WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL THOMAS WOLFE PLAYWRITING COMPETITION
DIRECTED BY VIVIENNE BENESCH
NOV 10–15, 2020 Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art
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PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
VIVIENNE BENESCH
Dear Friends, Since I arrived at PlayMakers in 2016, support of new plays has become one of the central features of each of our seasons. Not only have we produced exciting new work from local and national talent in our PRC2 series, but each of our mainstage seasons has proudly featured a premiere production. Since 2016, we have produced 10 new plays across both our stages, including a major commission. This reflects not only our commitment to the future of theater, but our core value of telling stories from a multiplicity of perspectives. I am thrilled to add Sara Jean Accuardi’s shimmering new play, The Storyteller, to that roster. Last year we were privileged to partner with The Thomas Wolfe Society and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial in Asheville, NC to administer the International Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition, honoring the rich legacy of one of North Carolina’s most famous writers. After reading over two hundred submissions that impressed us with their passion and connected us to stories from around the world, The Storyteller emerged as a clear winner. Not only is the play a very personal family drama, full of recognizable but specific detail, but it also places the human need to tell stories at its center. In a time when we find ourselves isolated in so many ways, it feels as important as ever to invest in the power of storytelling, and the power of coming together to hear those stories. Which is why I’m also thrilled to announce the launch of The PlayMakers New Commissions Fund. This exciting program, established by a generous anonymous gift, will allow us to engage extraordinary contemporary playwrights as they develop new works specifically for our theatre. We’ll soon announce the first two commission projects to be developed over the next four years. I know this program will deeply impact our company, university and community while continuing to position PlayMakers as an artistic hub for innovation and new work. As for right now, I hope this tender-hearted new work in this intimate (virtual) setting will offer you all the chance to listen in new ways, reflect and imagine a future in which we can all gather in person to hear stories again. Warmly, Vivienne
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ADVISORY COUNCIL Amy Guskiewicz Chair
Betsy Blackwell Vice Chair
Duncan Lascelles Vice Chair
Joanne Garrett Deborah Gerhardt Joan H. Gillings Bobbi Hapgood Lisa Hazen Tom Hazen Janelle Hoskins
Betty Kenan, emeritus Stuart Lascelles Robert Long Graig Meyer Julie Morris Florence Peacock Diane Robertson
Wyndham Robertson Carol Smithwick David Sontag Jackie Tanner Mike Wiley Lisa Yarborough
The magic of live theatre is its ability to bring together people from all walks of life in order to experience beautiful stories as a community. Until we are safely able to gather again, we have created PlayMakers (Keeping You) Company, an online series of artist conversations, master classes, and yes, eventually, performances.
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SUPPORT US It is my pleasure to serve another year as the chair of the PlayMakers Advisory Council and welcome you to our 2020/21 season. Our fully virtual All Too Human season was born out of the need to adapt, learn, and change in the face of personal and national upheaval. In addition to an impressive lineup of virtual performances, PlayMakers continues its work serving the Triangle community. We are privileged to provide unique learning opportunities for K–12 classrooms and UNC students, create new ways to engage with our local artists and advocates, and make the magic and power of theatre accessible to underserved communities. Living in Chapel Hill for the past 25 years and raising our family here has created many fond memories sitting alongside family, friends, and visitors at PlayMakers. This year, I look forward to experiencing PlayMakers’ signature variety of shows, which often challenge my thinking, entertain, and move me, from the comfort of my living room! While this season will look a little different than what we are used to, I remain thankful for the gift this innovative, award-winning theatre provides. Though we may be physically distanced this season, theatre is and always will be a place for community. And it is up to us—the community—to ensure that PlayMakers continues to thrive. This year, we have a goal to raise $1.5 million to help recover from the impact of the past six months, maintain our current operations, and emerge strong for the future. If you enjoy and believe in the power of the theatre as I do, I invite you to become a Friend of PlayMakers. Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the annual fund, pledge a monthly donation as a Sustainer, or offer a campaign gift to strengthen and sustain PlayMakers’ vision for the future. There has never been a more important time to support the arts. Join me in championing our local theatre—an organization that makes a difference in our community. As Joan Gillings often says, “You will sit a little taller in your theatre seat, knowing you made a difference, too.” Thank you! Warmly, Amy Guskiewicz
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PlayMakers is... “One of America’s Best Regional Theatres” (American Theatre Magazine), PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina’s premier professional theatre company, proudly in residence on the dynamic campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The professional company was founded in 1976, growing out of a storied 100 year tradition of playmaking at Carolina. Our mission is to produce relevant, courageous work that tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives. We believe that theatre can have a transformational impact on individuals and entire communities, and we are committed to the work of becoming an anti-racist organization whose work is accessible to all. For the past several years, PlayMakers has produced ten shows on two stages each year in our home venue, the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art, bringing the transformative power of theatre to more than 50,000 audience members annually, from over 50 counties. At the very heart of the PlayMakers experience is one of the nation’s last remaining resident theatre companies, made up of accomplished performers, directors, designers, artisans, and technicians, and supported by exceptional graduate students in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art. Our company works side by side with guest artists from all over the world and our alumni include Pulitzer Prize, Tony®, Emmy®, and Grammy Award® winners.
Creating Tomorrow’s Classics, Today
Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is continuing PlayMakers’ tradition of producing vibrantly reimagined classics, large-scale musical theatre, and significant contemporary work, but is also broadening the company’s reach to become a home for new play development and a true hub of social and civic discourse in the region. Her first four seasons have already given life to eight important new American plays.
Provoking Conversation
PlayMakers seeks to provoke thought, stimulate discussion and push the boundaries of the theatrical form in everything we do. Whether through our intimate PRC2 series, our mainstage offerings or i our virtual line-up, we look for opportunities for direct, dynamic engagement between audiences, artists and subject matter experts.
Theatre for the People
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PlayMakers Mobile is an initiative that seeks to contribute positively to the civic and social life of our region by taking world-class theatre out of our building and into the community. We create a streamlined production a play each year and take it to schools, transitional housing facilities, and long-term treatment facilities around the Greater Triangle area. It’s all free of charge, since too often the people who can benefit from theatre the most are the ones who don’t have access to it.
WHO WE ARE
Leaving Eden, 2018. Photo by HuthPhoto
A Hub of Engagement
Beyond being the region’s go-to for dynamic and entertaining stories, PlayMakers is a home for memorable conversations that allow us to make connections with the work and with each other well beyond the experience of a production. A host of unique engagement opportunities enrich our audience's experience of the live arts. This season, alongside our six theatrical offerings check out our PlayMakers Keeping You Company content at playmakersrep.org/keeping-you-company/
Passing the Torch
PlayMakers’ award-winning Summer Youth Conservatory is the only professionally supported training program of its kind in the region. The Theatre Quest program provides camps to area middle school students, while the Theatre Intensive and TheatreTech programs allow Triangle high schoolers to apprentice directly with professional directors, choreographers, musical directors, and technicians, culminating in a professional quality production on the PlayMakers mainstage for the whole community to enjoy.
Eliminating Barriers
With a commitment to eliminating barriers for attendance when we host live events, PlayMakers offers All Access performances for our patrons living with disabilities, Community Nights where all tickets are just $15, and tickets reduced to just $10 for UNC students and $12 for all other students. Our Spotlight on Service program also offers complimentary tickets to local service organizations. This virtual season, we are offering captioning to all of our streaming programs as well as free tickets to UNC students and front-line workers.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Two & a Half Men
Camryn Manheim The Practice, Stumptown
Debra Messing Will & Grace, SMASH
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 The stars join PlayMakers acting company for this special, heartwarming play—an intimate collection of funny and poignant stories that women AND men can relate to!
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PLAYMAKERS PRESENTS
The Storyteller Written by
Sara Jean Accuardi Directed by
Vivienne Benesch Sound Designer/Media Coordinator Brandon Reed Stage Manager Charles K. Bayang*
Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray*
NOV 10–15, 2020 Spencer Paps Jimmy The Lady Tiff Randi
The Cast (in alphabetical order)
Anthony August* Jeffrey Blair Cornell* Ray Dooley* Kathryn Hunter-Williams* Tia James* Omolade Wey*
The International Thomas Wolfe Prize was presented in partnership with the Thomas Wolfe Society and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. A very special thanks to both of these organizations for their collaboration, especially to Terry Roberts, Rebecca Godwin, Anastasia Clare, David Madden, and Tom Muir Special thanks also to David Joyner, Sam Smith, Andrea Bullock, Kevin Pendergast, Michael Perlman, Jennifer Bayang, Michael Rolleri, Rosalie Preston, and c2 Caption Coalition, Inc.
*Indicates members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The Professional Theatre of the Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Chair Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director Produced in association with The College of Arts & Sciences The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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BIOS Sara Jean Accuardi Playwright
Sara Jean Accuardi’s full-length plays include The Delays, BREAK, The Storyteller, <3, Love Scenes, and Portrait of the Widow Kinski. Her writing has been produced and developed around the country, including with Theatre Vertigo, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Something Marvelous, Victory Gardens, Portland Center Stage, Chicago Dramatists, The Blank Theatre, and Spooky Action Theater. The Delays received the 2019 Drammy Award for Outstanding Original Script, and The Storyteller won the 2020 International Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition. Sara Jean holds an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University, and is a member of the Dramatist Guild and LineStorm Playwrights. Her plays are available on The New Play Exchange.
Anthony August Spencer
PlayMakers: Everybody, Ragtime. Company member in second year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. Regional: The Hunchback of Seville (Mildred’s Umbrella), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (The Ensemble Theater), Fade To Black Festival, This is Modern Art (The Landing Theatre Company), Macbeth (Encore Theatre). University: When the Ancestors Call, Dutchman, A Raisin in the Sun, Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Mountaintop (Texas Southern University) Education: Texas Southern University, B.A. in Theatre. @kingslick
Jeffrey Blair Cornell Paps
PlayMakers: This marks Jeff ’s 26th season with PlayMakers. Recently: Brutus in Julius Caesar, Father in Ragtime, Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive, Sipos in She Loves Me, and Darren (the Woodchuck) in Bewilderness. Some favorites: Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Caliban in The Tempest, Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, Roy Cohn in Angels in America, and Herr Schultz in Cabaret. New York: Two by Two, Down to Earth, Serious Business. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, among others. Education/Other: Carbonell Award nominations for
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Best Actor–Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and Falsettoland (Caldwell Theatre – FL). Studied at HB Studios in New York with Uta Hagen, Austin Pendleton, and Elizabeth Wilson. Serves as Teaching Professor/Associate Chair in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art.
Ray Dooley Jimmy
PlayMakers: Company member since 1989. Most recently: Ragtime, Dairyland, Life of Galileo, Bewilderness, She Loves Me. Broadway: Macbeth. Off-Broadway: Three seasons with Classic Stage Company (OBIE Award for Distinguished Performance, Peer Gynt). International: European premiere of Doubt (Vienna’s English Theatre); Amadeus, The Lark (Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Canada). Regional: Folger Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Shakespeare Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre Company, among many others. Film/TV: Trainhopper, Changeover, The Trial of Standing Bear, Stonebrook, One Life to Live, Guiding Light. Education/Other: MFA, American Conservatory Theater; BA, Hamilton College (Phi Beta Kappa). Professor Emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Dramatic Art; C. Knox Massey Award for Unusual, Distinguished and Meritorious Service to the University, Jonathan B. Howes Award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Service. Member Actors’ Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA.
Kathryn Hunter-Williams The Lady
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PlayMakers: Company member for over 20 seasons. Recent and highlights include directing No Fear & Blues Long Gone, Count, plus acting in Julius Caesar, Everybody, Life of Galileo, Skeleton Crew, Leaving Eden, Tartuffe, Dot, Intimate Apparel, The Crucible, Trouble in Mind, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Metamorphoses, The Tempest, Love Alone, A Raisin in the Sun, Imaginary Invalid, Henry IV & V, The Parchman Hour, Angels in America, Fences, Doubt, Yellowman, among others.New York/Regional: Living Stage, The Negro Ensemble Company, Manhattan Class Company, New Dramatists, Archipelago Theater. Education/Other: BFA, UNC School of the Arts; MFA, UNC-Chapel Hill. Kathryn is on the faculty of the Department of Dramatic Art, UNC-Chapel Hill, Company Artistic Associate for PlayMakers Rep and is Associate Director of HiddenVoices, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing life changing stories into a public forum.
Tia James Tiff
PlayMakers: Company member for three seasons. Julius Caesar, Native Son. Vocal coaching includes Sherwood, Skeleton Crew, She Loves Me, Bewilderness, Jump, Life of Galileo, How I Learned to Drive, Your Healing is Killing Me. Director PlayMakers Mobile’s Macbeth and PlayMakers Ground Floor’s Constellations. Broadway: The Merchant of Venice. Off-Broadway/New York: The Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare in the Park). Regional: Richard III (Allentown Shakespeare); Loving and Loving (Stella Adler Studios); Much Ado About Nothing (Two River Theatre); Civilization (all you can eat) (Woolly Mammoth Theater). Television: Nurse Jackie, Treme. Teaching/Coaching/Directing: UNC-Chapel Hill, NYU Graduate Acting, NYU Dance, Atlantic Acting School, Montclair University. Education/Awards: MFA NYU Tisch Graduate Acting Program, BFA Virginia Commonwealth University; Teacher Training under Scott Miller and John Patrick. Recipient of the 2014 NYU Graduate Acting Diversity Mentorship Scholarship, 2003 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship winner for Best Actor; 2019 Michael Chekhov/Zelda Fichandler Scholarship.
Omolade Wey Randi
PlayMakers: Julius Caesar, Everybody. Company member in second year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. Wilder & Wilder (PlayMakers Mobile); References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (PlayMakers Ground Floor). University: God & Country, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Insurrection: Holding History. Education: BSFS in Culture & Politics from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. @omoladewey
Vivienne Benesch Director
Vivienne is in her fifth full season as a company member and Producing Artistic Director at PlayMakers, where she has helmed productions of Dairyland, Life of Galileo, Leaving Eden, The May Queen, Three Sisters, Love Alone, RED, and In The Next Room. For 12 seasons, she served as Artistic Director of the renowned Chautauqua Theater Company and Conservatory, presiding over the company’s transformation into one of the best summer theatres and most
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competitive summer training programs in the country. She directed more than fifteen productions at CTC including an acclaimed reimagining of Romeo and Juliet featuring the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Theatre, Opera and Dance companies. She brought CTC’s production of Amadeus, performed with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic, to the Virginia Arts Festival featuring PlayMakers company member Ray Dooley. Vivienne has also directed for the Folger Shakespeare Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for best direction 2019), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Trinity Repertory Company, and Red Bull Theatre, among others. In 2018, she directed the world premiere of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles for Detroit Public Theatre and will be directing it again on Broadway in 2021, starring Debra Messing. As an actress, Vivienne has worked on and off-Broadway, in film and television, at many of the country’s most celebrated theatres, and received an OBIE Award for her performance in Lee Blessing’s Going to St. Ives. Vivienne is a graduate of Brown University and NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. As an educator, she has directed for and served on the faculty of some of the nation’s foremost actor training programs, including The Juilliard School, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Professional Actor Training Program, Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program, and at her alma mater, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. She is the 2017 recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.
Brandon Reed Sound Designer/Media Coordinator
PlayMakers: No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone. Company member in his second season as Resident Sound Designer/Engineer. Regional: BEAU with Broadway director Michael Wilson, Sequence, The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz, Calling All Kates (Adirondack Theatre Festival); The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Sex With Strangers (Cardinal Stage Company); Constellations (Lake Dillion Theatre); Fully Committed, Chapatti, Silent Sky (Bristol Valley Theater); Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Music Man (Arkansas Shakespeare); Our Town (Chautauqua Theater Company). University: Because I Am Your Queen with Tectonic Theater’s Barbara Pitts McAdams, Twelfth Night, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), A Funny Thing Happened…, The Light in the Piazza (Illinois Theatre). Other: 2019 USITT Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award. 2016 Joseph Jefferson Nomination for A Small Oak Tree Runs Red. 2015 Sound Design Fellowship from Chautauqua Theater Company. Alumnus of the Steppenwolf Professional Leadership Program. MFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS Ball State University. @brandonreedsounddesign 17 www.brandonreedsounddesign.com
Charles K. Bayang Stage Manager
Charles is in his thirteenth season with PlayMakers. Work at other regional theatres includes productions at Studio Arena Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Children’s Theatre. Charles holds an MFA from the University of Alabama/ Alabama Shakespeare Festival and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Elizabeth Ray Stage Manager
PlayMakers: Company member in her fourth full season. Everybody, Dairyland, No Fear & Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone, How I Learned to Drive, Jump, Skeleton Crew, Temples of Lung and Air, "A" Train, Tartuffe, Dot, The Cake, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Private Lives. New York: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center Theater), In the Secret Sea (Theatre Row), Wallenberg, Requiem for Mr. B, Presto Change-O (Frankel Green Production Company), and Welcome to Shoofly (Playwrights Horizons). Work at other regional theatres includes productions at North Carolina Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and Cape Fear Regional Theatre. Elizabeth is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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Michael Rolleri Production Manager
Michael is in his 34rd season with PlayMakers Repertory Company. He has been Technical Director, Project Manager, Exhibition Technician, and Lighting Designer for industrial shows in the Southeast region, as well as lead carpenter for films, the U.S. Olympic Festival, and scenic studios. He has also been a rigger in the Southeast region and has served on the executive board and as President of IATSE Local 417. Michael is a 30 year Gold Pin member of IATSE. An active member of United States Institute For Theatre Technology (USITT), he is a three-time winner at USITT's Tech Expo. He is a full Professor/Head of the Technical Production Program at UNC-Chapel Hill and was an instructor at High Point University and Tufts University. Education: MFA in Design and Technical Production, UNC-Greensboro.
Coming this December
an audio drama starring Ray Dooley
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Visit theCOT.org to watch a program of Mozart's music with readings of his letters by Ron Menzel from PlayMakers' Life of Galileo
GENERAL INFO
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WHAT WILL SHOWS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? The 20/21 season will feature six streamed performances ranging from audio dramas to film, ensemble to solo work, all enjoyed in the safety of home until we can gather again as a community.
HOW WILL AUDIENCES BE ABLE TO WATCH PLAYMAKERS THIS SEASON? Following health and safety guidelines set by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PlayMakers will take to the virtual stage with our signature mix of timely new works alongside classic tales reimagined. Our six theatrical experiences will be streamed via online platforms like Vimeo or Zoom. Specific details and instructions about each experience will be sent to ticket holders before each experience.
HOW DO I BUY TICKETS? This season will be a little different from past seasons because of our virtual experiences. You can buy a PlayMakers Pass, which will allow your entire household to view all six theatrical experiences. Pass holders have the ultimate 22
PLAYMAKERS flexibility of watching whenever they like, as many times as they like, for the duration of the viewing period. Approximately 4 weeks before each experience begins, we will also make individual tickets available. Individual ticket holders will have a 48-hour viewing period.
HOW MANY TICKETS DO I NEED TO BUY? For our streaming season, one PlayMakers Pass gives your entire household access to the full 20/21 digital season, which includes all the engaging entertainment you love to explore at PlayMakers—this season coming to you from the comfort of your own couch! Stream all six of our events anytime—and any number of times!—during the period of time each production is available.
I’M A SEASON SUBSCRIBER, WHAT HAPPENS TO MY SEATS THIS SEASON? Don’t worry! When we are allowed to gather again in our theatre spaces, Mainstage and Full Season subscribers will have their same seats waiting for them.
HOW DO I WATCH THE SHOWS? Within one business day of your purchase, you will receive a confirmation e-mail from prcboxoffice@unc.edu. Can’t find your e-mail confirmation? Be sure to check your junk/spam folder! Contact us at prcboxoffice@unc.edu for help or questions. For all single-ticket holders, the video expires 48 hours from the time of purchase, but can be stopped and restarted, rewound and fast-forwarded, and watched an unlimited amount until it expires. Access for PlayMakers Pass holders expires at 11:59pm on the final day of the run of each show. Please note, this link is unique to you, and non-transferrable. Each ticket purchased allows access for one household to view the stream. Log in to your PlayMakers account at tickets.playmakersrep.org. Once you’ve logged in, you should see a list of the digital content you’ve purchased.
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PLAYMAKERS Administration
Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
DEVELOPMENT
Tracy Bersley, Movement Coach/Choreographer Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Company Artistic Associate Tia James, Vocal Coach Gregory Kable, Dramaturg Jacqueline E. Lawton, Dramaturg Michael Perlman, Associate Artistic Director Mark Perry, Dramaturg Gwendolyn Schwinke, Vocal Coach Adam Versényi, Dramaturg
Shea Fitzgerald, Assistant Director of Development Amelia Stanley, Director of Development
MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Brittany Petruzzi, Marketing & Comm. Associate Diana Pineda, Director of Sales & Marketing Thomas Porter, Box Office Manager Rosalie Preston, Associate Director of Marketing
ADMINISTRATION
Joe Emeis, General Manager Lisa Geeslin, Accountant
Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Professor and Chair
FACULTY Vivienne Benesch, Professor of the Practice Tracy Bersley, Assistant Professor Jan Chambers, Professor McKay Coble, Professor Jeffrey Blair Cornell, Assoc. Chair, Teaching Prof. Ray Dooley, Professor Samuel Ray Gates, Assistant Professor Julia Gibson, Associate Professor Jennifer Guadagno, Teaching Assistant Professor Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Teaching Assoc.Professor Tia James, Assistant Professor Gregory Kable, Teaching Professor Jacqueline E. Lawton, Assistant Professor Adam Maxfield, Teaching Associate Professor Triffin Morris, Professor of the Practice
David Navalinsky, Associate Professor Bobbi Owen, Distinguished Professor Laura Pates, Teaching Assistant Professor Mark Perry, Teaching Assistant Professor Rachel E. Pollock, Teaching Assistant Professor Michael Rolleri, Professor Gwendolyn Schwinke, Assistant Professor Aubrey Snowden, Teaching Assistant Professor
STAFF Betty Futrell, Student Services Specialist Lisa Geeslin, Accounting Technician John Rawlings, KTC Technical Director Karen Rolleri, Business Coordinator Jamie Strickland, Business Officer
PlayMakers’ Resident Acting Company
Jeffrey Blair Cornell Julia Gibson
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Ray Dooley Kathryn Hunter-Williams
Samuel Ray Gates Tia James
Professional Actor Training Program: Sergio Mauritz Ang, Anthony August, Tori Jewell, Khalil LeSaldo, AhDream Smith, Omolade Wey
OUR 2020/21 SEASON Production
Michael Rolleri, Production Manager
COSTUMES
Jennifer Bayang, Assistant Costume Director Triffin Morris, Costume Director Rachel Pollock, Costume Craftsperson Costume Production Graduate Students: Ellen Cornette, Alex Hagman, Lou Pires, Erin Rodgers, Lauren Woods, Athene Wright, Sherry Wu
SOUND
Brandon Reed, Audio Designer/Engineer Samuel Henry, Undergraduate Assistant
SCENIC
Adam Maxfield, Technical Director Laura Pates, Assistant Technical Director Jessica Secrest, Scenic Artist Technical Production Graduate Students: Brock Burton, Gregory Condon, Paul Edghill, Patrick Hardison, Kevin Pendergast, Luke Robinson, Garrett Weeda Aaron Boles, Undergraduate Assistantâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Scenery
PROPS
Andrea Bullock, Properties Master
STAGE MANAGEMENT Charles K. Bayang, Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray, Stage Manager
Thanks to the International Thomas Wolfe Prize Play Readers: Peter Batis Jennifer Bayang Vivienne Benesch Bekah Brunstetter Jan Chambers Dede Corvinus April Mae Davis Karen Deacons Brock Rishan Dhamija John Dreher
Julia Gibson Terra Hodge Rasool Jahan Lormarev Jones Jacqueline E. Lawton Carl Martin Joseph Megel Christine Mirzayan Adrienne Pender
Brittany Petruzzi Mark Phialis Rachel Pollock Elizabeth Ray Alejandro Rodriguez Jeri Lynn Schulke Emily Sferra Gage Tarlton Dan Toot Adam VersĂŠnyi
And special recognition to:
Alejandro Rodriguez, Prize Administrator Gage Tarlton, Literary Assistant
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PlayMakers Repertory Company is a program of the Department of Dramatic Art, The College of Arts and Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, recognizes PlayMakers as a professional theatre organization and provides grant assistance to this organization from funds appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. PlayMakers is a beneficiary of the Elizabeth Price Kenan Endowment and the Lillian Hughes Prince Endowment. PlayMakers Repertory Company is a Member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League Of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. PlayMakers is a proud partner of The Drama League, which advances the American theatre by providing a life-long artistic home for directors and a platform to dialogue with and between audiences.
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As a patron of PlayMakers, you understand the value of the work we do – both onstage and throughout our community. You’ve shown a commitment to that work by purchasing tickets, engaging in community dialogue, and sharing your excitement for our theatre with friends and family. Now we invite you to deepen your commitment to the theatre you love by making a tax-deductible donation. There has never been a more important time to support PlayMakers and the arts. Over the next year, we need to raise $1.5 million to ensure that we can keep creating innovative, inclusive, and entertaining theatre; continue to employ our amazing artists and staff; and have the flexibility to tackle whatever challenges come our way. Your support will help ensure that when we do welcome you back to our theaters, we will be stronger than ever. Every gift, big or small, makes a huge difference!
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Anonymous (3) Stephen S. Birdsall June Clendenin Joy and Chet Douglass John and Diane Formy-Duval Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Kim Fox * Bitty and Bill Holton Dr. Lyle V. Jones Dr. Catherine Kuhn and Glenn Tortorici Shirley and Tom Kunkel Carol Hazard and Winston Liao Janet McCarthy Holly and Ross McKinney Mark and Julie Morris Rich and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Rif Riddick James and Janet Robles John and Kathryn Schmidt Trey and Jackie Tanner Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund, in honor of Carol Vorhaus Sarah West and Thomas Dominick
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Virginia Aldige Howard and Penny Aldrich Pete and Hannah Andrews Evelyn Barrow John and Patti Becherer Diane Beckman + John W. Becton and Nancy B. Tannenbaum Betsy Blackwell and John Watson Bates Muckner Harold E. Burch David Burr and Rustine Unger Kendall Cadwell Ann Campbell Dede Corvinus Nancy and Mark Dewhirst Dr. Carrie Donley Carolyn and John Falletta Drucie French and Steve Cumbie W. Patrick Gale ^ Galloway Ridge at Fearrington Toby and Cheryl Harrell C. Hawkins ^ Charles and Ellen Johnson Brenda W. Kirby Lois Knauff and Mike Maness Kyser Foundation Anand and Sandhya Lagoo, In memory of Dr. Shreeram Lagoo Carol and Alexander Lawrence Douglas and Nelda Lay Javey Lowe and Billy Simpson Douglas MacLean and Susan Wolf Anthony and Geraldine Massari Larry McManus and Pamela Nielsen James and Susan Moeser Cecelia D. Moore ^ Mary N. Morrow Karl Nordling Paul and Sherrie Norton Pat and Mary Norris Oglesby Jodi and Glenn Preminger David and Lisa Price Vikram Rao and Susan Henning Pam and Mike Reed * Vicki Shinoda Dr. and Mrs. William Stewart Robert and Cindy Stoothoff Tim and Judy Taft
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Anonymous David Ball and Susan Pochapsky Reginald M. Barton Jr. Adam Beck ^ Shula and Steve Bernard Frank and Sally Binkowski Dr. Stanley Warren Black, III Julie Blatt and Arthur Greenberg William and Patricia Blau Peter Bleckner Julia Borbely-Brown ^ Maurice and Mary Hughes Brookhart Glenn and Patricia Camp Philip and Linda Carl Jeffery and Linda Charles Dennis Clements and Martha Ann Keels Gary and Dianne Clinton Bill Cobb and Gail Perry Marcella Congdon Adrienne and John Cox David DeMarini Alec and Georgia Donaldson Claire Ebbitt ^ Glen H. and Sandy T. Elder George Evans Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Ewing Barbara and Chris Exton James Faber and Mary Musacchia Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Falvo Robert Farmer Pat Fischer Jody Forehand Dr. Catherine Forneris James and Beverly Foster Kim and Stephen Fraser Gunter Glass Ugo Goetzl Raymond and Susan Goodmon Albert and Mary Guckes Priscilla Guild Carol and Nortin Hadler Bruce Hamilton and Jennifer Weiss Carolyn and Jim Harris David and Lina Heartinger Scott and Emilee Hendrix
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Marianna Matthews Henry Karen Hills Don and Kay Hobart Ann Holloman John and Joyce Hren Mr. and Mrs. David G. Hubby Gerda G. Hurow * Lynne and Walter Jacobs ^ Kathleen Johnson Brian and Moyra Kileff Richard and Lynne Kohn Dr. Leonard and Ruth Kreisman ^ Diana and Bob Lafferty Susan Leeb Mort and Cheryl Malkin Elaine Mangrum Jeff Mason Sharon and Alan McConnell Steven Melamut Herbert and Jeanne Miller Dori Mitzi Karen Monaco and George Evans Charles Mosher and Pamela St. John Mary Napier Jeanne Noe
Linda W. Norris Lois Oliver James and Michelle Pendergast Robert and Marilyn Pinschmidt Gordon and Jo Ann Pitz Mark and Eugenea Pollock Robert and Joyce Anne Porter Sandra and Stephen Rich Linda and Alan Rimer Victor and Linda Roggli Margaret Anne Rook Patricia Roos Dr. Michael Salemi Keith Burridge and Patricia Saling Jan F. and Anne P. Sassaman Phillip and Betsey Savage Stephanie Schmitt Ernest and Mary Schoenfeld Gwendolyn Schwinke Douglas and Joan Shier Stephanie Shipman and Walter Travers Barry Slobin and Carol Land Kyle and Jenn Smith Paul Snow John and Carol Stamm Elizabeth Stanley Steven and Madeline Sunshine Roy and Donna Swaringen Nick and Sally Taylor Margaret Griswold Teasley Dr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson Bruce Tomason Mary E. Traer Phil Washburn and Mary Jenne George Weinhouse Nan Weiss Sandy and Jennifer Williams Edward and Phyllis Wright
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Anonymous (4) Dwight and Robin Allen Mary Altpeter Mary R. Amend Elizabeth Anthony Matthew and Linda Arnold William and Michael-Ann Ashman Phil and Ellen Baer Jill and John Balogh Jarrett and Robin Barnhill Tony and Susan Barrella Judith Barton
Barry Bayus and Anna Chao Larry and Sheila Benninger Stephen Berenson and Brian McEleney Kitty Bergel Sandy Berman Robert A. and Christine S. Berndt Patricia C. Beyle Jim and Martha Bick Katherine L. Bick Dorothy and Justin Biddle Mr. and Mrs. David Birnbaum Jill and Dick Blackburn Joseph Blair and Sandra Peyser Roxana Bossen Scott and Victoria Bouldin Donald A. Boulton Lauren Kennedy Brady and Charlie Brady David Brehmer and Megan Matchinske Philip Breitfeld and Susan Kreissman William Brettmann ^ Lyndon E. Brown, PhD Renee A. Brown Patricia Bryan and Tom Wolf Robert and Jen Buckmire Edward and Sheila Burgard ^ Jim and Janie Craige Butler Douglas Call and Susan Warwick Dr. Leigh Fleming Callahan Donna Carroll and Gale Lackey Dr. Caryl Jane Schwartzbach Clara Cazzulino Dr. Margaret Champion Beverly Long Chapin Lata Chatterjee and Tiruvarur Lakshmanan Norm and Portia Christensen Thomas B. Clegg Marshall and Phyllis Clements Sandra Clemons Ellen Clevenger-Firley Anne F. Coenen Robert F. Coleman, III In memory of Susan Hurst Rappaport Geneva Collins and Theodore Fischer ^ Jenn Collins and Paul Runkle Mrs. Michael Colvin Tracy Larsen Cooke and Benjamin Cooke Jay and Barbara Cooper Brian Copenhaver Greg Copenhaver Daniel Costa and Maryanne Boundy Dr. Mary Covington and Mike Patil Amy R. Csorba Julie Daniels Bronwyn and John de Figueiredo Mrs. Robert Bigelow DeMaine Christine Devita
Todd Dickinson and Helen Kalevas Dail and Artie Dixon Kerry and Julia Draeger Claude and Anna Marie Drake Kathleen DuVal and Marty Smith Jo Anne and Shelley Earp Thomas and Joan East Bobette Eckland and Richard Kamens Elon and Elizabeth Eidenier Tori Ekstrand Jan Elliott Paul and Pat Elstro Sarah and Peter Englis Donald and Audrey Esposito Jerry and Adelia Evans Melinda and Jim Evans Kimerly Fahs Shauna and Tom Farmer Ethan Ferguson Prabhavathi Fernandes Velma Ferrell Laurice Ferris ^ Nicole and Bruce Fine Karen Fisher and Robert Warren Bonnie and Ed Fuchs John and Ann Gabor Bennett Galef Maggi Gallagher and Don Castro
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Betty and Franklin Garland Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gaskell Tom and Victoria Gerig Eve Benesch Goldschmidt Andreya Gomez Ronnie K. Graham John and Lucy Grant Christina Graybard and Nicholas Mirra Terry Greenlund Elizabeth Grey Karolyn Griffith Linda Grimm Gail and Steve Grossman Kay Gruninger Pickett Guthrie Betsy and Joe Hackney Gayla Halbrecht Joanne Harrell Barbara L. Harris Jim and Mary Hayes Charlotte Henshaw Ellen Herron Scott and Richard Hill Ann Hillenbrand Angelica and Richard Hinchcliff Richard Hirschfield Catherine Holcombe Holly Holland Joyce Holland In Memory of Dr. J. Kimball King Joyce Horn Mary Howes In Memory of Jonathan B. Howes Tamsie and Staples Hughes Maria Hunter Abby Jablin Betty James Christa and Sheridan Johns Robert and Cecelia Jolls Ann Moss Joyner Dan and Linda Kaferle Richard and Sally Kahler Lynne Kane Peter Karpen Marisa and Haresh Kathard Naomi Kaufman Jean and Lawrence Keene Charles R. Keith and Muki W. Fairchild Marie-Beatrice and Robert Keller Sally P. Kennedy Jane Kiernan Dr. Harriet King Ted and Marilyn Koenig Mary Kraft Lloyd Kramer and Gwynne Pomeroy
Ernest and Eunice Kraybill Dave and Doris Krepp Shrawan Kumar Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kuntzman Joseph Labenson Ted and Debbie LaMay Benjamin Landman and Jen Feldman In honor of Ms. Betty-Ann Landman Robert Lauterborn In memory of Sylvia Lauterborn Philip and Nancy Leinbach John and Ruth Leopold Lucy Leuchtenburg Arnold and Annette Levine Gary and Janet Lewis Joy Lewis and Frederick Annand Betty and John Leydon Judi Lilley Erika Lindemann James and Mary Lou LoFrese Karen E. Long and Arlon Kemple Mildred and Patrick Long Robert and Anne Long Clark Lovelace Carol Lucas Mary Lucas Steve Clark and Becky Luce-Clark John Ludlow and Kathy Davies Samuel Magill and Eunice Brock William Mahony and Joyce Boucheron Phil Malinosky H.R. and Betsy Malpass Raleigh and Betsy Mann Lee and Elaine Marcus Rosalie Marcus Shelley J. Masters Bill and Susan Mattern Wanda McArn Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. McCall Ed and Connie McCraw Patrick Joseph McLane ^ Lee McLean Ewa Meehan Larry and Jerri Meisner Carol and Eric Meyers Roy and Bev Milton Erik and Natalia Milz Susan Minnix and Ronald Manka Gustavo and Joan Montana Merry-K Moos Rick Muise Margaret B. Mullinix Kate Murphy Seth Murray and Jamie Newman Nancy D. Myers
William and Ann Nebel Jeanenne Nelson Barbara Nettesheim Michele and Klaus Nettesheim Betty Nies Nancy Oates Marilyn and Peter Ornstein Barry and Lois Ostrow George and Susan Outterson Norman and Roberta Yule Owen ^ Rob Parker and Sarah Taylor Josie Patton Ron and Julie Paxton Robert and Kay Pearlstein Nancy Pekar Arnold Pender Carol and Al Perlman Stephen and Lyn Pizer Christina and Michael Plaks Dr. Martin and Barbara Poleski Gary and Susie Pratt James and Barbara Putney Margaret Quinlan George and Carol Retsch-Bogart Linda Robinson Louise A. Robinson David and Barbara Rohde Judith L. Ruderman Mary Ann Ruegg Nicholas Ryan Dale Sandler Celia Sandford and Stephen Perrin John Saxon Allie and Ian Scales ^ Carol Schachner ^ Laura Schanberg Jeffrey Schlosser Richard and Shirley Schuler Janice and Richard Schulke John and Lucia Sehon Pat Shane Barbara Sharf William N. Sharpe, Jr. Robert and Sandra Shreve Sim Sitkin and Vivian Olkin Paige and Jason Smith Dr. Richard L. Smith and Dr. Amy Grady
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Solomon ^ Pamela Somers Janet Sorensen Connie Spooner Marcia Spray Kimberly and David Spurr Susan F. Stedman Adam and Jane Stein Andy Stewart and Peggy Kinney ^ Raquel Strauss Jeannie Pfister Stroupe Dr. Lishan Su ^ Ed and Lynne Sullivan Aimee Tattersall Beverly Taylor David C. Taylor Charles Thomas and Suzanne Maupin Estelle and Edward Thomas Mary and Thomas Trabert ^ Barrie Trinkle Jeff and Nancy Tudor Nancy Tunnessen Nancy Tusa and Andy Brawn John and Donna van Arnold ^ Mary Van Bourgondien and Susan Lombardo Jerry and Sondra Van Sant Barney and Vivian Varner Robin Visser Carol and Jim Vorhaus Deborah and Jonathan Wahl Angela Walter David and Marsha Warren Mr. and Mrs. Robin H. Wendell Dr. Lynn Wesson Ernest Thomas Wilkes III Michael Wilson Jane Pettis Wiseman Jerry Worsley Ford and Allison Worthy Janice and Richard Woychik Paul Wright David and Dee Yoder Justin Yung ^ ^ Sustainers Club Member + Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point of View (WPOV) Supporter * PlayMakers Gala Supporter
This list is current as of November 1, 2020. If your name is listed incorrectly or not at all, please contact PlayMakers Development Office at 919.962.2481. We will ensure you are recognized for your thoughtful support.
OUR PARTNERS PlayMakers’ 2020/21 Season is Made Possible in Part by Grants from
Foundation Support The Educational Foundation of America, Fund for the Triangle – Support for the Arts of Triangle Community Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, North Carolina Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, The Shubert Foundation, Theatre Communications Group Additional Funding for Guest Artists is Provided by
Robert Boyer and Margaret Boyer Fund, Louise Lamont Fund, Emeriti Professors Charles and Shirley Weiss Fund
Producing Council
American Party Rentals, Glasshalfull, Jujube Restaurant, Linda’s Bar and Grill, Mebane Lumber, Residence Inn Chapel Hill, Spoonflower, Hyatt Place Durham/Southpoint, The Siena Hotel/Il Palio Restaurant
Corporate Council
Aloft, DeMaison Selections, Inc., University Florist
Associates
Cambria Suites, Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames
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