Asides: News of Triangle arts, in brief

Paper pageantry

A lot of papier-mâché has gone into the “We’re All in This Together” exhibit now on display at the Nicholson Gallery of the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. The work features the giant puppets, masks and paintings of the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, the Saxapahaw-based collaboration of Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger. The two – with plenty of helpers – use papier-mâché, cardboard, cloth and other reused, found and donated materials to make their giant puppets.

The exhibit is on display through July. The gallery is at 300-G E Main St., Carrboro.

Now is also a good time to buy tickets for Paperhand’s annual end-of-summer show. This year’s is “A Drop in the Bucket: The Big Dreams of Tiny Things.” The spectacle – there is simply no other word – will feature more than two dozen performers and professional musicians and last about an hour.

This summer’s will be every Friday-Sunday, Aug. 7-Sept. 7, at the Forest Theater in Chapel Hill, and Sept. 11-13 at the N.C. Museum of Art on Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh. Shows start at 7 p.m. with a 6:20 “pre-show” that can feature musicians or mimes. In Chapel Hill, the suggested donation is $15, $8 for kids. In Raleigh, tickets are $17 ($12 for museum members), $8.50 for ages 7-18; free for ages 6 and younger.

For more information go to http://paperhand.org/.

From the page

Artist Stacye Leanze of Pittsboro has illustrated many picture books, taught art classes and created numerous community murals. Now the original artwork she did for the picture book “Mi Casa en el Volcán” (“I Built My House on a Volcano”) by local author Joe Cole will be on display in the Ella Fountain Pratt Galleryof the Durham Arts Council. The exhibit, “Illustrations for the Volcano Book: a Cultural Exploration,” starts Monday and runs through Dec. 26. The reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Arts Council, 120 Morris St. Information: 919-560-2787 or www.durhamarts.org. The reception is part of Durham’s Third Friday Art Walk.

Broadway razzle dazzle

Student actors from 14 Triangle schools will perform the Tony Award-winning musical “Guys & Dolls” Wednesday, July 15, through Saturday, July 25, as part of the PlayMakers Summer Youth Conservatory at UNC-Chapel Hill.

The student actors and technicians have been working since mid-June on the production, which is based on a story and characters created by Damon Runyon, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. July 15-18 and July 24-25, and 2 p.m. July 19, in the Paul Green Theatre at the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and children under 18. Purchase tickets at 919-962-7529 or www.playmakersrep.org.

‘10 by 10’

There’s still time to see the ArtsCenter Stage’s annual “10 by 10 in the Triangle.” That’s 10 actors and 10 directors from across the Triangle putting on 10, 10-minute plays.

This is the 14th year the ArtsCenter has put on this show, and it gets more popular every year. This year, more than 500 scripts were submitted from all over the world.

This year’s 10 includes North Carolina premieres and world premieres of plays from Arkansas, California, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Texas. The plays deal, among other things, with social issues from work relations, long-term relationships, dating in the contemporary world, sub-prime housing loans, World War II, ancient Jericho and political prisoners.

Shows are Sunday, July 12; Thursday through next Sunday, July 16-19; and July 23-26. They start are 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Friday and Saturday tickets are $18, $16 for students/seniors, and $14 for Friends of The ArtsCenter. Sunday tickets are $16, $14 for students/seniors, $12 for Friends of The ArtsCenter. Thursday tickets are $12 for the general public.

The Playwrights Gala will be Saturday, July 18, with a reception and question and answer period with visiting playwrights.

To purchase tickets or for more information go to www.artscenterlive.org or call the ArtsCenter’s Box Office at 919-929-2787.

Here’s what you’ll see:

▪ “After You” by Daria Miyeko Marinelli (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “Alban’s Garden” by Rich Espey (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “As We Knew It” by L. Robert Westeen (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “Broken” by James McLindon (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” by Jack Karp (world premiere)

▪ “Couples Therapy” by Matt Crowley (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “Stop/Frisk” by Rich Rubin (world premiere)

▪ “The Third Person” by Dan Borengasser (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “Two Mothers at a Roadside Cafe” by Allan Bates (North Carolina premiere)

▪ “Work” by Catherine Castellani (North Carolina premiere)

Directors this year are: Hope Alexander, David Berberian, Gregor McElvogue, Lormarev Jones, Tamara Kissane, Monet Marshall, Brook North, Jules Odendahl-James, Meredith Sause and Laurel Ullman

The acting ensemble: John Allore, Fred Corlett, Mickala Hinnent, Barbette Hunter, Alexander Jackson, Julie Oliver, Page Purgar, Shaun Schneider, Lazarus Simmons, Leigha Vilen

The Arts Center is at 300-G East Main S., Carrboro.

Casting call

The Cary Players are holding auditions next month for their fall production of “Isn’t It Romantic.” The Wendy Wasserstein play is set in New York in the 1980s and follows the post-college careers and love lives of two former classmates: a slightly plump would-be writer named Janie and her thin gorgeous friend, Harriet.

If you’d like to audition for one of the nine roles, go to http://caryplayers.org/auditions/ to find out more about the the characters. Print and complete the audition form and bring it with you. If you have headshots bring them. Actors need to attend only one night of auditions. Callbacks are 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Cary Arts Center.

If you don’t get a callback that doesn’t mean you didn’t get the part, so watch for the official cast list. Auditions are 7 p.m. Aug. 3-4 at the Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave.

Performances are Sept. 18-20; 25, 27 and Oct. 2-4.

Art news

The Raleigh Arts Commission and Public Art and Design Board have new members and new leaders.

▪ Nancy Novell, who has served on the Commission for five years, is the new chair. Novell has a bachelor of arts degree in art education from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and has worked as an arts administrator for the N.C. Arts Council, Artspace, Exploris Museum and town of Cary. She works at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina and the Little Art Gallery, and she’s a potter.

▪ Gene Davis, a Raleigh attorney who has served on the Arts Commission for four years, becomes vice chair. He also serves on the board of trustees of the North Carolina Museum of Art.

▪ Laurent de Comarmond, an architect and a senior designer for the Little architecture firm in Durham, will chair the Public Art and Design Board. He joined the board last year.

▪ Bob Rankin, an artist and teacher, who has been on the Public Art and Design Board since 2011, will be the vice chair.

New members of the PADB are:

▪ Susan Cannon, a co-founder of Cannon Architects, a modern, sustainable architecture firm founded in 1995. She also creates jewelry for Hazel Cole Jewelry at the Roundabout Art Collective.

▪ Adam Cave, who, with his wife, Cindy, owns Adam Cave Fine Art in Raleigh.

▪ Scott Hazard, a landscape architect with ColeJenest & Stone who is also a visual artist.

This story was originally published July 11, 2015 at 4:58 AM with the headline "Asides: News of Triangle arts, in brief."