The Skin of Our Teeth

By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Vivienne Benesch

Destroy. Rebuild. Rinse and Repeat…until we get it right!

When you’ve been married as long as the Antrobuses—5,000 years!—of course your life will include run-ins with dinosaurs, mammoths, Plato, and Moses. This season, celebrate Thornton Wilder’s 125th birthday with “one of the friskiest and liveliest plays” ever written, and take a brand new look at an “average American family” from the Ice Age to a post-apocalyptic Dawn.

The Skin of Our Teeth featured Ray Dooley in his final performance as a PlayMakers Company member.

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Celebrating 125 Years of Thornton Wilder

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Photos

Ray Dooley, Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.
Anthony August, Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Omolade Wey with Khalil LeSaldo, AhDream Smith. Photo by HuthPhoto.
Hayley Cartee, Adam Valentine, Saleema Sharpe. Photo by HuthPhoto.
Anthony August. Photo by HuthPhoto.
Tori Jewell. Photo by HuthPhoto.
Ray Dooley with AhDream Smith and Khalil LeSaldo. Photo by HuthPhoto.
Jeffrey Blair Cornell. Photo by HuthPhoto.

Reviews

PlayMakers Rep’s Rendition of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth is a Must-See Show
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
by Pamela Vesper
November 15, 2021

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH a production of PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill
Broadway World Review
by Paul Bolton
November 15, 2021

THEATRE REVIEW PlayMakers Returns with Zany “Skin of Our Teeth“
Chatham Life and Style
by Dustin Britt
November 18, 2021

PlayMakers Rep’s Production of The Skin of Our Teeth Is Deep, Daring, and Different
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
by Susie Potter
November 19, 2021

PlayMakers’ Resurrects the Woolly Mammoth (and Other Creatures) for its Riotous Return to Live Theater
Beltline to Broadway
by Kim Jackson
November 21, 2021

Artists

Vivienne Benesch
Director
Thornton Wilder
Playwright
Sergio Mauritz Ang
Actor
Anthony August
Actor
Hayley Cartee
Actor
Jeffrey Blair Cornell
Actor
Ray Dooley
Actor
Spencer Ellis
Actor
Heinley Gaspard
Actor
Kathryn Hunter-Williams
Actor
Tori Jewell
Actor
Jamar Jones
Actor
Khalil LeSaldo
Actor
Kendall Mason
Actor
Saleemah Sharpe
Actor
Sanjana Taskar
Actor
AhDream Smith
Actor
Adam Valentine
Actor
Omolade Wey
Actor
Gwendolyn Schwinke
Creative Team
Jan Chambers
Creative Team
McKay Coble
Creative Team
Reza Behjat
Creative Team
Fabian Obispo
Creative Team
Mark Valenzuela
Creative Team
Shawn Duan
Creative Team
Adam Versényi
Creative Team
Tracy Bersley
Creative Team
Aubrey Snowden
Creative Team
Maxwell Bowman
Creative Team
Charles K. Bayang
Creative Team

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