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In rehearsal with John Dreher

Cabaret is based on Christopher Isherwood’s memoir Goodbye to Berlin. The opening sentence describes…

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From a model, to construction

Marion Williams‘ set model for Cabaret Notice the steel frame in the model? It’s currentlyunder construction in our shop. 

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New Season

We just announced our new season over on our website. Go check it out and then come back here and tell us which shows you’re […]

Printing Custom Fabrics

 By Rachel Pollock, Costume Crafts Artisan One of the first Cabaretprojects we began working on in the costume shop was figuring out how to create […]

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Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome

After fourteen months of reading, research, planning and preparation, here we are beginning rehearsals for Cabaret and I am filled with the terrifying feeling that I have at the beginning of every project: I can’t possibly begin since I don’t know enough about anything. I have learned enough about myself as a director to know that this crucial stage, as I step into rehearsals for the first time, of “unknowing” is as important as researching and contemplating the play deeply.

Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome

 By Joseph Haj, Director After fourteen months of reading, research, planning and preparation, here we are beginning rehearsals for Cabaret and I am filled with […]

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Get There Faster: Our Pair of Visiting Actors Talks About IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Returning to PlayMakers to play the role of Lana Sherwood in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play has been both a pleasure and a challenge. It’s Monday, our day off from the run, and it’s startling how exhausted I am. With our busy schedule of eight shows this last week, resulting in two double-show days fraught with twice the amount of time wrangling elaborate victory rolls on my heavily gelled and ossified hair, the joy of acting has shown its flip side as quite a bit of hard work. It’s impossible to do each show well without sufficient rest in between.

Get There Faster: Our Pair of Visiting Actors Talks About IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Todd Lawson and Katja Hill inIt’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Returning to PlayMakers to play the role of Lana Sherwood in It’s a […]

A Studio Becomes Bedford Falls: Designing the Set for IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Scenic Designer McKay Coble on her set for PlayMakers’ It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play The backdrop for It’s a Wonderful Life: A […]