PlayMakers Repertory Company : a history / edited by Bobbi Owen ; Adam Versényi, advisory editor.
| Other author/creator | Owen, Bobbi, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Versényi, Adam, editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | [Chapel Hill] : University of North Carolina Department of Dramatic Art, [2021] |
| Description | xvi, 147 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
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| Abstract | "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. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Foreword: The Bow Tie / by Brian Hargrove -- Preface / by Bobbi Owen -- Introduction / by Adam Versényi -- In the Beginning: Tom Haas / by Bobbi Owen -- New Voices and Big Ideas: David Rotenberg and Gregory Boyd / by Cecelia Moore -- New Horizons: Milly S. Barranger and David Hammond ; Beyond Borders: Joseph Haj / by Gregory Kable -- Resolutely Engaging the Future: Vivienne Benesch / by Cecelia Moore -- Afterword / by Vivienne Benesch -- 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 IV: PlayMakers Repertory Company Administrative Leadership, 1975 to Present. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020055720 |
| ISBN | 9781469665467 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1469665468 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | NC Stacks | PN2277.C295 P55 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |