Here’s a look back at some of our favorite PlayMakers memories from 2014.
(in no particular order)
1. Lisa Brescia’s spirited ‘Last Midnight’ as The Witch in Into the Woods
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| Read more: “Becoming the Witch in Into the Woods“; Lisa Brescia, photo by Jon Gardiner |
2. Roger Guenveur Smith in Rodney King, sparking community conversation during PRC² in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Missouri
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| Roger Guenveur Smith in Rodney King at PlayMakers |
3. The elegant 1930s Café Society Supper Club set for Private Lives
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| Kristen Mengelkoch, Tom Coiner, Jeffrey Blair Cornell and Julie Fishell; photo Jon Gardiner |
4. Ray Dooley’s Puck and Julie Fishell’s Nick Bottom as we’ve never seen them before in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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| Read more: A Conversation with A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Ray Dooley and Zachary Fine; photo by Jon Gardiner |
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| Julie Fishell and Ray Dooley; photo by Jon Gardiner |
5. Crazy, carefree, sometimes ‘clothes-free’ Spike in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
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| Read more: “Christian Daly makes his PlayMakers debut”; Christian Daly as Spike, photo by Curtis Brown |
6. The beautiful healing and hope of Love Alone
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| Patrick McHugh and Jenny Wales. Photo by Jon Gardiner. |
7. Associate Artistic Director Jeff Meanza trips the light fantastic in Assassins (and again as The Baker in Into the Woods!)
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| Jeffery Meanza; Photo by Jon Gardiner. |
8. Joel de la Fuenta’s mesmerizing performance as Gordon Hirabayashi in Hold These Truths
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| Read more: “Meet Joel de la Fuente”; Joel de la Fuente, photo by Lia Chang |
9. Mike Daisey explores America’s national obsession with guns in our commission and world premiere of The Story of the Gun
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| Mike Daisey, photo by Ursa Waz |
10. The Summer Youth Conservatory’s Madison-dancing cast of Hairspray raises the roof of the Paul Green Theatre
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| “PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory presents: HAIRSPRAY“ |
And a 10 plus 1 we’ll never forget…
11. Adorable bovine Milky White stealing our hearts in Into the Woods!
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| Read more: “Working with Puppets” by Donovan Zimmerman, Puppeteer, Into the Woods |