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PlayMakers Repertory Company

PlayMakers @PLAY residency initiative highlights women's representation in theater

By Savannah Gunter | March 17

@PLAY is different than a lot of female or BIPOC theater initiatives because it gives an underrepresented artist the ability to create a play with support ...

Playwright professor finds his creative home in Chapel Hill

By Ashley Cruz | October 9

Bekah Brunstetter, photo courtesy of Elisabeth Caren.

Q&A with UNC graduate and 'This is Us' writer Bekah Brunstetter

By Molly Horak | March 20

Ariel Shafir, Tristan Parks, and Jeffrey Cornell discuss important documents during rehearsal for Playmakers rendition of The Crucible in the Center of Dramatic Art on Wednesday, Oct. 5th. The Crucible debuts on Oct. 19th, 2016.

PlayMakers brings it full circle with 'The Crucible'

By Nic Rardin | October 6

PlayMakers Repertory Company is the professional theatre in residence at UNC. The artists involved in the yearly productions are professional. Recently, Playmakers has produced classic plays by Shakespeare, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as well as contemporary plays from August Wilson, Tony Kushner and a few world premiere productions.

PlayMakers also offers Education and Outreach programs that have served over 100,000 area youth. They bring students to specially produced matinees and send Teaching Artists to schools that do not have quality arts programs. They offer complimentary tickets to people working in certain non-profit service organizations in the community. The theatre is supported by ticket sales, donations and money from the University as well as public funding foundations.

Panel draws comparison with historic riots to events in Charlotte

By Brinley Lowe | October 3

After a Playmakers Repertory Company performance of Detroit ’67 Saturday, panelists weighed in on how race relations and police brutality are still ...

Presyce Baez (in the role of Flick) performs opposite Ainsley Seiger, who plays Violet.

Student-acted musical appeals to North Carolinians, current political climate

By Leah Moore | July 20

PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory has been bringing Broadway to high school students.

Playmakers adds two directors for new season

By Jenni Ciesielski | June 8

Broadway’s Tony Awards may not be until Sunday, but big things are already happening for Chapel Hill theatre.

Sweeney Todd kills it on stage at Paul Green Theatre

By Maggie Mouat | March 30

Cannibalism, blood, revenge and love all have one thing in common — Sweeney Todd.

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” will premiere March 30 and star Orange is the New Black actress Annie Golden (courtesy of Playmakers).

'Orange is the New Black' actress to appear in PlayMakers' 'Sweeney Todd'

By Maria Mullis | March 11

Darkness, comedy, love and survival are relatable. Murdering people is not.

PlayMakers' brings race to forefront in latest play

By Carina McDermed | February 23

Art imitates life — sometimes in more ways than one. PlayMakers Repertory Company will open a new production tonight that forces audiences to face societally ...

PlayMakers' new season: A new director, new theme

By Audrey Leynaud | February 23

PlayMakers Repertory Company is taking audiences on a journey of transformation with its 2016-17 season.

PlayMakers Rep ﬁlls open top artistic job

By Morgan Vickers | November 2

Vivienne Benesch considers herself a Renaissance artist.

PlayMakers' 'Seminar' brings UNC dramatic arts Masters students to stage

By Kacey Rigsby | October 13

Professor-student relationships go from the classroom to the stage in PlayMakers’ next production, “Seminar,” which opens Wednesday. The show centers ...

PlayMakers Repertory Company production of Disgraced. (Photo by Jon Gardiner)

PlayMakers puts creative spin on award-winning "Disgraced"

By Kacey Rigsby | September 24

Close your eyes. Think of one word to describe how you feel.

Gideon Chickos (left) and Ethan Fox rehearse for the play "Guys & Dolls," Tuesday evening.

PlayMakers’ Summer Youth Conservatory premieres 'Guys and Dolls'

By Trevor Lenzmeier | July 16

With the lights dimmed, the spacious Paul Green Theatre empty and a stage painted in the likeness of a New York City subway map, all that was missing ...

Start to PlayMakers’ 2015-16 season is bittersweet

By Trevor Lenzmeier | June 14

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 2015-16 season will be their 40th, and yet the anniversary was bittersweet.

PlayMakers Repertory Company Producing Artistic Director Joseph Haj is the 2014 recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award.Photo courtesy of Connie Mahan. Photographer is Jenny Graham.

PlayMakers director Joseph Haj to leave post in July

By Sindhu Chidambaram | February 19

The man who got PlayMakers Repertory Company on sound financial footing will leave his post for Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater in July.

Q&A with PlayMakers Repertory Company's Robert Dagit

By Paige Connelly | January 28

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s latest production, called “Trouble in Mind,” features a complex plot of a play within a play that addresses racism ...

New PlayMakers production wrestles with conflict

By Paige Connelly | January 6

For the next week, PlayMakers Repertory Company will host the regional premiere of “Wrestling Jerusalem,” a passionate and political one-man play ...

Q&A with PlayMakers’ director Joseph Haj

By Elizabeth Baker | December 1

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s productions of “Into the Woods” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” have been in rotating repertory since Nov. ...