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Year in Review: Student playwrights see work staged

By Jenna Stout | December 5

The Writing for the Screen and Stage program’s “Long Story Shorts” festival and LAB! Theatre both gave student playwrights the chance to meet the ...

Carolina Ballet's classic 'Nutcracker' is slightly muddled, yet still satisfying

By Deborah Strange | December 4

Though “The Nutcracker” was first performed in St. Petersburg in 1892, the Carolina Ballet has kept the holiday favorite interesting more than a century ...

PlayMakers has a smash success with 'Virginia Woolf'

By Nick Andersen | December 4

The promotional posters for PlayMakers Repertory Company’s latest production, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” bill the drama as a “dysfunctional ...

Chapel Hill chorus changes name to Voices

By Grace Tatter | December 4

After more than 30 years of existence, the group formerly known as the Chapel Hill Community Chorus is rebranding itself to convey its quality and the ...

Process Series features performances still in development

By John Sherman | December 1

Though showing tonight at Historic Playmakers Theatre, Jared Mezzocchi’s one-man show — “Poppa, God Bless” — isn’t complete. The performance ...

Carolina Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ updated with magic tricks

By Deborah Strange | December 1

Carolina Performing Arts is presenting the world premiere of magician Rick Thomas’ updated “Nutcracker” this weekend at Memorial Hall.

All-female LAB! play focuses on college life

By Sarah Haderbache | November 30

Eight women and zero men comprise the cast of LAB! Theatre’s most recent main stage production.

Veteran professors play dueling spouses in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’

By Katelyn Trela | November 29

Beginning tonight, Ray Dooley and Julie Fishell will take the Paul Green Theatre stage as George and Martha, the dysfunctional husband-and-wife pair leading ...

CUAB hosting Travis Porter, Spike Lee near LDOC

By Katherine Proctor | November 28

A concert by hip-hop group Travis Porter, hosted by the Carolina Union Activities Board, will be on this semester’s last day of classes.

UNC theater graduate, Estes Tarver, in the spotlight

By Mary Stevens | November 28

His colleagues agree that Estes Tarver deserves a standing ovation. While staging his acting career amidst greats like Oscar-winner Colin Firth and writing ...

UNC student filmmaker wins $10,000 award

By Faith McElroy | November 27

Jon Kasbe doesn’t make documentary films for the money. But after the UNC junior submitted his piece “Raising Islam” to Vidi Entertainment, Inc., ...

Travis Porter to perform as part of UNC's LDOC

By Katherine Proctor | November 21

Hip-hop group Travis Porter will perform Dec. 7 on UNC’s campus, the Carolina Union Activities Board announced today. The concert will be one of ...

UNC's arts venues seek increased ?nancial support from students in light of budget cuts

By Katelyn Trela | November 20

As funding for the University’s major arts organizations dwindles, the value of student support has grown.

Q&A with Tony Perucci, director of "Eating Animals"

By Sarah Haderbache | November 17

Tony Perucci, a UNC performance studies professor, is directing The Performance Collective’s current show, “Eating Animals,” based on the novel ...

Student playwright/rapper to debut self-penned show at UNC

By Nidhi Singh | November 16

Patrick Robinson decided to quit writing plays and pursue his interest in rap music after a year in which he was not cast in any productions.

UNC sophomore self-publishes novel

By Breeze Riley | November 15

Emily Palmer received so many rejection letters from publishing companies that she started to lose count. “I don’t know how many query letters I ...

Jason Osborne, a second year graduate student, received a $20,000 fellowship for the Master of Fine Arts Program. The fellowship will help him transition from graduate school to working full-time as an artist.

Master of fine arts student wins $20,000 fellowship

By Grace Tatter | November 15

Jason Osborne was awarded one of two annual fellowships from the Dedalus Foundation, a national group promoting the practice and research of modern art. ...

'Still Black, Still Proud' celebrates music of James Brown

By Deborah Strange | November 15

Carolina Performing Arts is hosting a tribute to the historic James Brown tonight, led by saxophonist and composer Pee Wee Ellis, who was a part of Brown’s ...

Q&A with journalist, author and UNC grad David Rowell

By Katherine Proctor | November 14

David Rowell, a 1989 UNC graduate, recently published his debut novel, “The Train of Small Mercies.”

UNC undergraduate curatorial class hosts fine arts graduate students exhibit

By Grace Tatter | November 14

Elin O’Hara Slavick’s curatorial class had only two weeks to put together an exhibit that included works from all 17 masters in fine arts students ...