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.


$12 million gift to benefit PlayMakers, dramatic art at UNC-Chapel Hill

Gift is the largest ever to benefit performing arts at Carolina; building will be renamed Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art (Chapel Hill, N.C.— […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Regional Premiere of “The Cake”

Art reflects real-life headlines in dramedy about a baker torn between love and faith Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: Mainstage production of “The Cake” by […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Kicks off 2017/18 Season with World Premiere of “Count”

Drama of six men on death row explores personal inheritances of violence, racism, loss and surprising love Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company, co-produced with Hidden Voices […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents “Mr. Joy”

A Harlem community dealing with tragedy and violence discovers healing in an unexpected voice Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: PRC2 production of “Mr. Joy” by […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents “My Fair Lady”

The most “loverly” musical of them all comes to Chapel Hill Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: Mainstage production of “My Fair Lady” by Alan Jay […]

UNC Process Series Presents “Count” by Lynden Harris and Hidden Voices

(Chapel Hill, NC, February 23, 2017) The UNC Process Series, in association with the Department of Communication, presents Count, a look into the lives of […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Announces 2017/2018 Season

New season brings two regional premieres by UNC alumni, the return of the rotating repertory, and a holiday treat for the whole family (Chapel Hill, […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Member Receives Junior Faculty Award

Jacqueline Lawton to Develop a Play Exploring Bio-Ethics (Chapel Hill, NC, February 10, 2017) PlayMakers Repertory Company is proud to announce that its own dramaturg […]

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents “Twelfth Night”

Be swept away to mid-20th century Illyria Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company What: Mainstage production of “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare, directed by Jerry Ruiz When: […]