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UNC professor emeritus Doris Betts dies at 79

By Katherine Proctor | April 22

Doris Betts, celebrated fiction writer and former professor in UNC’s creative writing department, died Saturday at the age of 79, more than a year after ...

‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ tickets distributed to seniors

By Katelyn Trela | April 22

The short-lived ticket distribution for Tuesday’s taping of NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with President Barack Obama and Dave Matthews ...

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to tape at UNC with guests President Obama, Dave Matthews

By Katelyn Trela | April 20

NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will be taped at UNC on Tuesday, with guest President Barack Obama. All tickets have been distributed. ...

Q&A with Ben Boecker

By Britton Alexander | April 19

The department of dramatic art announced Tuesday that the script for senior Ben Boecker’s one-act musical, “Spellbound!”, won the Sam Selden Prize ...

LAB! Theatre puts a techno spin on a Greek tragedy

By Kathryn Muller | April 18

When he first started working on “The Bacchae,” Chris McMahon wanted his actors to be completely naked.

Senior Ben Boecker wins Selden Prize for Playwriting for full-length play ‘Spellbound!’

By From staff and wire reports | April 18

The department of dramatic art announced Tuesday that Ben Boecker won the Selden Prize for Playwriting for his play “Spellbound!”

Former DTH cartoonist relaunches book of comics on Chapel Hill

By Walker Minot | April 17

Bill Cokas got his start drawing cartoons for this very paper.

Company Carolina stages ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for Shakespeare on the Quad

By Mary Stevens | April 16

William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is set in a magical forest, so it’s appropriate that Company Carolina staged its production ...

Memorial Hall will host companies from France and Sweden performing old ballets with modern spins

By Janna Jung-Irrgang | April 16

Within two weeks, Carolina Performing Arts is presenting two very different ballets.

PlayMakers Repertory Company provides a ‘theater utopia,’ say ‘Noises Off’ cast members

By Kendra Benner | April 15

For an actress trying to make it big in theater, New York City is the place where dreams come true.

Indie folk group Megafaun returns to the Triangle

By Katherine Proctor | April 12

In the midst of a tour throughout the South, Megafaun will briefly return to the Triangle. The Durham-based indie folk band will play a concert Sunday ...

Grease is the word: Pauper Players presents a more personal production of ‘Grease’

By Sarah Haderbache | April 12

The T-birds and the Pink Ladies are coming back to school. Starting tonight, senior Michael McWaters and UNC’s Pauper Players will bring their own flair ...

LAB! Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar still relevant today

By Faith McElroy | April 11

This weekend, LAB! Theatre will bring the ancient Roman dictator to his knees once again with the company’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Julius ...

Poetry slam with UNC Wordsmiths to protest Amendment One

By Grace Tatter | April 10

Students will use poetry to voice their dissent against North Carolina’s proposed Amendment One tonight. UNC Wordsmiths, a campus organization that ...

UNC Symphony Orchestra conductor prepares for 24th final concert

By Janna Jung-Irrgang | April 9

For the 24th time, Tonu Kalam will lead the UNC Symphony Orchestra in its final concert of the year.

Carolina Performing Arts hosts series of global musicians

By Kathryn Muller | April 9

In the span of a week, the music of Senegal, European youth and some of America’s finest jazz musicians will grace the stage of Memorial Hall.

PlayMakers piece on Proposition 8 precedes NC Amendment One vote

By Grace Tatter | April 8

It’s a coincidence that a local theater company is producing a dramatic reading about Proposition 8 less than a month before the state will vote on ...