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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.

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Factory Sounds, Detroit Beats

“As soon as I read it, I knew I would do it.” G Clausen makes his PlayMakers debut with a show that’s right up his alley. Experience the hip-hop-infused, rhythm-driven sound design of “Skeleton Crew.”

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Embodying Robin Hood

Finding the spirit of Robin Hood in a time that truly needs it can be difficult, but Jessie Austrian is up to the challenge. And she thinks you are, too.

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Step Into Those Shoes

Playwright and documentarian Mike Wiley is ever-mindful of history’s echoes. And never more so than in his upcoming new play “Leaving Eden,” with music by Laurelyn Dossett.

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Rep the Rep

Saheem Ali: When the Play Chooses You

After working at numerous theatres across the country, Saheem Ali is bringing his artistic talent to PlayMakers for Molière’s “Tartuffe,” in a dynamic new adaptation by David Ball.

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Interview with Director Preston Lane

Recently, we had the opportunity to speak with “The Christians” director Preston Lane about his early beginnings, directing process, and what excites him about directing this play now.