Playmakers Repertory Company Playbills Now Available Online

We are pleased to announce the availability of a new digital collection that is certain to be of interest to the UNC community and theater lovers everywhere: Playbills from the first 40 years of the Playmakers Repertory Company are now available online.

The Playbills begin with the first shows from the company in 1975 and continue through 2016. (We’ll add the most recent season shortly).

From the Playbill for The Cherry Orchard, fall 1989.

We’ve digitized the full playbills, so you can see the cover artwork, cast lists, notes, and advertisements. The text of the playbills is also searchable by keyword.

I gave the digital collection a test run by doing a keyword search for Ray Dooley and then sorting the results by season. The top result was the Playbill for The Cherry Orchard from fall 1989, Dooley’s debut performance with Playmakers.

The Playbills complement the extensive collections in Wilson Library on theater at UNC, including photographs and scrapbooks from the Carolina Playmakers and records from the Department of Dramatic Art.

Playbill for Mad Dog Blues, from 1975.

 

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