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DocuSign Envelope ID: BCO2907C-8AE0-4E3C-8597-0608222C9745 <br /> is the person in Yes <br /> charge of this <br /> program or project <br /> different from the <br /> Authorizing Official? <br /> Project Director Vivienne Benesch <br /> Name <br /> Project Director Title Producing Artistic Director <br /> Project Director CB# 3235, Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art <br /> Street Address 120 Country Club Road <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3235 <br /> Project Director 9199627005 <br /> Phone <br /> Project Director vbenesch@email.unc.edu <br /> Email <br /> What are you A specific program or project <br /> requesting funding <br /> for? <br /> Project/Program In 2016, PlayMakers reinvented a mobile touring program to better <br /> Summary serve the surrounding community and reduce barriers to accessing <br /> quality and impactful arts programming. Inspired by our 100-year <br /> history of playmaking in North Carolina, PlayMakers Mobile partners <br /> with area nonprofits, community organizations, residence and <br /> recreational facilities, and local schools and libraries to present <br /> professional-quality productions featuring members of UNC's <br /> Professional Actor Training MFA Program (PATP). These graduate <br /> students portray multiple roles with minimal props and costumes, <br /> engaging the audience and adjusting the show according to each <br /> venue demand. Audiences receive a study guide, featuring a <br /> synopsis of the play, information about the playwright, and some <br /> history and insight about the work as it fits into the theatre canon and <br /> engage with an education professional from our staff. <br /> PlayMakers' Associate Artistic Director, Alejandro Rodriguez, will <br /> direct our 2019-20 PlayMakers Mobile production, featuring the work <br /> of seminal American playwright Thornton Wilder as a springboard for <br /> storytelling. This year's tour will present a medley of Wilder's short <br /> plays including PULLMAN CAR HIAWATHA and NUSCUNTUR POETAE <br /> as well as original music and movement created by our MFA student <br /> ensemble. Wilder's work exemplifies the American experience as told <br /> on stage; reinventing his plays for new, underserved audiences <br /> creates a unique experience that only PlayMakers can undertake. The <br /> tour will be presented throughout the month of October with a final <br /> performance planned at the historic Forest Theater on UNC's <br /> campus. <br />