Monthly Archives: April 2025

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) at the Clarice, Apr 11-19

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) at the Clarice, Apr 11-19

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Maryland Opera Studio:
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor)
April 11–19, 2025
Fri, Apr 11, 2025 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 13, 2025 . 3:30PM
Wed, Apr 16, 2025 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 19, 2025 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber Von Windsor) is a German adaptation of Shakespeare’s beloved play, telling the story of notorious drunkard and womanizer Sir John Falstaff and his attempts to woo two married women. After receiving identical letters from Falstaff suggesting illicit affairs, Frau Fluth and Frau Reich decide to teach him a well-deserved lesson and prove their fidelity to their husbands. At the same time, the Reich’s youngest daughter must thwart her parent’s plans to marry her off.

Decorated with a rich orchestration, Nicolai’s comic opera is a tale of love and empowerment, depicting the triumph of cleverness over folly.
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Tickets: Tickets: $25 Public, $10 Students, click here.

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline at the Clarice, Apr 11

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents Deadline at the Clarice, Apr 11

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Maryland Ghostlight Company Spring Cabaret
Deadline: a murder mystery comedy

Friday, April 11, 2025 • 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Maryland Ghostlight Company presents, Deadline: a murder mystery comedy.

When eight mystery writers arrive at a legendary writer’s fog-shrouded island mansion in the North Atlantic, they think they’re ready for the Deadline Challenge—twenty-four restful hours to write as much of their new novel as possible. But the Deadline Challenge is anything but restful. In reality, the writers are brought together to solve a murder—the victim yet be determined, and the killer yet to strike. If a writer can design and execute a perfect murder and get away with it, they’ll win a million dollars (which is a lot of money for a writer). Who will live? Who will die? Who will survive the Deadline?

Ghostlight provides a place for UMD students to produce, perform and design published contemporary plays in a student-run environment.

Tickets: Free, no tickets required, click here.

Bread & Puppet: The Obligation to Live at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 10-11

Bread & Puppet: The Obligation to Live at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 10-11

Joe’s Movement Emporium presents:
Bread & Puppet: The Obligation to Live

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7 pm
Friday, April 11, 2025 at 7 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

Puppet show! Puppet show! Bread & Puppet Theater is excited to announce their return to Joe’s in April 2025.

The show will include puppets large and small, music, up-to-the-minute politics, and spectacles not to be missed. After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale. No one turned away for lack of funds. We mean it. If you need assistance with a ticket, please email breadandpuppetreservations@gmail.com.

*Please note that, as a political theater company, we aim to keep our work as up-to-the-minute and relevant as possible. Our work is constantly changing.*

Tickets: $35 General, $25 Youth/Senior. Click here.