PlayMakers Repertory Company will present the regional premiere of “Mary’s Wedding” by Stephen Massicotte April 29-May 3.
PlayMakers is the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The story of young love on the eve of The Great War will conclude the theater’s 2014-2015 PRC² series. PRC² features performances of topical plays coupled with engaging post-show discussions with the creative artists and other panelists.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. nightly and 2 p.m. on May 3 in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. Ticket prices start at $15 and may be purchased at www.playmakersrep.org or by calling (919) 962-7529.
On the eve of her wedding to another man, Mary dreams of meeting a young soldier, their blossoming love and the winds of fate that blew them apart when he went to battle in World War I. Haunting and achingly romantic, in the words of the playwright, “Mary’s Wedding” is “a memorial to both the Great War and Great Love.”
Broadway World called the play a, “wonderfully tender, poignant story of innocent first love and the vicissitudes of fate.” The New York Times said it is, “deeply romantic … goes straight to the heart.”
Chapel Hill native Cody Nickell will direct. He brings a unique perspective to the PlayMakers production, having played the young soldier in the 2003 U.S. premiere of “Mary’s Wedding” at San Jose Repertory Theatre. The actor/director appeared as Hotspur in PlayMakers’ “The Making of a King: Henry IV & V” (2012).
“Mary’s Wedding” is presented as one of PlayMakers’ contributions to the World War I Centenary Project at UNC-Chapel Hill. Among others, post-show discussion participants will include John McGowan, former director of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities who is Ruel C. Tyson Distinguished Term Professor, as well as professor Christopher Armitage — both in the department of English and comparative literature.
Subscription packages are also available for PlayMakers’ 2015-2016 season. For more on the new season, visit www.playmakersrep.org.
Based in UNC-Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences, PlayMakers is the Carolinas’ premier resident professional theater company. New York’s Drama League has named PlayMakers one of the “best regional theatres in America.”
For tickets: www.playmakersrep.org or (919) 962-7529
