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Leadership (6)

Joseph Haj

Producing Artistic Director
haj@email.unc.edu

Hannah Grannemann

Managing Director
hgrannemann@unc.edu

Michael Rolleri

Production Manager
mrolleri@email.unc.edu

Connie Mahan

Director of Marketing and Press
cmahan@email.unc.edu

Jeffrey Meanza

Director of Education and Outreach
meanza@email.unc.edu

Stacy Payne

Director of Development
shpayne@email.unc.edu

Topics

Address:

Center for Dramatic Art
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Website:

www.playmakersrep.org

Subject Area:

Arts, Culture and Humanities

PlayMakers Repertory Company – News

PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina's premier non-profit professional theatre company. With its duel commitment to engage the greater Triangle community in an ongoing exploration of theatre and nurture succeeding generations of artists and audiences, PlayMakers performs a five-show season in the Center for Dramatic Art in Chapel Hill.

Our purpose is to provide a public arena for the examination of diverse classic and contemporary texts. We seek to engage our entire community in an ongoing exploration of the nature and significance of theatre in contemporary life. Through the collaboration of our resident company and designers, guest artists, and audiences, we examine the theatrical event and the methods used for its realization in contemporary performance.

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'PlayMakers' impressive 'Nickleby' entertains, too (0 Comments)

February 11, 2010

BY ROY C. DICKS - Correspondent Tags: arts | entertainment CHAPEL HILL -- PlayMakers Repertory Company's status has been enhanced by the presence of artistic director Joseph Haj since his arrival in 2006, but its reputation now reaches the highest... Read more >

Trouble in the string quartet of PlayMakers' Opus (0 Comments)

October 5, 2009

The university can be a dangerous place for art makers because its security blunts the risks of failure. Art in the academy often loses its highs and lows. But first-rate artists tend to congregate in academic departments and occasionally they... Read more >

Desperate Musicians: Opus Reveals the Inner Life of a String Quartet (0 Comments)

September 30, 2009

September 26, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC: There’s nothing like opening night at the theater, and the management of PlayMakers Repertory Company went all out to celebrate the official opening of its first major production of the year, Opus, by Michael... Read more >

Playmakers hits all the right notes in 'Opus' (0 Comments)

September 30, 2009

Describing music-making and depicting its creative process is an elusive task, but Michael Hollinger successfully manages it in "Opus," his 2006 play about the struggles and artistic triumphs of a string quartet. Playmakers Repertory Company's production of this funny, insightful... Read more >

PlayMakers Auditions for Professional Actors (0 Comments)

March 23, 2009

March 9, 2009 Audition Contact: Jeff Stanley, Company Manager 919-619-4734 stanleyj@email.unc.edu www.playmakersrep.org CHAPEL HILL (March 9, 2009) PlayMakers Repertory Company’s auditions for its 2009-2010 theatre season will be held April 28 and 29, 2009. Auditions will be conducted by Joseph... Read more >

Summer Youth Conservatory (0 Comments)

March 8, 2009

The ArtsCenter and PlayMakers Repertory Company will join together to offer their third collaborative Summer Youth Conservatory program for actors age 10-18. This year’s Conservatory will present William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Beginning June 22, 2009, a cast of... Read more >

Magazine names PlayMakers’ Haj among top 25 theater artists (0 Comments)

March 8, 2009

American Theatre magazine has named Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, one of 25 theater artists who will have a significant impact on the American theater scene over the next quarter-century. In the magazine’s April 2009... Read more >

PlayMakers to present Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" (0 Comments)

March 8, 2009

PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present the show April 1-19. Performances will be in the Paul Green Theatre in UNC’s Center for Dramatic Art on... Read more >

PlayMakers Repertory Company 2009-2010 Season Announced (0 Comments)

March 7, 2009

A two-part repertory production of Charles Dickens’ epic "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" will headline PlayMakers Repertory Company ’s 34th season, announced Thursday (March 5) by producing artistic director Joseph Haj. Also during its 2009-2010 mainstage season, PlayMakers... Read more >