photo by Monica Byrne
...make good cheap theater with work and words that move both us and audiences.
...toe the line between spontaneous/organic vs. structured/productive, or flexibility vs. "gettin' shit done."
...collaborate in whatever iteration we can fit ourselves into to locate a good script, and then produce it. We've come to reject directorial hierarchy; we share tasks and responsibilities evenly according to our strengths, and we honor each person’s contributions.
...mindfully include everyone’s voice and vision into the process. We listen intently to each other as performers and collaborators, and communicate both our support and disagreement with respect and compassion.
...dig into joy. We're doing a play, we're playing with each other! And our shows are us playing together in front of an audience.
...have big love for each other. Which leads to trust. Which leads to a feeling that anything's possible onstage. Yeehaw!
PAST PRODUCTIONS
Poster design by Randy Skidmore
Virginia Woolf's ORLANDO
adapted by Sarah Ruhl
Manbites Dog Theater Other Voices Series Presentation - Durham, NC
regional premiere
AWARDS
Five NC theater critics' favorite shows & "State of Theater" 2017 round table discussion on WHUP radio's "Lights Up" (start at 11:17, 14:43)
Outstanding Production & Outstanding Ensemble Performance in Triangle Arts & Entertainment's "Best of 2017" List
One of Indy Week’s Top Ten Plays of 2017
PRESS
Interview with Frank Stasio on WUNC Public Radio's "The State of Things"
“Smart, stylish, thrilling… exceptional in all aspects. Superlative actors shared directing duties while confidently escorting us through Sarah Ruhl's daunting stage adaptation thrilling minutes.”
-Byron Woods, “The Top Ten Plays of 2017,” Indy Week
“Brilliant… Delta Boys’ fluid, tautly paced staging is all the more impressive because the task is done collectively. A nigh-perfect presentation, marvelously rendered.”
-Roy C. Dicks, “Theater review: Satirical ‘Orlando’ a brilliant spin on Woolf’s novel,” The News & Observer
"Triumphant. Five self-directed actors sketch striking stage tableaux as they deftly skate across a half-millennium-long history of the human heart.... A rewarding production filled with the joy of storytelling.... At the last, Orlando remains confident in her search for understanding. An equally confident production puts that quest on the strongest ground, and earns our highest recommendation."
-Byron Woods, "A superlative adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando packs centuries of insight into a fleet eighty minutes," Indy Week
"The cast, who is onstage throughout the entire play, are energetic and well-meshed. Their ability to hook into each other’s lines, as well as their physical ability to choreograph the often abstract tableaux in the performance, is excellent; and together, they build an interesting and enjoyable perspective."
-Dawn Reno Langley, Triangle Arts & Entertainment
Poster design by Nick Vandenberg
LOVE AND INFORMATION
by Caryl Churchill
Manbites Dog Theater - Durham, NC
PRESS
"In Love and Information, all Caryl Churchill provides are brief titles for a series of seemingly disconnected scenes, followed by anonymous lines of dialogue. In a five-star production last January, part of the Delta Boys' achievement was how imaginatively a quintet of self-directed actors filled in the blanks, sharply defining individual characters in specific situations and conveying transitions in more than 60 different relationships. A kinetic, non-stop show."
-Byron Woods, Indy Week
Poster design by Randy Skidmore
LOVE AND INFORMATION
by Caryl Churchill
The Carrack Modern Art - Durham, NC
regional premiere
AWARDS
One of Indy Week's "Nine great local theater performances of 2015"
PRESS
"A gifted quintet played a compelling game of human pinball as Caryl Churchill's characters got the news (or didn't) in 65 relationships, ranging from snarky lovers to torturer and victim." -Byron Woods, Indy Week
Poster design by Jimmy Holcomb
MAC
by William Shakespeare
adapted by Lucius Robinson
a one-act adaptation of Macbeth performed in an old pack-house in northern Orange County.
world premiere
Poster design by Randy Skidmore
IPHIGENIA CRASH LAND FALLS ON THE NEON SHELL THAT WAS ONCE HER HEART
The Nightlight - Chapel Hill, NC
regional premiere
