Cast Set for the World Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's THE GAME
The production opens Saturday, April 13, and runs through April 28.
PlayMakers Repertory Company's penultimate production for the 2023/2024 season is the world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter’s The Game.
A contemporary adaptation of Lysistrata, The Game takes a heartfelt and hysterical look at how technology disconnects society while also yielding the power to create community.
The Game marks the first commission under PlayMakers’ @PLAY new works initiative. It is also a homecoming for the award-winning Brunstetter, who graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
Brunstetter just made her Broadway debut with the opening of The Notebook.
“To go straight from my, you know, first Broadway show after writing plays for 20-something years to UNC where it all began was just really moving,” said Brunstetter. “Coming home to North Carolina and just sitting with this new play and looking at the theater where my first play was produced, gave me a little bit of time for reflection.”
The PlayMakers’ production of The Game is directed by Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch (Birthday Candles, Broadway) and starsLucas Dixon, Megan Ketch (Continuity, Manhattan Theatre Club), and Cinny Strickland, all of whom are making their PlayMakers’ debut.
Dixon, Ketch, and Strickland are joined by resident company members Kathryn Hunter-Williams (Fat Ham, PlayMakers), Sanjana Taskar (Hamlet, PlayMakers), and Elizabeth Dye (Much Ado About Nothing, PlayMakers).
The creative team includes Lee Savage (The Lightning Thief, Broadway), Carolina Ortiz Herrera (Slave Play, Broadway), and Kate Marvin (Jonah, Roundabout), along with Resident and Projection Designer Tao Wang, Resident Vocal Coach Gwendolyn Schwinke, and Costume Designer Pamela Bond.
The PlayMakers Repertory Company production The Game opens Saturday, April 13, and runs through April 28. For information and to purchase tickets, call 919.962.7529 or visit www.playmakersrep.org.
Performance and Special Event Schedule:
April 10 - 12— Preview performances
April 13 — Opening Performance & Press Opening
April 14 — Share the Show: Childcare Available
April 21 — Open Captioned Performance and Post-Show Discussion
April 23 — ASL Interpretation / Audio Description
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