Parts I and II of Nicholas Nickleby, featuring 24 actors, will be performed in rotating repertory Nov. 11-Dec. 20. Haj co-directs.
Also expected during PlayMakers' 2009-10 mainstage season are Arthur Miller's wartime drama All My Sons (starting Jan. 27, 2010); the comedy classic The Importance of Being Earnest (beginning March 3, 2010) by Oscar Wilde, and the regional premiere of Opus (starting Sept. 23), the tale of a dysfunctional classical quartet, by Michael Hollinger.
PlayMakers, the professional theatre company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also will present "three topical, thought-provoking shows in its second-stage season, the PRC2 series." They are Mike Daisey's new monologue The Last Cargo Cult, plus I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda by Sonja Linden, and a third play to be announced.
Each PRC 2 performance includes engaging "post-show community dialogue."
All performances will be presented at UNC's Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. Mainstage productions will be in the Paul Green Theatre; PRC2 shows, in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre. For more information call (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit www.playmakersrep.org.