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Vivienne Benesch and Deborah Salem Smith discuss “Love Alone”

Director Vivienne Benesch and playwright Deborah Salem Smith discuss staging the regional premiere of Love Alone at PlayMakers. Vivienne Benesch & Deborah Salem Smith VB: […]

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Cocktail Culture in the 1930’s

ELYOT: I think I mentioned once before that I have only had three minute liqueur glasses of brandy the whole evening long. A child of two couldn’t get drunk on that.

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Behind the Scenes: The bias cut revolution

In the 1930’s waist-lines returned and hems dropped back to the floor for eveningwear. And, undergarments virtually disappeared from under bias cut dresses featuring low […]

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Behind the Scenes: Hand painting fabric in the costume shop

Rachel Pollock, Costume Crafts Artisan for PlayMakers Repertory Company, and her assistant Katie Keener, hand painted the fabric used to create the glamorous biased cut […]

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What was Café Society?

The characters Amanda and Elyot in Private Lives are indicative of a social group that came to be known as Café Society…

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Opening Night of ‘Private Lives’

It was standing room only for the Opening Night of Private Lives at PlayMakers. Thanks to all the dedicated artists and staff who worked incredibly […]

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Behind the Scenes: Inspiration for Amanda’s Costumes

Paris was the main force in high fashion at this time, but Hollywood reinterpreted trends to dial up the glamour. Paris had Coco Chanel, Elsa […]

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Final Dress Rehearsal for ‘Private Lives’

After months of preparation the final dress rehearsal for Private Lives has arrived. With Opening night just a few days away, here are a few […]

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Welcome to Café Society

Are you a kindred spirit of the “Bright Young Things” who frequented nightclubs of the 1930s? Do you long for the sophisticated glamour and witty banter of Noel Coward and his black-tie crowd? Then PlayMakers’ Café Society seating is the one-of-a-kind theatre experience you…