{"id":7235,"date":"2014-01-24T11:03:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:35:32","slug":"playmakers1415season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=7235","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers announces 2014-2015 season"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Joseph<\/a>
Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company. (Photo by Andrea Akin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Tony Award-winner straight from Broadway, a 20th<\/sup> century classic and a beloved tale from Shakespeare paired with a tour de force musical by Stephen Sondheim highlight the 2014-2015 main-stage season from PlayMakers Repertory Company.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new season features plays fresh from award-winning New York runs along with contemporary classics,\u201d said PlayMakers producing artistic director Joseph Haj. \u201cIt\u2019s a lineup of compelling, thought-provoking, spectacularly entertaining theater that we can\u2019t wait for Triangle audiences to see on our stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, details will soon be released for three timely, topical plays to continue PlayMakers\u2019 PRC2<\/sup> second-stage series, a dynamic combination of presenting stories onstage followed by engaging post-show dialogue between the artists and the audience.<\/p>\n

PlayMakers is the professional theater company in residence in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. 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 will be in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre.<\/p>\n

Subscription packages for 2014-2015 are available for purchase. Renewing subscribers can secure their current seats for the new season through March 31. Call (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n

Main-stage productions for 2014-2015 are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike\u201d by Christopher Durang: Sept. 17 to Oct. 5, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Straight from an acclaimed Broadway run: Take one part Chekhov, add a heaping portion of hilarity with a dash of misery, mix with pop culture and shake furiously with laughter. The New York Times called the 2013 Tony Award-winner for Best Play: \u201cDeliriously funny! Comic acting raised to the level of high art.\u201d USA Today proclaimed the show \u201ca wild, winning ride! Hugely entertaining!\u201d The playwright\u2019s reputation for outrageous, often absurd comedy prompted Entertainment Weekly to cheer, \u201cEntirely, indisputably, oh-no-he-didn\u2019t Durang!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInto the Woods\u201d with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick; and \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d by William Shakespeare. Performed in rotating repertory Nov. 1 to Dec. 7, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

PlayMakers will take audiences into the dark reaches of the forest with two tales of magic and transformation in the theater\u2019s annual rotating repertory event.<\/p>\n

A childless couple, a witch and a curse — in \u201cInto the Woods,\u201d <\/b>Sondheim reveals the shadowy side of Grimm\u2019s classic fairy tales in a funny and poignant exploration of the wishes we make, and what happens when they really do come true. The Los Angeles Times called the multiple Tony Award-winner \u201cat once magical and scary\u2026 [it leaves you] restored, amazed and gasping for air.\u201d Newsday said it is \u201ca fairytale fantasia \u2026 you could get lost and not care if you emerge from its enchantment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d is perhaps the theater\u2019s first \u201cfairy tale,\u201d featuring the King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania, their mischievous servant Puck and a spritely court. Shakespeare\u2019s lyrical comedy weaves together a trio of stories set in a magical wood. During the course of a moonlit evening, four young lovers escape to the forest on a fantastic adventure that leaves them changed forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrouble in Mind\u201d by Alice Childress: Jan. 21 to Feb. 8, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

In rehearsals for a groundbreaking racially integrated production on Broadway in 1957, the leading actress must wrestle with a choice between the role of a lifetime or compromising her values. The Washington Post called the Obie Award-winner \u201cwise and extraordinarily winning,\u201d \u201cscathingly funny\u201d and \u201cone of the best plays about racism ever written.\u201d Broadway World described the bitingly satiric classic as a \u201cvibrant, humorous and heartbreaking look at racism through the lens of the theater in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Enemy of the People\u201d by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Arthur Miller: Feb. 25 to March 15, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a man discovers an environmental threat to his community, he is forced to stand alone, courageously exposing the corruption and lies threatening to destroy the town he loves. \u201cAn Enemy of the People\u201d <\/b>is a contemporary dramatic classic from the pen of two great masters, with Ibsen\u2019s story retold in a powerful, politically relevant adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winner Miller. PlayMakers is presenting the play to mark the centennial of Miller\u2019s birth. London\u2019s<\/em> <\/em>Financial Times described it as \u201cprovocative, startling, breathtaking.\u201d <\/em>The Daily Mail\u00a0said it \u201cconfronts and makes us\u00a0wonder.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c4000 Miles\u201d by Amy Herzog: April\u00a01 to April 19, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

An elderly grandmother with a fading memory opens her door \u2014 and her life \u2014 to her wayward grandson. As an overnight couch-surf turns into an extended stay, \u201c4000 Miles\u201d unearths surprising commonality across generations in this emotionally compelling and humor-filled drama. A finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, \u201c4000 Miles\u201d also won the Obie Award for Best New American Play. Time Magazine and The New York Times called it the best play of the season, and the Times said it was \u201cfunny, moving, altogether wonderful.\u201d The Washington Post called it \u201ca trip worth taking,\u201d describing Amy Herzog as \u201ca playwright of distinction.\u201d<\/p>\n

For information on PlayMakers\u2019 2013-2014 season, currently presenting Noel Coward\u2019s \u201cPrivate Lives\u201d (through Feb. 9), \u00a0followed by the regional premiere of \u201cLove Alone\u201d (Feb. 26-March 16) and Stephen Sondheim\u2019s Tony Award-winning musical \u201cAssassins\u201d (April 2-20), visit www.playmakersrep.org<\/a> or call (919) 962-PLAY (7529).<\/p>\n

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