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Behind the Scenes

The World of Galileo: Playing with Props

With the help for Propsmaster Andrea Bullock, Vivienne Benesch and Jim Findlay have dreamed up a world where where the past is constantly flowing in and out of the present.

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Behind the Scenes

A Closer Look at Costumes

Does our production of “Life of Galileo” have you feeling curious? Take a closer look inside PlayMakers’ costume shop to learn the ins and outs of preparing for a show!

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Dramaturgy

Big Bad Brecht

Bertolt’s Brecht’s ‘Verfremdung’ isn’t so scary. It merely aims to be “That which makes the strange familiar, and the familiar strange.”

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Theatricality and the Real

Weathered and old, but sturdy and strong, it’s fitting for the striking visual of a large bridge to be at the center of the most theatrical play of the season here at PlayMakers.

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Elegant Simplicity

Mark Hartman has whittled the “She Loves Me” orchestration down to fill out a 6-piece band. But it isn’t about economics; it’s a matter of director Kirsten Sanderson‘s vision for the show.

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Behind the Scenes

The Look of You

How does a character’s personality inform Bobbi Owen’s costume designs? And how do those designs move from sketch to reality in the hands of draper Jane Reichard?

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Development

The Great Work Begins

PlayMakers Mobile set off in Spring 2017 to take great theatre outside of our building to share with the community. And each performance is absolutley free.

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Stability Through Song

“She Loves Me” director Kirsten Sanderson introduces you to this exquisite, “perfect little gem of a musical.” Will you like it? You’ve just got to!

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A Jewel Box Musical

First seen on Broadway in 1963, “She Loves Me” was as good as lost to generations of theatergoers until the story of two feuding clerks at a Hungarian parfumerie got its first revival.