PlayMakers Repertory Company 19/20 Season

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Welcome!

I have the great privilege of leading this exceptional professional theatre company.

I invite you to embark on the transformational journey we have in store for 2019/20. This new season gives us many wonderful opportunities to carry on our tradition of producing vibrantly reimagined classics, large-scale musical theatre, and noteworthy contemporary work, while also building on our new-found identity as an essential home for new play development in the American theatre.

I hope the pages that follow will pique your interest, and that you’ll join us as we celebrate the 100-year legacy of playmaking at Carolina and continue to develop the future of the American theatre right here in your backyard.

Warmly,

PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina’s premier professional theatre company, located in Chapel Hill. We are part of a proud 100-year tradition of playmaking at Carolina. 

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We produce 9 shows on our two stages each year, a mix of classics and some of the most exciting new plays in the American theatre We bring Broadway quality right to your backyard­­—for as little as $15 Our North Carolina actors and artisans are joined by renowned artists from around the world We are privileged to serve the Triangle and all of NC with K-12 programs, the PlayMakers Mobile touring troupe, and accessible services that bring the magic and power of theatre to underserved communities

This was a brave choice …

You make me think and stretch my preconceptions.

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A season 100 years in the making.

In 1919, the Carolina Playmakers first performed at UNC-Chapel Hill. Over the years, the troupe pioneered the American folk play, and their ranks included Pulizer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green, Thomas Wolfe, and Andy Griffith.

100 years later, PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly continues the tradition of playmaking at Carolina by exploring the diverse and intersecting legacies that have shaped who we are NOW. This season, we transform those legacies into entertaining, relevant and provocative theatre.

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MAINSTAGE SEASON | PAUL GREEN THEATRE

SEP 11–29, 2019

BY NAMBI E. KELLEY BASED ON THE NOVEL BY RICHARD WRIGHT DIRECTED BY COLETTE ROBERT In this heart-stopping and theatrical new adaptation, Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in 1930s Chicago, a world where systemic oppression and poverty have made fear and violence the everyday currency of life.

Gutsy, powerful, relentless...

SON

When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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MAINSTAGE SEASON | PAUL GREEN THEATRE

OCT 16–NOV 3, 2019

World Premiere

BY HEIDI ARMBRUSTER DIRECTED BY VIVIENNE BENESCH

Sometimes you really do put your foot in it.

Raw from an office romance and stinging from a journalistic rivalry, Allie never expected to find herself on the wrong side of an epic “farm-to-table” food fight. But it’s a cow named Patches who somehow manages to show her the true meaning of home. A comedy sure to put a smile on your face!

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MAINSTAGE SEASON | PAUL GREEN THEATRE

NOV 20–DEC 15, 2019

BOOK BY TERRENCE MCNALLY LYRICS BY LYNN AHRENS

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Tony Award Winner

MUSIC BY STEPHEN FLAHERTY DIRECTED BY ZI ALIKHAN

An era exploding, a century spinning.

Nominated for 13 Tony Awards including Best Musical, this triumphant masterpiece bursts with show-stopping splendor, as three intersecting stories capture the rich complexity of the American experiment. Cultures clash, people change, and hope shines in the darkness.

One of the great musicals of the 20th century.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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MAINSTAGE SEASON | PAUL GREEN THEATRE

JAN 22–FEB 9, 2020 Regional Premiere

BY BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS DIRECTED BY ORLANDO PABOTOY

As unpredictable as life itself.

Get on board for an audacious and unexpected journey through life’s greatest mystery and beyond. These 90 minutes of theatrical whimsy completely revitalize the classic medieval morality play, as five brave actors draw their roles by lottery each night. It's anyone's guess who will get the chance to cheat Death!

Fills the heart in a new and unexpected way.

THE NEW YORKER

Provocative and involving!

Wildly funny!

THE HUFFINGTON POST

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MAINSTAGE SEASON | PAUL GREEN THEATRE

MAR 4–22, 2020

JULIUS

The Bard is back.

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY ANDREW BORBA

When Julius Caesar’s heroic magnetism threatens to undo four centuries of republican rule in Rome, a small band of patriots conspire to put things right. But they just might unleash more chaos than they bargained for.

As another election cycle heats up, there’s never been a better time to engage this play and the hard truths it offers about leadership, listening, and citizenry.

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MAINSTAGE SEASON | PAUL GREEN THEATRE

NATIVE

BY KAREN ZACARÍAS DIRECTED BY PATRICK TORRES

A comedy that is anything but neighborly.

APR 8–26, 2020

Good fences don’t always make good neighbors, but they do make for great comedy! When a friendly disagreement about the lay of the land turns into a backyard brawl, cultures collide and mudslinging ensues… literally.

Delivers laugh after uproarious laugh.

SOUTH PASADENAN

90 minutes of hilarity.

BRAVO!

AROUND THE TOWN CHICAGO

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PRC2 SEASON | KENAN THEATRE

PRC

2

The three shows in our Kenan series offer the perfect complement to the Mainstage Season. PRC2 features new plays from new voices, provoking conversation, and pushing the boundaries of what we understand theatre to be.

AUG 21–25, 2019

No Fear and Blues Long Gone:

BY HOWARD CRAFT DIRECTED BY KATHRYN HUNTER-WILLIAMS

Her story, her way.

JAN 8–12, 2020

The

Project

BY JESSICA DICKEY

The triumph of forgiveness and compassion in the wake of a school shooting.

APR 29–MAY 3, 2020

DIRECTED BY SARAH WANSLEY

World Premiere

of Time The life and times of the marvelous Marvel Cook.

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BY JACQUELINE E. LAWTON DIRECTED BY KAJA DUNN

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