Monthly Archives: February 2015

Beech Tree Puppets presents The Hollow Stump at the New Deal Cafe, Mar 1

Beech Tree Puppets presents The Hollow Stump at the New Deal Cafe, Mar 1

Beech Tree Puppets presents
The Hollow Stump
New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt

Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 2pm

Beech Tree Puppets perform “The Hollow Stump”, based on the folk tale, The Mitten, retold and adapted for table-top rod-puppets. Various animals, sometimes at odds with each other in nature, find community as they seek shelter from an unexpected snow in early spring. Founders Ingrid Cowan Hass and Ole Hass guide the animal puppets as they sing and narrate. (all ages)

World Premiere.

This is a free performance sponsored by the Friends of New Deal Cafe Arts, with support from the City of Greenbelt. (2 to 4pm)

Secret Circus in the Greenbelt Community Center, Feb 28 – Mar 7

Secret Circus in the Greenbelt Community Center, Feb 28 – Mar 7

Secret Circus
The Greenbelt Winter Youth Musical
Greenbelt Community Center

Christopher Cherry, Director and Author
Stefan Brodd, Musical Director
Nicole DeWald, Production Designer
Angella Foster, Choreographer
Ian Brown-Gorrell, Assistant Director

Location: Greenbelt Recreation Department

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 7pm
Sunday, March 1, 2015, 3pm
Saturday, March 7, 2015, 2pm and 7pm

Secret Circus is the story of a traveling circus in 1930’s-era Europe, racing against time to smuggle to safety people deemed physically unacceptable by the rising fascist regime. One refugee, Anya, must confront her own discomfort with the sideshow prodigies of the circus even as she accepts their help in fleeing persecution. It is a touching, exciting, and beautiful show. Secret Circus was last performed in Greenbelt ten years ago, by Camp Encore. The 2015 edition of the show features an expanded story, with additional songs, new dialogue, and enhanced circus production values.

Tickets: $5; advanced sales at 301-397-2208.

Harvey by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Feb 28-Mar 8

Harvey by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Feb 28-Mar 8

Harvey
By Mary Chase
Directed by Juliette Kelsey Chagnon
Assistant Director: Sarah Hamilton

Location: Tantallon Community Players at Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington, Maryland.

Saturday, February 28 at 3pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 1 at 3pm
Saturday, March 7 at 3pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 8 at 8pm

The age-old question: What if a man’s best friend is a six-foot-tall invisible rabbit? Okay, so maybe that’s not an age-old question, but it opens up another: Is there any way to get rid of a six-foot-tall invisible rabbit if his best friend is determined not to let him go? This hilarious and touching comedy is not to be missed.

Black Theatre Symposium: Artistic Housing at Clarice Smith, Feb 28 at 9am

Black Theatre Symposium: Artistic Housing at Clarice Smith, Feb 28 at 9am

Black Theatre Symposium
Saturday, February 28, 2015, all day

A day-long symposium on black theatre, including a performance of Artistic Housing by Seret Scott at 10:30am. Registration fee includes a ticket to the evening performance of Good Kids.

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Who are the exemplars of excellence in black theatre? Which institutions are successfully cultivating black theatre practitioners? How do we facilitate inclusion and diversity in the technical and administrative aspects of the field? How can black performers expand their artistry and marketability?

Theatre professionals, scholars, and students will convene to discuss and take action around these questions as we explore the expansion of of an inclusive presence and influence in the field of theatre.

Sessions will include panel discussions, workshops, a special performance of Seret Scott’s one-woman play, Artistic Housing.

One ticket to The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ production of Good Kids is included with payment of the full registration fee. Students and volunteers participating in the symposium may purchase a ticket for $5.00.

Registration: $35
Free student tickets available February 9, 2015
Lunch and one ticket to the February 28 performance of Good Kids is included in registration fee.

Good Kids at Clarice Smith, Feb 27-Mar 7

Good Kids at Clarice Smith, Feb 27-Mar 7

Big Ten New Play Initiative: Good Kids
By Naomi Iizuka
February 28 – March 7, 2015
Director Seret Scott

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fri, Feb 27, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 28, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, Mar 1, 2015 . 2:00PM
Wed, Mar 4, 2015 . 7:30PM
Thu, Mar 5, 2015 . 7:30PM
Fri, Mar 6, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Mar 7, 2015 . 2:00PM
Sat, Mar 7, 2015 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kay Theatre, Reserved Seating.

Description: UMD has partnered with the Big Ten Conference schools to create a new playwriting and performance initiative. Known as the Big Ten Theatre Chairs, the group will commission, produce and publicize new plays in an effort to influence the national dialogue about women playwrights and aim to produce higher-caliber plays that are effective tools for teaching theatre students.

The program’s first commissioned work, Good Kids, is written by Naomi Iizuka, one of the nation’s most acclaimed young authors and head of playwriting at University of California, San Diego.

Good Kids explores a casual sexual encounter gone wrong, and its very public aftermath. Who is telling the truth? Whose version of the story do you believe? What does that say about you? This play responds to actual events that went on to generate a national dialogue.