Monthly Archives: June 2015

Down The Road by the Hard Bargain Players, Jun 12-27

Down The Road by the Hard Bargain Players, Jun 12-27

Down The Road
By Lee Blessing
Directed by Brian Donohue
June 12-27

Location: Hard Bargain Players

Performances: Fridays and Saturdays, June 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8:00 PM

Synopsis: DOWN THE ROAD centers on a convicted serial killer and the husband and wife writing team hired to help him write an account of his crimes. The killer, Bill Reach, has admitted to the murders of nineteen women, but there may have been more. Over many weeks of interviews, the couple — Dan and Iris Henniman — grow more and more uncertain of the ethics of what they are doing. Are they simply relating terrifying events, or are they helping readers consume rape, murder and mutilation as if they are consuming any other product of our society? Are they, in fact, helping to turn Bill Reach into a celebrity?

Dream Island at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jun 6-7

Dream Island at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jun 6-7

Dream Island

Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 8:00pm
Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8:00pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

A highly charged physical expression, ‘Dream Island’ is part carnival, part laboratory, part archeological trip. Melding movement, text, music, and installation, it concocts thirteen vignettes infused with playful, humorous, explosive, amorphous, and dark absurdity. Initially inspired by a Japanese theme park built on the buried landfill called ‘Dream Island’, this piece digs, examines, and reveals layers of debris, getting deeper and more distant from the reality. The audience is asked to bare witness as five characters attempt to search, reconstruct, and uncover memories and histories, both tangible and fleeting, personal and collective.

Direction and structure by Naoko Maeshiba, created by Emily Hall, Sarah Lloyd, Donald Roderick, Danni Tsuboi, & Naoko Maeshiba, sound design and light installation by Khristian Weeks, environment design by Khristian Weeks, Naoko Maeshiba, & Sarah Lloyd, Lighting design by Helen Garcia Alton.

Admission $25

Alice in Dancerland at the Publick Playhouse, June 6, 3pm

Alice in Dancerland at the Publick Playhouse, June 6, 3pm

“ALICE IN DANCERLAND” by the New Chicago Dance Studio at the Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

A New Chicago Dance Studio twist on the classic, madcap story of a girl who follows a white rabbit through a land of wonders…told through dance by our delightful students.

Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 3:00pm

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Call 301.441.1192 or e-mail director@newchicagodancestudio.com