Cover art of the Dramatist The Season That Was/Not Was Issue: a dark curtain coming down on an idyllic, colorful town
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North Carolina 2019/20 Season in Review
  • Ray Dooley and Claire Karpen in Dairyland at PlayMakers Repertory Company. Photo by HuthPhoto.
    Ray Dooley and Claire Karpen in Dairyland at PlayMakers Repertory Company. Photo by HuthPhoto.
  • Alexander McDonald Villarreal in Sixteen Years Tried at Montford Park Players
    Alexander McDonald Villarreal in Sixteen Years Tried at Montford Park Players

Just as theatres in North Carolina began to announce their 2020-2021 seasons, their current seasons were forced to close. By early March, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised against gatherings of 50 people or more. Almost in an instant, playwrights saw their productions, many of them world premieres, vanish. Needless to say, many dramatists have been hit hard by the closures. While we still don’t know when we’ll be able to gather again safely, theatre leaders have been working to figure out next steps.

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