One setting, four players. Scenic designer Jan Chambers and director Valerie Curtis-Newton take you inside the world of Dominique Morisseau’s “Skeleton Crew.”
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Theatre can get a bad rep for being stuffy, but Dominique Morisseau is shaking things up with her Rules of Engagement.
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Out of the Ashes
Detroit, 2008. What was once an industrial powerhouse has become a microcosm of the threats to economic security and prosperity facing the nation.
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Embodying Robin Hood
Finding the spirit of Robin Hood in a time that truly needs it can be difficult, but Jessie Austrian is up to the challenge. And she thinks you are, too.
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Meet Laurelyn Dossett
“Leaving Eden” may be Laurelyn Dossett’s first time working with PlayMakers, but she’s no stranger to composing for theatre about North Carolina life.
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Welcome Home, Mike Wiley
UNC’s newest Distinguished Alumnus returns to PlayMakers for the final piece of a season bookended with productions about life and social disparity in North Carolina.
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Step Into Those Shoes
Playwright and documentarian Mike Wiley is ever-mindful of history’s echoes. And never more so than in his upcoming new play “Leaving Eden,” with music by Laurelyn Dossett.
Recently, we had the opportunity to speak with “The Christians” director Preston Lane about his early beginnings, directing process, and what excites him about directing this play now.
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The Pulpit and the Stage
In this play, we meet a group of people in conflict. The caretaker of their souls asks a powerful question that cracks open their foundation and shifts their understanding of the world.