The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

JULY 27–31, 2022 Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art

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JEFFREY MEANZA

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

S-A-L-U-T-A-T-I-O-N-S! Welcome back to the Paul Green Theatre for one of PlayMakers’ favorite concoctions, the Summer Youth Conservatory. The SYC started as a grand experiment back in 2007: What would happen if we took a group of area young people and put them through the crucible of a professional theatre process?

Since that year, the program has grown to include training in technical theatre, one-week and multi-week classes for middle and high school students in subjects from Stage Combat to Improv to Shakespeare, and it has welcomed back many alumni to participate as interns, mentors and even this year’s producer (I’m looking at you, Chelsea James). We even have an SYC alumna starring on NBC’s LAW & ORDER! So, yah, we’re pretty sure it was a successful experiment.

And after two years of struggles, it is so exciting to be back on stage with William Finn’s hilarious and oddly moving examination of a rag tag group of elementary school spellers, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee". When Viv Benesch, our Artistic Director learned we were looking at this title she giggled and said, “Oh! How PERFECT!” And what an amazing group of students we’ve had this summer. From the scene shop to the costume shop, to stage management, to the fantastic actors, they have created something that truly lives up to the idea of company. And under the fantastically creative leadership of Tracy Bersley, Jo Li, and many others, we are so excited to have you here to experience the magic.

So, to all the logophiles, outsiders, perfectionists, odd balls and just plain humans, this one’s for you.

Enjoy the show!

Jeffrey Meanza Associate Artistic Director (and resident weirdo)

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Music & Lyrics by

Book by

William Finn

Rachel Sheinkin Conceived by

Rebecca Feldman Additional Materials by Jay Reiss

Originally Directed on Broadway by

James Lapine

Directed & Choreographed by

Tracy Bersley

Musical Director

Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

Joanna Li

Anita Tripathi

Erin M. West

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer/Engineer

Assistant Director

Morgann Russell

Maranda DeBusk Assistant Music Director

Jesse Kapsha

Lormarev Jones Stage Manager

Aspen Jackson

JULY 27–31, 2022 Based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original play by The Farm The Barrington Stage Company workshop of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE was originally co-directed by Michael Barakiva and Rebecca Feldman The Professional Theatre of the Department of Dramatic Art Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Chair Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director Produced in association with The College of Arts and Sciences The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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PLAYMAKERS IS...

“One of America’s Best Regional Theatres” (American Theatre Magazine), PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina’s premier professional theatre company, proudly in residence on the dynamic campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The professional company was founded in 1976, growing out of a storied 100 year tradition of playmaking at Carolina. Our mission is to produce relevant, courageous work that tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives. We believe that theatre can have a transformational impact on individuals and entire communities, and we are committed to the work of becoming an anti-racist organization whose work is accessible to all.

At the very heart of the PlayMakers experience is one of the nation’s last remaining resident theatre companies, made up of accomplished performers, directors, designers, artisans, and technicians, and supported by exceptional graduate students in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art. Our company works side by side with guest artists from all over the world and our alumni include Pulitzer Prize, Tony®, Emmy®, and Grammy Award® winners.

Creating Tomorrow’s Classics, Today

Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is continuing PlayMakers’ tradition of producing vibrantly reimagined classics, large-scale musical theatre, and significant contemporary work, but is also broadening the company’s reach to become a home for new play development and a true hub of social and civic discourse in the region. Her first five seasons have already given life to ten important new American plays.

A Hub of Engagement

PlayMakers seeks to provoke thought, stimulate discussion and push the boundaries of the theatrical form in everything we do. Whether through our intimate @Play series, our mainstage offerings or our virtual line-up, we look for opportunities for direct, dynamic engagement between audiences, artists and thinkers. The Vision Series, post-show discussions and a host of unique engagement opportunities enrich our audience's experience of the live arts.

Theatre for the People

PlayMakers Mobile is an initiative that seeks to contribute positively to the civic and social life of our region by taking world-class theatre out of our building and into the community. We create a streamlined production of a play each year and take it to schools, transitional housing facilities, and long-term treatment facilities around the Greater Triangle area. And best of all, it’s all free of charge. We look forward to getting back on the road as soon as we can do so safely.

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WHO WE ARE

Leaving Eden, 2018. Photo by HuthPhoto Passing the Torch

PlayMakers’award-winning Summer Youth Conservatory is the only professionally supported training program of its kind in the region. The Theatre Quest program provides camps to area middle school students, while the Theatre Intensive and TheatreTech programs allow Triangle high schoolers to apprentice directly with professional directors, choreographers, musical directors, and technicians, culminating in a professional quality production on the PlayMakers mainstage for the whole community to enjoy.

Eliminating Barriers

With a commitment to eliminating barriers for attendance when we host live events, PlayMakers offers All Access performances for our patrons living with disabilities, we offer accessible $20 tickets for all performances, and tickets reduced to just $10 for UNC students and $12 for all other students. Our Spotlight on Service program also offers complimentary tickets to local service organizations. This season, we are proud to offer complimentary tickets to front-line workers in honor of their ongoing service to the community. For more information, please contact prcboxoffice@unc.edu.

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OUR MISSION

As the premiere professional theatre company of North Carolina, PlayMakers Repertory Company strives to produce entertaining, relevant, and courageous work that tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives and creates transformational impact in our immediate and extended communities.

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OUR VALUES

Artistic excellence and artistry Education and training Community engagement Access and equity

Financial health Discovery and innovation Collaboration and communication Culture of support

ANTIRACISM ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT

At the heart of PlayMakers Repertory Company’s mission is the belief that theater has the power to transform individuals and entire communities. There is no more aspirational or urgent a use of that power than working to dismantle the systems of oppression, white supremacy, and racism that pervade American life and consume the American Theatre. PlayMakers continues to assess and evaluate our own practices in order to embed equitable, antiracist policies into strategic planning, our mission, and our operations.

PlayMakers Repertory Company, and those of us who work here, commit to the following: • To work intentionally to create an antiracist culture in our company.

• To continually educate ourselves on the ways in which we can combat racism locally and nationally as we move to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable sense of belonging for every one of our constituents.

• To demonstrate our values through action in our policies, practices, and procedures.

We are grateful to Black, Indigenous and People of Color artists and administrators within our local community as well as the larger theatrical community across the country for the resources they’ve expended, both in time and emotional labor. Their work lays an important foundation for us by articulating some of the harmful practices that must change immediately as well as identifying pathways for the long-term evolution that must follow. In that light, this document is the beginning of a response to the demands for change made by the anti-racist organization #WeSeeYouWhiteAmericanTheater.

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As a professional theatre company embedded in, and inextricably linked to the Department of Dramatic Art (DDA) at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, the path forward will be complex and singular. We will therefore be updating our action items and commitments continuously as our work evolves.

We at PlayMakers understand our responsibility not only to the artists, staff, and audiences with which we engage, but significantly, to the many students training here for a career in the theatre.

These are not our first steps, and by no means our last. They are not perfect. And they are not enough. But they are steps forward. We invite you to come back to our website and our theater often and monitor our progress. We take our responsibility to this effort seriously and we welcome your involvement and assessment.

Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge that the Center for Dramatic Art is located on the unceded lands of one or more of Abiayala’s (the Americas’) original sovereign nations, the name(s) of which have not yet been affirmed. The unjust acquisition of these Indigenous lands came about through a history of racism, violence, dispossession, displacement, and erasure of cultures by settlers as part of the larger, land-centered project of settler colonialism.

As we look to the future, please join us in acknowledging and learning about the atrocities committed against these Nations and work with us towards inclusion, representation, and a better relationship with citizens of sovereign American Indian and Alaska Native nations.

Why is Land Acknowledgement important?

This statement is part of the continual interrogation of our own participation and complacency in colonial structures and a call for greater awareness, accountability, and intentionality in the work we do. As storytellers we are committed to learning and telling stories in ways that will have transformational impact in our immediate and extended communities.

We are excited by future partnerships with Native Americans and look forward to sharing this journey of knowledge and growth with you.

Learn more: UNC American Indian Center https://americanindiancenter.unc.edu/

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CAST LIST In alphabetical order

Marcy Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amari Bullett Sophie Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cat Copland Chip Tolentino/Carl Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webb Cummings Olive Ostrovsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaelie Goss Meg Mahoney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Micah Hughes Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere (Schwartzy). . . . . . . . . . Liv McIntyre Leaf Coneybear/Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bjorn Parins William Barfee/Dan Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anton Peter Rona Lisa Peretti/Olive's Mom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitra Samei Theo Guskiewicz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryten Thomson Vice Principal Douglas Panch/Olive's Dad . . . . . . . . . . . Buck Thornton

THEATRE TECH Costumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josie Bledsoe Veggian Raelyn Broucksou Willow Denuo Scenic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Blanton-Parke Caitlyn Doughty Ansleigh Geeslin Anabel Gutierrez Daniel Martinez Perez Maryam Samei Stage Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Robinson Laura Stone 9

MUSICAL NUMBERS The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . . . . . . . . . . . . Company The Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spellers and Panch My Friend, the Dictonary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olive Pandemonium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spellers, Panch, and Meg I'm Not That Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leaf Magic Foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barfee, Rona, and Spellers Pandemonium (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company My Favorite Moment of the Bee (II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rona Prayer of the Comfort Counselor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meg Chip's Lament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chip Woe Is Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schwartzy, Carl, Dan and Company Spelling Montage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spellers I'm Not That Smart (Reprise). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leaf I Speak Six Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcy and Girls The I Love You Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olive and Olive's Parents Woe is Me (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schwartzy, Barfee, and Olive My Favorite Moment of the Bee (III). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rona Second . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olive, Barfee, Panch, and Rona Finale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company The Last Goodbye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

MUSICIANS - THE BEE BAND Keyboard 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Dreier Reeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Leechford Keyboard 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanna Li 10

Cello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peng Li Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel McCloud

SUMMER YOUTH CONSERVATORY PRODUTION TEAM Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Rolleri Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Pates Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Maxfield Props. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Anderson Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Bosch Master Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Cacchione Costume Shop Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Evans Wardrope Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marissa Lupkas Scenic Charge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Secrest

Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea James Jeffrey Meanza Jeri Lynn Schulke Directing Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haylee Cartee Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Sparks Directing Intern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosie Cassidy Costume Shop Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helen Erikson Scene Shop Intern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Lyons Stage Management Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ripley Reid

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Amari Bullett Marcy Park 9th Grade Pittsboro, NC

Micah Hughes Meg Mahoney 12th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Cat Copland Sophie Jackson 9th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Liv McIntyre Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere 9th Grade Durham, NC

Mitra Samei Rona Lisa Peretti/ Olive's Mom 11th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Webb Cummings Chip Tolentino/ Carl Dad

Kaelie Goss Olive Ostrovsky

Bjorn Parins Leaf Coneybear/ Jesus

Anton Peter William Barfee/ Dan Dad

12th Grade Durham, NC

2022 Graduate Chapel Hill, NC

Bryten Thomson Theo Guskiewicz 9th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

12th Grade Durham, NC

2022 Graduate Chapel Hill, NC

Buck Thornton VP Douglas Panch/Olive's Dad 12th Grade Pittsboro, NC

Trevor Blanton-Parke Scenic 9th Grade Durham, NC

Willow Denuo Costume 12th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Josie Bledsoe Veggian Costume 11th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Caitlyn Doughty Scenic 11th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Daniel Martinez Perez Leo Robinson Stage Management Scenic 2022 Graduate Chapel Hill, NC

12th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

Raelyn Broucksou Costume 12th Grade Hillsborough, NC

Ansleigh Geeslin Scenic

Anabel Gutierrez Scenic

Maryam Samei Scenic

Laura Stone Stage Management

10th Grade Durham, NC

12th Grade Chapel Hill, NC

11th Grade Mebane, NC

2022 Graduate Chapel Hill, NC

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CREATIVE TEAM Tracy Bersley Director

PlayMakers: Movement coach and resident choreographer in her fifth season. OffBroadway New York: As director/choreographer— Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Lortel Theatre, Primary Stages, and many awardwinning Off-Broadway companies, such as The Civilians and Red Bull Theatre. Regional: As director/choreographer— Carolina Performing Arts, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Eduction/Other: Served as professor or guest artist at Yale School of Drama, Princeton University, New York University, Purchase College, Columbia University/ Barnard College, and The Juilliard School. Tracy received her MFA in Directing from Syracuse University and is currently co-head of the Professional Actor Training Program in the Department of Dramatic Art at UNC-Chapel Hill, a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and a Drama League Fellow

Joanna Li Musical Director

PlayMakers: “Cabaret”. Joanna earned her Bachelors of Music from Baylor University and her Masters of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Since then, she has music directed across the United States, including local organizations such as Theatre Raleigh, Cape Fear Regional Theatre, North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre, Temple Theatre, Raleigh Little Theatre, and her own newly-formed company Two-Way Street Theatre, all while serving as the organist for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cary. In 2021, Jo was Associate Musical Director for "Gold Mountain" at Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Anita Tripathi Scenic Designer

PlayMakers: “Bright Star”, “Stick Fly”. Broadway: Associate designer for David Gallo on several productions Regional: Previous Resident Designer at Virginia Stage Company, credits include “Of Mice and Men", "Private Lives", "A Christmas Carol” and others; “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) Currently design frequently for Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, including the world premiere of Steven Dietz’s new play, The Ghost of Splinter Cover. Education/Awards/Other: Assistant Professor of Design and Technology at Davidson College; MFA from University of South Carolina. Member USA Local 829. anitajtripathi.com

Erin M. West Costume Designer

PlayMakers: Debut. Education: MFA in Costume Design from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and a BA in Studio Art from James Madison University.

Currently serving as the Costume Shop Manager for Duke University, she has worked with Washington & Lee University, James Madison University, Westminster College, American Dance Festival, Salt Lake Acting Company, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, The Virginia Repertory Dance Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and The American Shakespeare Center. erinmwest.com

Maranda DeBusk Lighting Designer

PlayMakers: Debut. Regional: Actors Express, Music Theatre Wichita, Warehouse Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Triad Stage, Serenbe Playhouse. Associate/Assistant Design: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Trinity Repertory Company, and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. International: 2019 Featured Emerging Artist, Prague Quadrennial, Prague, Czech Republic. 2017 Emerging Artist, World Stage Design, Taipei, Taiwan. Other: Assistant Professor of Design at University of North Carolina Greensboro. @maranda.debusk @maranda.debusk maranda-debusk.com

Aspen Jackson Stage Manager

PlayMakers: Debut. Aspen graduated in May of 2019 with a BA in Vocal Performance and Dramatic Arts from UNC-Chapel Hill. During her undergraduate career, she was stage manager for shows such as "Cendrillon, Dido and Aeneas" and "The Pillowman". After graduating, Aspen completed an internship with the Walt Disney World Company and she worked as a production assistant for PlayMakers Repertory Company during their 19/20 and 21/22 seasons. Aspen is thrilled to be returning to Playmakers Repertory Company this season for her debut as Resident Stage Manager.

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ABOUT OUR SUMMER YOUTH CONSERVATORY

"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is the culmination of PlayMakers’ Summer Youth Conservatory, a six-week practicum for high school students—both on stage and behind the scenes—combining top-notch teaching with unparalleled practical experience. Students work with professional directors, choreographers, musical directors, and theatre technicians to mount a professional quality production for all to enjoy.

In addition to our flagship summer productions over the past decade, we host a wide variety of theatre summer camps for area middle school and high school students.

Elizabeth M. Amend Lauren Brady Sharon Lawrence-Apostle Geneva Holliday David Howell Roy Milton

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DONORS

Jennifer Seiger Harriet Solomon Triangle Community Foundation Robin Visser Ernest Wilkes

We are proud to offer generous scholarship opportunities and are thankful to our Summer Youth Conservatory Fund donors who ensure no student experiences financial hardship by joining us and learning with us. We invite you to contribute to the fund and help the next generation continue to grow and create the great theatre you enjoy.

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All photos by Trevon Carr

PlayMakers Repertory Company is a program of the Department of Dramatic Art, The College of Arts and Sciences, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, recognizes PlayMakers as a professional theatre organization and provides grant assistance to this organization from funds appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. PlayMakers is a beneficiary of the Elizabeth Price Kenan Endowment and the Lillian Hughes Prince Endowment.

PlayMakers Repertory Company is a Member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League Of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

PlayMakers is a proud partner of The Drama League, which advances the American theatre by providing a life-long artistic home for directors and a platform to dialogue with and between audiences.

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GENERAL INFO

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WHAT WILL SHOWS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR?

The season features six productions on the Paul Green Theatre stage, which will be transformed into the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, a usurper King’s court in Denmark, a neighborhood backyard battleground, a queen’s playground in Florida, a meddlesome English matchmaker’s drawing room, and, finally, familiar ground in the South for a young man’s journey of creative self-discovery.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

PlayMakers Repertory Company is committed to the safety and well-being of our patrons, artists and staff. We will be following state, industry and University safety guidelines in the 21/22 season.

All patrons are required to wear face coverings at all times while inside the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art. We have increased sanitation measures throughout the building and put some new protocols in place to improve safety including: • • • •

Touch free electronic ticketing Hand sanitizers throughout the Center for Dramatic Art More frequent cleaning of high-touch surfaces HEPA filtration units

WHAT IF I HAVE TO MISS MY PERFORMANCE DATE?

For the safety of all our artists, patrons, and staff, if you feel unwell, please stay home. You may call our Box Office and ask to be reseated for another performance, or request a refund up to 48 hour before your ticketed performance.

If you know you will miss a performance date, we can exchange your ticket for you, based on availability.

Please call our Box Office at least 48 hours before your scheduled performance, and please be aware that all exchanges are based on availability and a fee or additional cost may apply. Subscribers may exchange their tickets with no additional fee, but additional cost may apply with a change in performance or section.

BOX OFFICE HOURS

Mon, Weds, Fri 12:00 noon-5:00p.m. and 90 minutes prior to each performance.

USE OF CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONICS

Texting and using cell phones, laptops, smart watches, and other light- or sound-emitting devices are strictly prohibited during the performance. Please turn all electronic devices to silent, theatre mode, or off during the show.

CAMERAS OR RECORDING DEVICES

Taking photographs or videotaping inside the theatre is strictly prohibited during performances. However, before the show, during intermission, and after the show, you are invited to take and share your photos of the stage and scenery.

PARKING

There are several paid and free parking options available near PlayMakers. We recommend arriving 30 minutes before the show so that you have time to park and pay (Monday-Thursday evenings only) and find your seat. For more information and an interactive map of nearby parking options, please visit www.playmakersrep.org/parking

POLICY ON YOUNG CHILDREN

As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of PlayMakers not to admit children under the age of 5. All of our shows have content ratings for each production (for example: Rated PG-13). If you are considering bringing your child, please refer to website or contact our Box Office for further information. All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

HEADSETS FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PATRONS

Our theatres are equipped with sound systems that amplify the sound from the stage. Patrons who wish to use the system may obtain headsets on a first-come, first-served basis from the coat check. Headsets must be returned immediately after the performance.

LATE SEATING AND LEAVING YOUR SEAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE

To minimize disruptions to the actors and other patrons, late seating will be provided at the discretion of the house manager at an appropriate break in the action on stage. Patrons who need to be seated late must be escorted by house staff to seats at the rear entrance of the auditorium, which entails climbing a flight of stairs. Patrons can take their regular seat at intermission.

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Announcing PlayMakers'

22/23 Season

The season features six productions on the Paul Green Theatre stage, which will be transformed into the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, a usurper King’s court in Denmark, a neighborhood backyard battleground, a queen’s playground in Florida, a meddlesome English matchmaker’s drawing room, and, finally, familiar ground in the South for a young man’s journey of creative self-discovery.

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OCT 12 – 30, 2022

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