Press Releases

Please direct all press inquiries to:

Associate Marketing Director, Rosalie Preston.

We are happy to make arrangements for journalists wishing to cover our company via artist interviews and reviews, but ask that you not attempt to contact the artists directly. As a repertory company with an in-house scene shop, props shop, and costume shop, we are also happy to make arrangements for journalists wishing to cover any aspect of our company, including exclusive behind-the-scenes access to artists and technicians in the months leading up to our productions and events.


PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents the World Premiere of “Leaving Eden”

PlayMakers’ first full commission is a North Carolina fable that unearths the cycles of history to create a hymn for the future Who:​ PlayMakers Repertory […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Announces 2018/2019 Season

New season marks 100 years of playmaking at UNC-Chapel Hill with a Pulitzer prize winner, several world and regional premieres and a cosmic musical tribute […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents “The Christians” by Lucas Hnath

A big-little play about faith and following Who:​ PlayMakers Repertory CompanyWhat​: Mainstage production of “The Christians” by Lucas Hnath, directed by Preston Lane When: ​February […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Moli​è​re’s “Tartuffe”

David Ball adaptation brings satiric edge to classic tale of religious zeal and hypocrisy Who:​ PlayMakers Repertory CompanyWhat​: Mainstage production of Molière’s “Tartuffe,” adaptation by […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Joins Women’s Voices Theater Festival’s Pursuit of Gender Parity

PlayMakers Repertory Company Joins Women’s Voices Theater Festival’s Pursuit of Gender Parity with Participation in International Women’s Voices Day Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: Reading […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Regional Premiere of “Dot” by Colman Domingo

A dizzy, dysfunctional family reunion to remember Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: Mainstage production of “Dot” by Colman Domingo, directed by Nicole A. Watson When: […]

Playwright Mike Wiley Awarded UNC’s Distinguished Alumnus Award

Mike Wiley receives award for his outstanding contributions in the arts

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents “Sense and Sensibility”

Eminently theatrical adaptation of Austen classic is a whirlwind of gossip, laughter, and romance Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: Mainstage production of “Sense and Sensibility” […]

PlayMakers’ Vivienne Benesch Receives Prestigious Zelda Fichandler Award

(Chapel Hill, NC, September 21, 2017) Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, is the recipient of the 2017 Zelda Fichandler Award, given […]