At the turn of the 20th century, Jack Johnson not only shattered boxing records but also broke through social barriers.
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Playwright of A Good Boy and Founder of Hidden Voices In the early 2000s, playwright Lynden Harris had a vision for a company dedicated to […]
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Window Shopping
Finishing out PlayMakers’ American Dream season is Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors, a comedic musical exploration of social corruption, class, and capitalism.
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Dramaturgy Fellow Series: Clyde’s
Hi, I’m Lexi Silva, the Dramaturgy Fellow for UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art and PlayMakers Repertory Company! As part of that work, I am serving […]
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Meet Lexi Silva
Meet Lexi Silva, the Dramaturgy Fellow for UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art and PlayMakers Repertory Company.
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Meet James Baldwin
Learn about the life and legacy of James Baldwin.
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To Tell a Secret, to Teach a Lesson
Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive” is one of the most important plays of the last 50 years and takes on the patriarchy in a unique and unflinching manner.
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Big Bad Brecht
Bertolt’s Brecht’s ‘Verfremdung’ isn’t so scary. It merely aims to be “That which makes the strange familiar, and the familiar strange.”
Like many acknowledged classics, “She Loves Me” had a long and compelling genesis, but for songwriting team Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock it was “love at first write.”