Monthly Archives: April 2014

The Fox on the Fairway by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, May 2-18

The Fox on the Fairway by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, May 2-18

By Ken Ludwig
Directed by John Degnan

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

May 2 to 18, 2014

Tickets: $20 Adults, $15 Seniors/18 & Under.

Description: A tribute to the great English farces, this hilarious romp takes audiences on a ride which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it’s a furiously-paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life and man’s eternal love affair with … golf.

Directing II – Senior Showcase at Bowie State University, May 1-2

Directing II – Senior Showcase at Bowie State University, May 1-2

BSU Theatre presents “Directing II – Senior Showcase”
May 1, 2014 – May 2, 2014 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Description: The theatre program invites you to enjoy a showcase of directing styles and techniques that BSU seniors learned in their directing courses.

Location: Black Box Theatre, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University.

Cost: $3 for children; $5 for BSU faculty, staff, students and senior citizens; $10 general admission

Box office opens 1 hour before performances. Call 301-860-3717 for ticket information.

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at Clarice Smith, May 3-10

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at Clarice Smith, May 3-10

By Anna Deveare Smith

May 3-10, 2014

Director Caroline Clay

Presented By: University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. Reserved Seating.

Click Here to Buy Tickets:
Regular: $25
Subscriber: $20
Senior Citizen: $20
UMD Alumni Association: $20
UMD Faculty & Staff: $20
Students & Youth: $10

Sat, May 3, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, May 4, 2014 . 2:00PM
Sun, May 4, 2014 . 7:30PM
Wed, May 7, 2014 . 7:30PM
Thu, May 8, 2014 . 7:30PM
Fri, May 9, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, May 10, 2014 . 2:00PM
Sat, May 10, 2014 . 7:30PM

Description:

In 1991, the violent police assault of African American Rodney King ignited international outrage after being captured on videotape and aired widely. A year later in 1992, in the aftermath of the trial and acquittal of the police officers charged with assault, protest and riots broke out in the streets of Los Angeles, where the incident took place.

MacArthur ‘Genius’ award-winning playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith weaves a stunning, comprehensive portrait through the verbatim words of 40 people from the ashes of the riots in this explosive piece of documentary theatre. Nominated for the 1994 Tony Award for Best Play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is the result of nearly 300 interviews Smith conducted in a nine-month span with gang members, police officers, lawyers, activists and shopkeepers from a diversity of class and racial backgrounds.

Twilight offers a searing look at the impact of social, economic and political lines that divide not only a city, but also a nation, through the lens of a seminal moment in modern United States history.

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

An Iliad at Clarice Smith, May 2-3

Lisa Peterson & ​Denis O’Hare/Homer’s Coat present An Iliad at Clarice Smith, May 2-3

May 2 & 3, 2014 . 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre. Reserved Seating.

Click Here to Buy Tickets:
Regular: $40
Subscriber: $32
Senior Citizen: $35
UMD Alumni Association: $35
UMD Faculty & Staff: $32
Students & Youth: $10

Fri, May 2, 2014 . 8:00PM
Sat, May 3, 2014 . 8:00PM

Description:

In An Iliad, actor Denis O’Hare and director Lisa Peterson telescope Homer’s great poem about the Trojan War into an intimate solo show illuminating both the heroism and the horror of warfare.

Set in a contemporary milieu, the one-man performance stars an ageless Greek singer and poet. The script is rendered in contemporary vernacular language with occasional snatches of verse and even a few bellowed lines in Homer’s original Greek. The play’s sole narrator, a battered-looking character who claims to have been recounting the yarn throughout the ages, combines the reverence and mystery of ancient Greek mythology with the dynamic urban rhythms of contemporary life.

O’Hare describes his character as “a ‘living book’ sitting on the shelf, and either he’s being pulled down off the shelf by willing participants or he’s willing himself off the shelf to fall open in a time when the culture needs him.”

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 1-2

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 1-2

Thursday, May 1, 2014, 7:30pm
Friday, May 2, 2014, 7:30pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Gildenhorn Recital Hall.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Description: After a year of deconstructing their craft and sculpting it from the ground up, Maryland Opera Studio first-year students are paired in operatic scenes from a wide variety of repertory. Accompanied only by piano and minimal props, these performances give our young artists a chance to shine in the purest of forms.