{"id":26280,"date":"2018-09-26T09:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=26280"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:56:33","slug":"skeleton-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=26280","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Dominique Morisseau\u2019s ‘Skeleton Crew’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GraphicPlayMakers Repertory Company<\/a><\/strong> proudly presents Dominique Morisseau\u2019s \u201cSkeleton Crew,\u201d the searing dramatic final installment in her Detroit Trilogy. Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, the production runs from Oct. 10-28 at the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d transports us to the start of the Great Recession in 2008, where one of the last auto stamping plants in Detroit is in trouble. What will this mean for its blue collar workforce? The plant\u2019s line workers have become family, but alliances and power dynamics shift as each of them must make difficult decisions when they see the writing on the wall. What choices are you willing to make to take care of you and yours, to take care of your co-workers, to survive?<\/p>\n

\u201cDominique Morisseau is a master at writing about sweeping, universal issues \u2014 but in a way that makes them feel beautifully, tragically, and singularly human,\u201d said Vivienne Benesch, PlayMakers\u2019 Producing Artistic Director. \u201c\u2018Skeleton Crew\u2019 is very much a play of our time, in its exploration of how far each of us will go to protect our little piece of the pie. In the hands of the extraordinary Valerie Curtis-Newton, the play becomes a quiet but profound conversation-starter about what it means to be a \u2018worker\u2019 in America today, and to feel that \u2018progress\u2019 is leaving behind an entire segment of the population.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an artist and citizen, I believe so strongly in the power of theatre to put us in relationship with one another, and allow us to explore what brings us together as a community as well as what breaks us apart,\u201d said Curtis-Newton. \u201cThere are so many facets to the relationships in this play \u2014 family, co-workers, friends, adversaries \u2014 that give it resonance far beyond our present moment. Working with the incredible company at PlayMakers made it easy to feel safe enough to explore how we can be all those things to each other, sometimes at the same time, and yet still come out the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d features Kathryn Hunter-Williams<\/strong> as Faye (\u201cTartuffe,\u201d \u201cCount\u201d) Samuel Ray Gates<\/strong> as Reg (\u201cDot,\u201d \u201cLeaving Eden\u201d), Alex Givens <\/strong>as Dez (\u201cThe Christians,\u201d \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d), and Shanelle Nicole Leonard<\/strong> as Shanita (\u201cTartuffe\u201d \u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d).<\/p>\n

The Creative Team of \u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d includes: Valerie Curtis-Newton<\/strong> (Director; Founding Artistic Director of The Hansberry Project), Jan Chambers <\/strong>(Scenic Designer; \u201cThe Cake,\u201d \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d), Junghyun<\/strong> Georgia Lee <\/strong>(Costume Designer; \u201cThe Cake,\u201d \u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d), Porsche McGovern<\/strong> (Lighting Designer; \u201cTwelfth Night,\u201d \u201cWe Are Proud to Present\u2026\u201d), Gabriel Clausen<\/strong> (Sound Designer; PlayMakers debut), Dominic Abbenante<\/strong> (Video Designer; \u201cTemples of Lung and Air,\u201d \u201cThe Christians\u201d), Adam N. Vers\u00e9nyi <\/strong>(Dramaturg; Chair, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Dramatic Art) and Elizabeth Ray <\/strong>(Stage Manager; \u201cThe Cake,\u201d \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d\u00a0is recommended for ages 16 and up.<\/p>\n

For information and to purchase tickets, call 919.962.7529 or visit www.playmakersrep.org<\/a>. Individual ticket prices start at $15, with student discounts.<\/p>\n

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