Press Releases

Please direct all press inquiries to:

Associate Marketing Director, Rosalie Preston.

We are happy to make arrangements for journalists wishing to cover our company via artist interviews and reviews, but ask that you not attempt to contact the artists directly. As a repertory company with an in-house scene shop, props shop, and costume shop, we are also happy to make arrangements for journalists wishing to cover any aspect of our company, including exclusive behind-the-scenes access to artists and technicians in the months leading up to our productions and events.


Go behind the scenes at PlayMakers through new Vision Series

PlayMakers is the professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free series in the Paul Green Theatre […]

NEA Awards ‘Artistic Excellence’ Grant to PlayMakers

For the second year in a row, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has honored the professional theater company based in the College of […]

Young thespians to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

News Release CHAPEL HILL – A cast of 40 young actors, ages 10 to 18, will perform William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” July 23-26 […]

Hip hop troupe Universes completes PlayMakers’ second-stage lineup

CHAPEL HILL — PlayMakers Repertory Company announces the return of the innovative hip hop theater troupe Universes Jan. 13-17, 2010.PlayMakers, the professional theater in residence […]

PlayMakers presents stories of Iraqi women in ‘9 Parts of Desire’

CHAPEL HILL – Portraits of nine distinctly different Iraqi women are woven into the one-woman show 9 Parts of Desire, to be presented by PlayMakers […]

PlayMakers online auction goes live April 16

Bids can be placed via the “Auction” link on the company’s website, www.playmakersrep.org, from 8 a.m. April 16 through 8 p.m. April 25. All proceeds […]

PLAYMAKERS AUDITIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

Audition Contact: Jeff Stanley, Company Manager919-619-4734stanleyj@email.unc.eduwww.playmakersrep.org CHAPEL HILL (March 9, 2009) PlayMakers Repertory Company’s auditions for its 2009-2010 theatre season will be held April 28 […]

2009-2010 Season Announced

CHAPEL HILL – A two-part repertory production of Charles Dickens’ epic “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” will headline PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 34th season, […]

PlayMakers to present Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”

News Release For immediate use: Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 Note: For a play poster, see end of story. PlayMakers, the professional theater company in residence […]