PlayMakers Repertory Company : A History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen, Bobbi.

Contributor:

Versényi, Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

PlayMakers Repertory Company--History.

PlayMakers Repertory Company.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Dramatic Art--History.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2021.

Summary:

"This book traces the trajectory of the first fifty years of PlayMakers Repertory Company (PRC). As you will read in the pages that follow, when Tom Haas and Arthur Housman conceived of PlayMakers Repertory Company in 1975, they created a unique institution, a professional theatre company not only located on the campus of a major research university, but one embedded within UNC's Department of Dramatic Art. That combination of professional artistic achievement coupled with the highest quality theatrical training characterizes PlayMakers Repertory Company from its inception to the present day. Then as now, the core of the resident company--composed of faculty who are both teachers and practitioners--along with the graduate students in the Department's three MFA programs, is constantly supplemented by the best directors, designers, and performers working in the field today. Graduate students receive professional training during the day from teachers who become their collaborators at night both off and onstage. Undergraduates learn from faculty members who are constantly moving back and forth between the classroom and the stage, with the knowledge gained in one realm sparking creativity in the other"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

In the Beginning: Tom Haas

New Voices and Big Ideas: David Rotenberg and Gregory Boyd

New Horizons: Milly S. Barranger and David Hammond

Beyond Borders: Joseph Haj

Resolutely Engaging the Future: Vivienne Benesch

Afterword

APPENDIX I. PlayMakers Repertory Company Productions, 1975-1976 to Present

APPENDIX II. Department of Dramatic Art Faculty, 1975-1976 to Present

APPENDIX III. MFA Degree Recipients, 1975 to Present

APPENDIX III. PlayMakers Repertory Company Administrative Leadership, 1975 to Present

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781469665474

1469665476

OCLC:

1249442384