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DocuSign Envelope ID:BCO2907C-8AE0-4E3C-8597-0608222C9745 <br /> Organization The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation's oldest <br /> Description state university and the only public university to award degrees in the <br /> 18th century. Authorized by the N.C. Constitution in 1776, UNC was <br /> chartered by the N. C. General Assembly on Dec. 11, 1789. <br /> PlayMakers Repertory Company (PRC) has been North Carolina's <br /> premiere professional theater company in residence at UNC-CH since <br /> 1976. PRC produces entertaining, relevant & courageous work that <br /> tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives and creates <br /> transformational impact in our immediate and extended communities. <br /> PRC produces a diverse program of 10 productions each season in 2 <br /> performance venues housed in the Joan H. Gillings Center for <br /> Dramatic Art: the Paul Green Theatre, a 550-seat Mainstage thrust, <br /> and the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre, a 265-seat flexible space. <br /> PRC's productions serve up to 50,000 audience members annually <br /> from over 50 counties. Education, outreach, and community <br /> engagement are major components of PRC's mission & priorities, <br /> having served over 125,000 students ages 11-18 through student <br /> matinees, teaching artist residencies & award-winning summer <br /> conservatories since their inception in 1984. In addition, PlayMakers <br /> Mobile tours free streamlined productions through the community, <br /> including Title-1 schools, homeless shelters and treatment facilities. <br /> PRC is one of the last resident companies in the US and has been <br /> honored by both the Drama League of New York & American Theatre <br /> magazine as one of the "best regional theatres in America." <br /> Founded as the Carolina Playmakers in 1919, PRC is the birthplace of <br /> the American Folk Play and continues to be a place where social <br /> justice and storytelling combine to create lasting community impact. <br /> As the first female Producing Artistic Director of PRC, OBIE Award- <br /> winning actor, director, and teacher Vivienne Benesch is in her 3rd <br /> full season. In 2017 she received the SDC Foundation's prestigious <br /> Zelda Fichandler Award, recognizing her outstanding creativity and <br /> her promise for the future. Since her arrival PRC has produced 6 <br /> world premieres and has received the 2017 50/50 Applause Award, <br /> given annually by the International Center for Women Playwrights for <br /> Gender Equity in programming. Our 2018-19 season features 100% <br /> female representation of directors on our main stage, and 3 plays <br /> written by female people of color. <br /> UNC's current 13-member Board of Trustees is composed of 2 <br /> African Americans and 11 Caucasians. PRC's current 23-member <br /> Advisory Council consists of 2 African Americans, 1 Latino and 20 <br /> Caucasians. PRC's 2017-18 staff of 41 full/part-time and 90-contract <br /> employees included 12 African Americans, 4 Asians, 3 Latinos, and <br /> 112 Caucasians. Despite a culture committed to change, the diversity <br /> in the building has not improved as much as our diversity on the <br /> stage. The majority of our audience members are Caucasians. We <br /> continually work to diversify both our employees and our audience. <br />