Category Archives: Comedy

Lotsa Lazzi at the Greenbelt Arts Center, July 10-11

Camp Encore presents Lotsa Lazzi at the Greenbelt Arts Center, July 10-11

CAMP ENCORE Ages 13-17

Lotsa Lazzi!

Join director Kate Magill Robinson and the Camp Encore troupe leaders on a hilarious exploration of the raucous roots of western comedy. Commedia dell’ arte originated in the Italian Renaissance with stock comic characters and recognizable comic bits (called lazzi). It permeated European theatre for several hundred years and has inspired theatre artists from Shakespeare to Saturday Night Live. In this ensemble-based camp, students will take on stock characters and play with Lotsa Lazzi, as we explore what makes us laugh and learn to build a performance driven by physicality, music, dance, rollicking scenarios and slapstick comedy. So bring your funny, and let’s play.

At the end of the camp session, campers will present a live theater performance at the Greenbelt Arts Center. Students unable to attend the entire session may enroll, but their participation in the shows may be limited. If your camper has significant schedule conflicts with the camp schedule, please consult Kate at katemagill3@ gmail.com before enrolling. Attendance in the final week and at both shows is mandatory to enroll.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

PERFORMANCES: Wednesday, July 10 at 1:00 pm and Thursday, July 11 at 4:00 pm

Caribbean Comedy Festival at Clarice Smith, June 29

Caribbean Comedy Festival at Clarice Smith, June 29

Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 7:00pm

Laugh Out Loud Scholarship Fundraiser

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Dekelboum Concert Hall. General Admission.

Tickets
Regular: $40
Students: $25
All tickets at the Door: $45

Description:

In 2014, Caribbeana Communications Inc. (CCI), a Maryland 501(c)(3) non-profit media broadcasting company, is celebrating 25 years of cultural diversity and innovation in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area.

To commemorate this achievement, Caribbeana is hosting a Comedy Festival as its major fundraiser. During this show CCI will announce its scholarship recipient of a $1,000 scholarship. In addition, the audience will hear artists from Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, and America showcase their talents that will make you, ‘Laugh Out Loud’ or feel the beat of the Caribbean.

Don’t wait, get your ticket today. Tickets are $40 or $25 for students. At the door it is more, $45. But remember, we aren’t just going to be laughing and having a good time, we will be supporting a youth advance in his or her education.

To learn more about Caribbeana Communications Inc. visit http://caribbeana.org or call 301.459.1775. See you there!

2014 CCF Laugh Out Loud cast and program support includes: Von Martin and Sprangalang, Co-Masters of Ceremonies, Lord Relator (Trinidad & Tobago), Mac Fingall (Barbados), Nikki Crosby (Trinidad & Tobago), Joan Hutchinson (Jamaica), Lingo (Trinidad & Tobago/Extempo Artiste), Pan Lara Steel Pan (DMV), and DJ Knightrin (DMV).

The Taming of the Shrew at Laurel Mill Playhouse, May 30-Jun 15

The Taming of the Shrew at Laurel Mill Playhouse, May 30-Jun 15

Shakespeare Teen Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Performances run weekends from Friday May 30, 2014 through Sunday June 15, 2014 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Sunday matinee performances on June 1, June 8 and June 15. All matinees begin at 2:00 PM.

Tickets are $15 for general admission. Admission for students (18 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $12. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Description: One of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies. The Taming of the Shrew tells the story of how Petruchio, the money-grubbing wife hunter, transforms the aggressive and bad-tempered Katherine Minola into an obedient, honey-tongued trophy wife. This production features teens from 7th to 12th grade.

Habeas Corpus at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 9-31

Habeas Corpus at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 9-31

Habeas Corpus
By Alan Bennett
Directed by Pauline Griller-Mitchell
Auditions: February 23 & 24

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Performances: Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm, from May 9 – 31, 2014.
Performances:
Friday and Saturday at 8pm, May 9-31;
Sunday at 2pm, May 18 & 25, 2014.

Description: The antics at the Wicksteed home are a satirical merry-go-round. Family, friends, and the sexual satisfaction of the “corpus” (body) are the ruling passions in the farcical comedy of ill-manners. Through a dance of mistaken identities and carnal encounters, one motto holds fast: “We whose lust lasts, lasts longest.”

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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.