PlayMakers Repertory Company will move the opening of “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood” from Sept. 15 to 18, in response to the University suspending operations in preparation for Hurricane Florence.
Brittany Petruzzi, marketing & communications associate, said in an email that Playmakers has been preparing for this production for about six months.
UNC will enter Condition 2 operations on Wednesday at 5 p.m., meaning that all non-mandatory operations will be suspended. Petruzzi said that because nobody at PlayMakers is considered mandatory, the company is required to postpone its rehearsals and shows during this time.
“Our schedule is contingent on the University’s official adverse weather policy,” Petruzzi said in an email.
Petruzzi said PlayMakers might add some performances of “Sherwood” later in the schedule to make up for cancelled shows.
“We don’t have any information about that right now,” she said. “Just that they’re always looking to make sure our actors can do what they do.”
Alex James, who works at the PlayMakers box office, said the company is still deciding what to do about students who have already bought tickets to the show.
“We’ll probably have that information sometime in the next week,” James said.
Nate Pohl, a graduate student in dramatic art who works in technical production for PlayMakers, said the scene for “Sherwood” is almost complete, but rehearsals were still scheduled for afternoons leading up to the show.
