhl’s comedy “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play).”

PlayMakers PRC² series opens with ‘A Number’

08.24.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers' PRC² second stage series opens its fifth season with playwright Caryl Churchill’s intensely charged family drama with a twist, “A Number,” Sept. 7-11.

‘The Amish Project’ joins PlayMakers’ second stage lineup

08.11.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – Actor-playwright Jessica Dickey brings her one-woman show “The Amish Project” to PlayMakers Repertory Company Jan. 11-15, 2012.

The Making of a King: NEA Grant

07.13.2011 - CHAPEL HILL — PlayMakers Repertory Company has been awarded two national arts grants for its staging of a Shakespearean epic during the upcoming season.

PlayMakers’ Granneman elected to national post

05.24.2011 - CHAPEL HILL — Hannah Grannemann, managing director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, has been elected secretary of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT).

PlayMakers PRC² series stages Didion memoir

04.12.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company will present the stage adaptation of Joan Didion’s searing memoir “The Year of Magical Thinking,” April 27 - May 1 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers online auction goes live April 21

04.11.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – Carolina basketball tickets, a week-long trip to London and dinner at The Fearrington House Country Inn near Chapel Hill will be among the many items available in PlayMakers Repertory Company’s upcoming online auction.

‘Virginia Woolf’ to complete PlayMakers’ Mainstage Season

04.11.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company has announced that Edward Albee’s marital slugfest “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” will complete its 2011-2012 Mainstage Season. The professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present the Tony Award-winning play Nov. 30-Dec. 18, 2011.

PlayMakers announces 2011-2012 season

03.18.2011 - PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 36th season, highlighted by a Shakespearean coming-of-age epic and two world premieres, was unveiled Thursday (March 17) by producing artistic director Joseph Haj.

PlayMakers’ ‘Big River’ to feature Red Clay Ramblers

03.10.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company will conclude its 35th anniversary Mainstage Season with “Big River” April 6-24 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers names Jeffrey Meanza Associate Artistic Director

03.04.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater in residence in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, has named Jeffrey Meanza to serve as associate artistic director.

Actor David Hyde Pierce to be honored at PlayMakers Ball

01.12.2011 - Television, theater and film star David Hyde Pierce will receive this year's PlayMakers Distinguished Achievement Award on Feb. 12 at the 23rd annual PlayMakers Ball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers to mount two-play epic ‘Angels in America’

01.05.2011 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company will stage Tony Kushner’s landmark duo of Tony Award-winning plays “Angels in America” Jan. 29 – March 6.

PlayMakers to present ‘Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)’

12.21.2010 - PlayMakers Repertory Company will present Lisa Ramirez in her one-woman show “Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)” Jan. 12-16.

PlayMakers awarded Mellon grant for theater residency program

11.16.2010 - CHAPEL HILL -- PlayMakers Repertory Company has been awarded a $200,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support annual residencies by theater ensembles over the next three years.

Get 'Shipwrecked!' with PlayMakers for the holidays

11.11.2010 - PlayMakers Repertory Company celebrates the holidays with “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies.

AMADEUS - PRC at the Symphony

11.01.2010 - North Carolina Symphony and PlayMakers Repertory Company Join Forces for All-New “Amadeus”

PlayMakers presents August Wilson's Tony winner, 'Fences'

09.28.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company will continue its 35th anniversary season with “Fences,” August Wilson’s Tony Award-winning drama, Oct. 27-Nov. 14 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Shakespeare’s romantic comedy opens PlayMakers 35th season

08.26.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company opens its 35th anniversary Mainstage season Sept. 22-Oct. 10 with William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It.”

PlayMakers PRC² series opens with Beckett’s dark comedy

08.24.2010 - Nobel Prize-winner Samuel Beckett’s absurdist comedy “Happy Days” kicks off PlayMakers Repertory Company’s PRC² series Sept. 8-12 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers’ Haj joins national theater board

08.10.2010 - Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, has been appointed to the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

PlayMakers' Grannemann appointed to national theater committee

06.24.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – Hannah Grannemann, managing director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, has been appointed to the executive committee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT).

'Exit Cuckoo' to complete PlayMakers' second stage lineup

06.21.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – Actor-playwright Lisa Ramirez will bring her autobiographical show “Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)” to PlayMakers Repertory Company Jan. 12-16, 2011.

Summer Youth Conservatory performs Dickens 'whodunit'

06.16.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – A cast of 35 young actors, ages 10 to 18, will perform the Tony Award-winning musical “Drood: The Mystery of Edwin Drood” July 22-25 in the Center for Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers awarded two NEA grants for new season

05.05.2010 - PlayMakers Repertory Company has received national arts grants for two shows in its upcoming season: its first musical in more than a decade, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”

PlayMakers online auction goes live April 1st

03.12.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – Carolina vs. Duke basketball tickets, a week-long trip to London and dinner at The Fearrington House Country Inn near Chapel Hill will be among the many items available in PlayMakers Repertory Company’s upcoming online auction.

Rwandan refugee tells her story in PlayMakers play

03.12.2010 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company will present “I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda” March 24-28 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Grant will fund energy-efficient theater lighting

02.11.2010 - Energy-efficient lighting is being installed this spring in two theaters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, thanks to a new grant of up to $67,500.

PlayMakers presents Wilde comedy classic “Earnest”

02.11.2010 - CHAPEL HILL -- Hilarity takes the stage as PlayMakers Repertory Company concludes its 2009-10 main-stage season with Oscar Wilde’s comedy classic, “The Importance of Being Earnest” March 3-21.

Hip Hop troupe Universes kicks off new year at PlayMakers

12.23.2009 - CHAPEL HILL — Red hot hip-hop ensemble Universes returns to PlayMakers Repertory Company Jan. 13-17.

PlayMakers to present Arthur Miller's masterpiece "All My Sons"

12.21.2009 - CHAPEL HILL -- When the consequences of a father’s business decision rock his World War II-era family, Arthur Miller’s searing drama asks — what are we responsible for and who are we responsible to in a time of war?

Epic ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ takes the stage at PlayMakers

10.19.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company will stage the biggest production in its history with “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” Nov. 11-Dec. 20.

Theater benefactor to be honored at Oct. 24 PlayMakers Ball

10.05.2009 - Longtime theater benefactor Elizabeth Price Kenan of Chapel Hill will receive the PlayMaker Distinguished Achievement Award Oct. 24 at the 22nd annual PlayMakers Ball at the Carolina Inn.

Evening with playwright, more on tap for ‘Nicholas Nickleby’

09.25.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – Spend an evening with the Tony Award-winning playwright of “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” on Oct. 8 through PlayMakers Repertory Company’s new outreach program, The Dickens Initiative.

‘Opus’ combines music, mystery at PlayMakers

08.31.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – In “Opus,” talent and temperament collide in a behind-the-scenes look at the personal discord and professional harmony of the world’s finest string quartet.

Daisey brings “The Last Cargo Cult” to PlayMakers

08.24.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – Mike Daisey brings his one-man show, the true story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose inhabitants worship America as a source of power and plenty, to PlayMakers Repertory Company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sept. 16-20.

Go behind the scenes at PlayMakers through new Vision Series

08.01.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – Theater-goers and others who would like an insider’s take on the creative process are invited to meet the director and get a behind-the-scenes look at the design and vision for upcoming productions in PlayMakers Repertory Company’s new offering “The Vision Series - Directors in Conversation.”

NEA Awards 'Artistic Excellence' Grant to PlayMakers

07.17.2009 - CHAPEL HILL - PlayMakers Repertory Company has been awarded a national arts grant for its upcoming production of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby."

Young thespians to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

06.15.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – A cast of 40 young actors, ages 10 to 18, will perform William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” July 23-26 in the Center for Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Hip hop troupe Universes completes PlayMakers’ second-stage lineup

06.09.2009 - CHAPEL HILL -- PlayMakers Repertory Company announces the return of the innovative hip hop theater troupe Universes Jan. 13-17, 2010.

PlayMakers presents stories of Iraqi women in ‘9 Parts of Desire’

04.08.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – Portraits of nine distinctly different Iraqi women are woven into the one-woman show “9 Parts of Desire,” to be presented by PlayMakers Repertory Company April 22-26.

PlayMakers online auction goes live April 16

03.30.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – Carolina vs. Duke basketball tickets, a week-long London trip and dinner at The Fearrington House Country Inn near Chapel Hill will be among items available in PlayMakers Repertory Company’s upcoming online auction.

PLAYMAKERS AUDITIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

03.09.2009 - CHAPEL HILL (March 9, 2009) PlayMakers Repertory Company’s auditions for its 2009-2010 theatre season will be held April 28 and 29, 2009. Auditions will be conducted by Joseph Haj, PRC’s Producing Artistic Director.

2009-2010 Season Announced

03.06.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – A two-part repertory production of Charles Dickens’ epic “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” will headline PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 34th season, announced Thursday (March 5) by producing artistic director Joseph Haj.

PlayMakers to present Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

02.27.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – Jane Austen’s classic story of courtship and the course of true love, “Pride and Prejudice,” comes to PlayMakers Repertory Company in a sparkling stage adaptation by theater legend Jon Jory.

Magazine names PlayMakers’ Haj among top 25 theater artists

02.26.2009 - CHAPEL HILL – American Theatre magazine has named Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, one of 25 theater artists who will have a significant impact on the American theater scene over the next quarter-century.

Summer Youth Conservatory

01.09.2009 - The ArtsCenter and PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory Returns for 2009

PlayMakers presents contrasting tales of mother-daughter relationships

12.19.2008 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company offers audiences two entertaining, insightful looks at mothers and daughters with mainstage productions running in rotating repertory from Jan. 24 to March 1 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers show explores son’s wish to understand father.

12.09.2008 - CHAPEL HILL – Actor-playwright Taylor Mac brings his one-man show, an autobiographical story of a son’s search to understand his father, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan. 7-11.

PlayMakers to bring back holiday smash ‘The Little Prince’

10.29.2008 - CHAPEL HILL – The Independent Weekly gave PlayMakers Repertory Company’s “The Little Prince” four stars last year, predicting a return engagement in its rave review and asking, “Two tickets, please. For next year’s performance. Thanks!”

Questions of heritage haunt professor in 'Blue Door'

09.23.2008 - Tony Award winner Trezana Beverley to direct PlayMakers Repertory Company second Mainstage offering.

Actor, UNC alum Billy Crudup to receive PlayMakers Award

09.19.2008 - Tony Award-winning theater and film star Billy Crudup will receive this year’s PlayMakers Distinguished Achievement Award on Nov. 1 at the 21st annual PlayMakers Ball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers to present Shakespeare’s epic adventure ‘Pericles’

08.29.2008 - PlayMakers Repertory Company kicks off its 2008-09 mainstage season Sept. 24-Oct. 12 with the Bard’s epic adventure that spans oceans and generations, is filled with princesses, pirates, assassins, exotic locales and multiple shipwrecks.

PlayMakers opens PRC² series with story of two black women with HIV.

08.26.2008 - It’s back - the innovative, intimate PRC 2 second stage series, presented by PlayMakers Repertory Company, where timely plays take the audience around the globe - from LA to Zimbabwe, New York City to Iraq - and each performance includes a second act of engaging community dialogue.

PlayMakers names Hannah Grannemann Managing Director

07.08.2008 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theatre in residence in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, has named Hannah Grannemann its new Managing Director.

NEA chooses PlayMakers for Shakespeare program

06.26.2008 - CHAPEL HILL - PlayMakers Repertory Company has been chosen for anational initiative to bring Shakespeare and the power of live theatreto middle and high school students and their teachers.

Local youth to perform ‘The Music Man’ July 24-27

06.23.2008 - CHAPEL HILL – A cast of 40 young thespians, ages 9 through 18, will perform Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” July 24-27 in the Center for Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PlayMakers Explores Capital Punishment

03.25.2008 - PlayMakers Repertory Company presents the world premiere of “Witness to an Execution.”

David Rambo to return to UNC Chapel Hill.

03.19.2008 - Deep Dish Theater, PlayMakers Repertory Company and the Johnston/Carolina Scholars present David Rambo's “The Ice Breaker” March 26-30, plus a reception with the playwright and a Screenwriting Forum March 31.

PlayMakers Presents Amadeus

03.17.2008 - PlayMakers presents an immortal musical rivalry in “Amadeus”.

2008-2009 Season Announced

03.12.2008 - PlayMakers unveils it's 2008-2009 Season.

2008 Summer Youth Conservatory

02.13.2008 - ARTSCENTER AND PLAYMAKERS SUMMER YOUTH CONSERVATORY RETURNS

PlayMakers presents Pulitzer Prize-winning plays “Doubt, A Parable” and “Topdog/Underdog” in rotating repertory performances.

01.04.2008 - PlayMakers Repertory Company brings audiences the excitement of the “Rep” experience with two mainstage productions running in a rotating schedule from Jan. 26 through March 2, 2008.

PlayMakers presents the journey of a lifetime, "2.5 Minute Ride"

12.17.2007 - CHAPEL HILL – Jan. 9 through 13, 2008, PlayMakers Repertory Company presents the second production in its new PRC² series, “2.5 Minute Ride.”

PlayMakers offers magical holiday treat, The Little Prince

11.13.2007 - PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theatre in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will perform the stage version of "The Little Prince" from Nov. 28 through Dec. 16.

Oscar-winner, UNC Alum Louise Fletcher to Receive PlayMakers Award

10.23.2007 - At the 20th annual PlayMakers Ball on Saturday, November 10, PlayMakers Repertory Company will honor actress and UNC alumna Louise Fletcher with the PlayMakers Distinguished Achievement Award.

PlayMakers serves up comedy, Southern style, with "Crimes of the Heart"

10.09.2007 - Dysfunctional is the only word to describe the Magrath family, whose three sisters all must face individual and collective crises in the Southern comedy classic “Crimes of the Heart.”

Passion, feuds ignite PlayMakers' fiery "Romeo and Juliet"

09.06.2007 - CHAPEL HILL – Love. Heartbreak. Revenge. After 400 years, the star-crossed lovers in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” still fire the collective imagination.

An Exciting New Second Stage: Three Powerful Performances

08.01.2007 - An Exciting New Second Stage: Three Powerful Performances

PlayMakers explores Middle East conflict with drama and community dialogue

08.01.2007 - CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company is seeking area residents with informed opinions on conflict in the Middle East to present their views in community discussions Sept. 12-16.

PlayMakers Repertory Company Announces 2007-2008 Season (PDF)

07.09.2007 - From the timeless appeal of star-crossed lovers in “Romeo and Juliet” to family tragedy with a Southern twist in “Crimes of the Heart,” PlayMakers Repertory Company will present a variety of offerings in 2007-2008...

ArtsCenter and PlayMakers Create Summer Youth Conservatory (PDF)

07.09.2007 - The ArtsCenter, in partnership with PlayMakers Repertory Company, will offer a Summer Youth Conservatory program for young actors, age 8-18 to produce the musical OLIVER!...

Triple Tony Winner Gene Saks To Receive PlayMaker Award at 19th Annual Gala (PDF)

10.11.2006 - At the 19th annual PlayMakers Ball on Saturday, November 4th, PlayMakers Repertory Company will honor director and actor Gene Saks with the PlayMaker Award for Lifetime Achievement...