Inaugural New Play Reading Series features work from local to international playwrights tackling the issues of our time.
Who: PlayMakers Repertory Company & The Process Series
What: “Making Tracks” A New Play Reading Series
When: April 13–15, 2018
Where: Studios 101 and 104, Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art, 120 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill
Admission: Free, with a $5 suggested donation at the door
PlayMakers Repertory Company and The Process Series proudly present “Making Tracks,” a new play reading series tackling some of the most prescient issues of our time. Dedicated to representing a wide variety of perspectives, “Making Tracks” will feature readings of four plays by four vastly different voices: a UNC-Chapel Hill student playwright, a faculty playwright, a national playwright and an international playwright. The series will run from the afternoon of April 13 into the evening of April 15, in conjunction with “Leaving Eden,” the world-premiere of PlayMakers’ first full commissioned work, originally developed in partnership with The Process Series.
“PlayMakers’ goal is to become a creative home for the development of playwrights’ most socially conscious and ambitious work,” says PlayMakers’ Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch. “‘Making Tracks’ is a new platform that gives us that opportunity, and this inaugural year provides a great taste of the exciting range of voices and stories that we can expect to see. I am thrilled to be collaborating once again with the invaluable Process Series, whose 10-year track record developing significant work for the performing arts provides a great launching pad.”
Process Series Artistic Director Joseph Megel, agrees, “Our collaboration is a perfect marriage, both organizations focusing on the process of creation of plays that truly makes a difference. These four compelling voices interrogate some of the most pressing issues of our time.”
Performance and Special Event Schedule:
April 13,1 p.m. —Trial 9 – Studio 101
April 13, 3 p.m. – Noms De Guerre – Studio 101
April 13, 8 p.m. – Eights Nights – Studio 101
April 14, 5 p.m. – Eight Nights – Studio 101
April 14, 8 p.m. – Illegal Helpers – Studio 101
April 15 7 p.m. – Noms DeGeurre – Studio 101
April 15 7 p.m. – Trial 9 – Studio 104
