{"id":2765,"date":"2012-03-16T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:28:07","slug":"playmakers1213season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers announces 2012-2013 season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Haj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PlayMakers Repertory Company has announced the plays for its 2012-2013 season, highlighted by the Tony Award-winning musical \u201cCabaret,\u201d plus premieres of two works specially commissioned by the theater company. The season will also feature Lorraine Hansberry\u2019s \u201cA Raisin in the Sun\u201d playing in rotating repertory with 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winner \u201cClybourne Park.\u201d<\/p>\n

On its main stage, the professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will premiere \u201cImaginary Invalid,\u201d a newly commissioned adaptation of the classic comedy by Moli\u00e8re. PlayMakers will open its main-stage season with the 2010 Tony Award-winner for best play, \u201cRed\u201d by John Logan.<\/p>\n

PlayMakers will also present three thought-provoking shows in its second-stage season, the PRC2<\/sup> series.<\/p>\n

PRC2<\/sup> will include Obie Award-winner \u201cAnd God Created Great Whales,\u201d conceived and performed by Grammy Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Rinde Eckert, and a commissioned piece inspired by Igor Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cThe Rite of Spring\u201d to be written and performed by innovative hip-hop theater troupe Universes.<\/p>\n

A third play is yet to be announced. Each PRC 2 <\/sup>performance includes engaging post-show dialogue between the artists and the audience. These conversations have become the hallmark of the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new season features plays that touch all the senses and explore the emotional landscape of the human experience,\u201d said PlayMakers producing artistic director Joseph Haj. \u201cThere are stories of artistic and racial struggles, heartwarming family drama, scathing social commentary and dancing while the world burns. It\u2019s an exciting lineup of plays, which we\u2019re thrilled to bring to life for Triangle audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

All performances will be presented in UNC\u2019s Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. Main-stage productions will be in the Paul Green Theatre; PRC2<\/sup> shows, in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre.<\/p>\n

Season ticket packages for 2012-2013 are available for purchase. To secure the theater\u2019s lowest season ticket prices, new and renewing purchasers can take advantage of PlayMakers\u2019 Early Bird Discount rates through May 4. Call (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n

Dates and descriptions of the 2012-2013 main-stage plays<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cRed\u201d by John Logan: Sept. 19 to Oct. 7, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

As PlayMaker\u2019s 2009 hit \u201cOpus\u201d took audiences behind the music of a world famous string quartet, \u201cRed\u201d <\/em>goes into the studio of Mark Rothko, pioneer of abstract expressionism, and into the mind of an artist wrestling with the eternal struggle between art and commerce. Seen through the eyes of his young, increasingly challenging assistant, Rothko agonizes over a lucrative project painting murals for the new Four Seasons Restaurant. The Tony Award-winning play asks, has the artist sold out to fame and fortune or is he still pursuing genuine artistry?<\/p>\n

Variety said \u201cLogan sends \u2026 Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ideas, and the artist\u2019s howls are pure music.\u201d The Washington Post review said the play has a \u201cspiritual intensity and an almost sexual energy \u2026 the artist consumed by the physical demands of his work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cImaginary Invalid\u201d by Moli\u00e8re, adapted by David Ball: Oct. 24 to Nov. 11, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this commissioned adaptation of a timeless classic, a rich hypochondriac surrounds himself with a host of veritable quacks eager to take his money by promising cures to an array of suspect illnesses. This \u201cInvalid\u201d is smart, in your face, and wickedly funny, taking the audience from a Parisian drawing room to Purgatory for an epic battle between the forces of good and evil.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe passing of years has only heightened the absurd accuracy of this dead-on take on health care as a system where no one is blameless \u2014 neither the doctors nor their patients,\u201d Haj said.<\/p>\n

Visionary director Dominique Serrand, artistic director\/co-founder of Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune, helms this irreverent PlayMakers commission. His longtime collaborator, Steven Epp, will be featured as the \u201cInvalid.\u201d Their production of \u201cThe Miser\u201d was celebrated from Berkeley Repertory Theatre to Boston\u2019s American Repertory Theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play\u201d by Joe Landry:<\/strong> Nov. 28 to<\/strong> Dec. 16, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The beloved holiday film comes to life right before the audience\u2019s \u00a0eyes, first as 1940s radio players perform a Christmas Eve broadcast with music and sound effects, and then, as the characters themselves, they step into the iconic scenes that have warmed hearts for generations. A story of redemption that resonates with all ages, \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d has become the American \u201cChristmas Carol,\u201d with George Bailey, Clarence the Angel, little Zuzu and all the citizens of Bedford Falls.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmbodying the true spirit of the season, \u2018Wonderful Life\u2019 will be must-see holiday entertainment, a special gift for the entire family,\u201d Haj said.<\/p>\n

The Boston Globe called it \u201cmagic \u2026 a \u2018wonderful\u2019 night at the theater.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA Raisin in the Sun\u201d by Lorraine Hansberry and \u201cClybourne Park\u201d by Bruce Norris: Performed in rotating repertory Jan. 26 to March 3, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debuting in 1959 and nominated for multiple Tony Awards, \u201cA Raisin in the Sun\u201d was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. The New York Times proclaimed that it <\/em>\u201cchanged American theater forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the groundbreaking drama, proceeds from a life insurance policy give the Younger family hope for a better life. Can their \u201cdreams deferred\u201d be realized by moving into a home in an all-white neighborhood when they are confronted with conflicting desires within the family and racial prejudice outside their door?<\/p>\n

Written 50 years later, \u201cClybourne <\/strong>Park\u201d takes up where \u201cRaisin\u201d <\/em>leaves off, in 1959 with a white couple selling their home to the Youngers and causing uproar among their middle class neighbors. The second act fast-forwards 50 years with neighborhood demographics radically shifted and the first family of gentrifying whites about to move into what is now a predominantly black community. Times have changed, but what about the no-holds-barred conversation about race and the politics of community?<\/p>\n

New York Times critic Ben Brantley called \u201cClybourne Park\u201d \u201cthe year\u2019s slyest and bravest political comedy.\u201d The San Francisco Chronicle said it \u201carticulates brilliantly, wittily and painfully our inability to talk about race.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCabaret\u201d book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb: April 3-21, 2013
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Enter the tantalizing world of The Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, where beguiling, self-destructive chanteuse Sally Bowles lives life with no thought for tomorrow. One of the defining musicals of all time, \u201cCabaret\u201d intertwines social history with dazzling entertainment. The decadence of a Weimar nightclub becomes a shattered mirror reflecting a society spiraling toward disaster with the rise of Hitler\u2019s Nazis.<\/p>\n

[\u201cCabaret\u201d is] \u201ca daring and great musical that combines unforgettable songs with genuinely gripping and disturbing drama,\u201d said The Daily Telegraph of London.<\/p>\n

PlayMakers\u2019 Joseph Haj will direct the musical, which will feature Obie Award-winning Taylor Mac as the lasciviously charming Emcee. Mac appeared in the PRC2<\/sup> series in 2009 with his solo show \u201cThe Young Ladies Of \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Dates and descriptions of the plays in the PRC2 <\/sup>second stage series:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And God Created Great Whales,\u201d created, written and composed by Rinde Eckert: Jan. 9-13, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

This frenzied, funny and moving play is a haunting musical adventure into the psyche of a composer trying to create an opera based on the classic novel \u201cMoby Dick.\u201d Desperately fighting a degenerative disease eating away at his mind, each day the artist must rely on a tape recorder hung around his neck and a muse born of his imagination to instruct him on his work.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery element of Eckert\u2019s play is masterly \u2014 his performance \u2026 poignant, his music varied and lovely, his dancing divine, his musings profound,\u201d raved The New Yorker. \u201cDazzling,\u201d said The Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n

The New York Times has called Eckert \u201can American loner \u2014 eccentric with touches of Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Tom Waits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Untitled \u201cRite of Spring\u201d Project, written and performed by Universes: April 24-28, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acclaimed international musical\/spoken word ensemble Universes returns to PRC2<\/sup> using Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cThe Rite of Spring\u201d as a springboard to investigate rites of passage. They\u2019ll bring their unique talents to an exploration of the groundbreaking composition and create a daring 21st<\/sup> century soundtrack on ritual and revolution, breaking cultural barriers anew. The performance is a world premiere commissioned by PlayMakers and Carolina Performing Arts as part of the \u201cRite of Spring\u201d project celebrating the classic ballet\u2019s 2013 centennial.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Times wrote of the New York-based group, \u201cThese performers are fierce, funny and bitingly intelligent.\u201d The Boston <\/em>Globe called Universes \u201ca headlong explosion of poetry, percussion, and multi-culti musical exploration that absolutely demands to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

PlayMakers is finalizing plans to present another play in the PRC 2<\/sup> series, to be staged Sept. 5-9, 2012. The title and additional information will be released and posted on http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a> when available.<\/p>\n

Based in the College of Arts and Sciences, PlayMakers is the Carolinas\u2019 premiere resident professional theater company. New York\u2019s Drama League has named PlayMakers one of the \u201cbest regional theatres in America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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