Tar and Feathers and BIG RIVER!

A new "behind the scenes" video! See Costume Designer Bill Black and Crafts Artisan Rachel Pollock give an inside look at the famous "tar and feathering" scene in Big River.

Video by Braxton Hood.

Big River runs April 6 - 24, 2011. Explore the show here.

Behind the Scenes of BIG RIVER

Check out this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at
Big River, our first musical in over a decade!



Big River runs April 6 - 24, 2011. Learn more here.

The Sound of BIG RIVER

Curious about how a Sound Designer approaches a musical? Watch the video below to see our resident sound designer Ryan Gastelum give some insight into the challenges of working on PlayMakers' first musical in over a decade, and what it's like to work with The Red Clay Ramblers!

Click here to learn more about our upcoming production of
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Glimpses of BIG RIVER costumes

by Rachel Pollock

Our final show of the season, Hauptman and Miller's musical Big River, is in full swing in the costume shop at PlayMakers, and though I don't have any completed projects to talk about yet, I do have some glimpses behind-the-scenes of things we're working on...





Shoes await rubberizing in the crafts facility.


Freshly-begrimed raffia for the Royal Nonesuch dries in the dye shop.



The Duke's shirt being dyed the perfect shade of yellow in our vat.



Tar-and-feather samples for The Duke.



Jo Harper's hat on the electric hat stretcher.



Tom Sawyer's spiral straw braid hat is almost complete!