News
Acting Our Age:
Using Our Voices
~ A live stage production with seven people who uncover how The Silent Generation paved the way for the Boomers ~
Live performance
Booth Playhouse / Blumenthal Performing Arts 2022
Event film 2023
Call Me By My Name (2023)
Directed by Steve Umberger
Director of Photography Jay Thomas
Music Fred Story
~ A film about the creativity of the unhoused community ~
Developed 2018-2021
Call Me By My Name is the recipient of a 2021 development grant from the N.C. Humanities Council.
The film is dedicated to lighting designer Eric Winkenwerder.
Acting Our Age
A Century of America in Seven Voices
~ Seven people uncover how they intersected with 100 years of American history ~
Stage production and event film developed 2018-2020
Project created by Lyndall Hare, Steve Umberger
Film produced by The Playworks Group
Film produced by The Playworks Group
Directed by Steve Umberger
Director of Photography Jay Thomas
Acting Our Age originally sponsored by Aldersgate
Acting Our Age originally sponsored by Aldersgate
Previous film screenings - Carolina Theater (Durham) / Chelsea Theatre (Chapel Hill)
Duke University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and The Forest at Duke
Voices of the Pandemic
~ A film about living and learning through the events of 2020-2021 ~
Created by Lyndall Hare, Steve Umberger & cast
Film directed by Steve Umberger
Director of Photography Jay Thomas
Sponsored by Aldersgate
Sponsored by Aldersgate
~ Acting Our Age is a series created with people whose life stories show how American history was made. ~
For more about Acting Our Age and Call Me By My Name visit their pages on this site.
Please email info@playworksonline.org for more information.
Event gallery 2021-23
Event gallery 2021-23
...
The PlayWorks Group LLC
Contact: info@playworksonline.org© 2023 Playworks/All rights reserved
Website by aMAYESd
Photography: Donna Bise, Jay Thomas, Barry Sherman, William Guerrant