PlayMakers Repertory Company

PlayMakers Repertory Company
Formation1976
TypeTheatre group
Location
  • Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Websitehttp://www.playmakersrep.org/

PlayMakers Repertory Company is the professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] PlayMakers Repertory Company is the successor of the Carolina Playmakers and is named after the Historic Playmakers Theatre. PlayMakers was founded in 1976 and is affiliated with the Dramatic and performing arts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The company consists of residents, guest artists, professional staff and graduate students in the Department for Dramatic Arts at UNC and produces seasons of six main stage productions of contemporary and classical works that run from September to April. PlayMakers Repertory Company has a second stage series, PRC², that examines controversial social and political issues. The company has been acknowledged by the Drama League of New York and American Theatre magazine for being one of the top fifty regional theaters in the country.[2] PlayMakers operates under agreements with the Actors' Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.[3]

  1. ^ "About PlayMakers". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  2. ^ "PlayMakers Repertory Company". Shakespeare in American Communities. National Endowments for the Arts. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ "PlayMakers Repertory Company". Production: General Information. Department of Dramatic Art at UNC Chapel Hill. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.