Shows

Mike Wiley brings to life the recollections of author Tim Tyson surrounding the 1970 murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow in Oxford, NC and the events that followed. Marrow, who was black, was chased from a local store by three white men after reportedly making a crude remark to the wife of one of those men. The conflagration of events shapes the life of the narrator and delves into the racial fabric of America.

Acclaimed gospel scholar and singer, Mrs. Mary D. Williams reinforces the action on stage with powerful and moving renditions of spirituals such as “Oh, Freedom,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” and “Soon I Will Be Done.”

This special, on-stage performance was recorded in front of a live Zoom audience.

Curl up with the whole family for an intimate evening of storytelling with PlayMakers legend Ray Dooley. Ray voices Scrooge, Marley, Tiny Tim, and a lifetime of Christmas memories in Dickens’ classic tale of redemption, charity, and love.

This is a “radio drama”-style production, which means it’s presented as audio-only, including the expertly-crafted Foley artistry of PlayMakers sound designer and engineer, Brandon Reed. So even if you’ve seen Ray Dooley’s one-man A Christmas Carol before, this is sure to offer you something new and exciting.

Randi has lived off the grid with her father for as long as she can remember. She knows better than to question things—at least, until now. The Storyteller is a riff on The Tempest that explores the magic and power of the narratives we create.

Poetry, rap, and storytelling join forces in a tale of race, identity, and growing up between left and right in the American South. Writer-performer and UNC graduate Kane Smego draws on his experience as an international touring poet, hip-hop artist, youth educator, and Durham, N.C. native in this virtuosic one-man show. Stream this encore presentation of the show that had the entire Triangle talking in 2018.

This one-woman show takes us into the life of investigative journalist, editor, and activist, the marvelous Marvel Cooke, the first Black woman writer to have her own byline in a major US newspaper.

We meet Marvel in 1963 in the wake of the Birmingham church bombing and she threads the story of mid-century Civil Rights with her own trailblazing journey from the suburbs of Minnesota to the newsrooms, labor unions, and arts societies of New York with a fateful detour into the witness chair under interrogation by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Always unconventional and willing to pay the price for speaking her mind, Marvel calls to us from the past with warnings about our present.

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