CPA Season

The TEAM

Memorial Hall

February 21, 2026

8 PM

Onstage is a two-story house. From one angle, it’s mucked out after a flood. From another, it’s a new development wrapped in Tyvek. And from another, it’s “Tara” from Gone with the Wind being transformed into an Airbnb. The piano can’t be tuned. Someone is quilting in the corner. Come in.

Co-written by 21 Black-, POC-, and white-identifying artists ranging in age from 29 to 99, Reconstructing is a new work from internationally renowned theater collective the TEAM that asks how, in the aftermath of slavery, we might move through history together. A “complex and combustible project” (Sarah Holdren, Vulture), Reconstructing slips between fact and fiction and performance and ritual to tell a story of historical figures, fictional characters, and the show’s artists as they all seek and flee intimacy.

Event Details

Runtime: approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission
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Late seating policy: limited late seating is available

Ticket & Discount Information

Tickets available starting at $25. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE Credit.

Discount Information

We offer several discounts for CPA series performances only. Partner and rental events are not eligible.

Important Notes:

Discounts must be applied at the time of purchase and cannot be added retroactively.
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Available Discounts:

Military & First Responders

Discount: 15% off
Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
How to redeem: Use promo code SERVICE2526 online or call our box office

Seniors (65+)

Discount: 15% off
Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
ID Required: Yes
How to redeem: Use promo code SENIOR2526 online or call our box office

UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty & Staff

Discount: 25% off
Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC One Card)
How to redeem:
- Current faculty/staff: Use promo code UNCFS2526
- Retired faculty/staff: Use promo code UNCRET2526

UNC Health Staff

Discount: 25% off
Limit: 4 tickets per person, per performance
ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC Health ID)
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UNC-Chapel Hill Students

Discount: $11 tickets (Zones 3, 4, and 5)
Limit: 2 tickets per student, per performance
ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC Student ID)
How to redeem: Use promo code UNCST2526 online and select price type “UNC Student,” or call our box office

Non-UNC Students (K-College, Statewide)

Discount: $11 tickets (Zones 3, 4, and 5)
Limit: 2 tickets per student, per performance
ID Required at Entry: Yes (UNC Student ID)
How to redeem: Use promo code UNCST2526 online and select price type “UNC Student,” or call our box office

Carolina Alumni Members

Discount: 15% off
Limit: 4 tickets per order
How to redeem: Use promo code GAA2526 online or call our box office

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Why We’re Presenting This

Carolina Performing Arts continues to advance Southern Futures—our initiative that invites and supports artists in exploring the South’s past, present, and future through bold, research-based, interdisciplinary performances. Since 2023, the TEAM has been a resident artist with us, deeply engaged in research and discovery. Now, their journey culminates in a powerful new work co-commissioned by CPA for Southern Futures—marking their debut performance in Chapel Hill.

About The TEAM

Founded in 2004, the TEAM is a Brooklyn-based experimental theatre collective, spirited by some of the wildest and deepest artists working today. Once described by The Guardian as “theatrical excavators of American culture, American dreams, and the American psyche,” the TEAM collaboratively creates new works about the experience of living in the United States today to generate dialogue about our nation’s past, present, and future through production and touring.

To date, The TEAM has created and toured 12 works, including Mission Drift and RoosevElvis, and their work has been seen at venues such as National Theatre of London, The Public, PS122, The Bushwick Starr, ArtsEmerson, A.R.T., Walker Art Center, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Almeida Theatre, the Salzburg Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and more.

Rachel Chavkin is a Tony Award–winning director and the founding artistic director of the experimental theater collective the TEAM. Known for her visionary, ensemble-driven work, she has directed acclaimed productions including Hadestown, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, and The Royale. Her work has been seen across Broadway, major regional theaters, and international festivals, and she was honored with the 2017 Smithsonian Award for Ingenuity.

Zhailon Levingston is a Louisiana-raised storyteller, and director. He is a board member for the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, which received an honorary Tony award in 2021. Levingston is also the Artistic Director for the Inheritance Theatre Project. Selected credits include: Tina (Resident Director) Hadestown (Korea) The Wiz (Cincinnati Children’s Theatre) Chicken and Biscuits (Broadway) Patience (Second Stage). Little Miss Perfect (Goodspeed) CATS (Perelman Performing Arts Center).

Emma Orme is a Brooklyn-based performer and producer with a passion for developing bold new theatrical work. She is the Producing Director of the TEAM and was a 2022–24 Fellow of WP Theater’s prestigious Lab. Her producing and performance credits span Off-Broadway, national festivals, and digital platforms, including the Obie award-winning CIRCLE JERK, 1-800-3592-113592 (Best Theater of 2024, New Yorker), and more.

“We believe how we make is as important as what we make, and our producing practices strive to embody our values of collective liberation.”

—The TEAM

For more information, please visit theteamplays.org.

Go further

Want to peek behind the curtain? Dive deeper into the world of the TEAM.

Learn:

Reconstructing “Reading” List
Explore this curated reading list compiled by the TEAM, featuring the thinkers and researchers who helped inform Reconstructing.

Watch:

(Re-Meet) The Team

Curious to know who’s behind the bold, genre-defying work of the TEAM? Their sizzle reel gives you a fast-paced glimpse into the people, passions, and ideas driving their creative vision.