Category Archives: Comedy

Jaha Koo: Cuckoo at the Clarice, Feb 12 & 13

Jaha Koo: Cuckoo at the Clarice, Feb 12 & 13

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Jaha Koo: Cuckoo
February 12 & 13, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Employing bittersweet and humorous dialogues, theatermaker Jaha Koo and his clever rice cookers take you on a journey through the last 20 years of Korean history, combining personal experience with political events and reflections on happiness, economic crises and death.

The play will be performed in Korean and English, with English subtitles.

압력사회, 증발되는 밥. 구자하의 연극 ‘쿠쿠’ 작품은 해킹된 밥솥들과의 대화를 통해, 아시아 금융 위기와 관련한 정치적 사건, 경제 위기 그리고 행복과 죽음에 대해 성찰하며 한국의 지난 이십여 년의 역사를 돌아본다.

본 연극은 한국어와 영어로 공연되고, 영문자막이 제공됩니다.

Tickets: $25 Public, $10 Students, click here.

PREPOSTEROUS! A Happenstance Clown Circus at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

PREPOSTEROUS! A Happenstance Clown Circus at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
PREPOSTEROUS! A Happenstance Clown Circus

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 2:00pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Don’t miss this sophisticated-yet-ridiculous, family-friendly, clown circus from Happenstance Theater! A quintet of charming vintage clowns become circus animals, transform into a human calliope, do the classic circus mirror routine with a twist, perform a several preposterous “entrees”, make live music and sound effects, and execute a very satisfying slow-motion number involving a pie! This show is recommended for children ages 3-12. Please note everyone must have a ticket to enter, regardless of age.

Tickets: $6. Click here.

Deepe Darknesse at the Clarice, Feb 6 & 7

Deepe Darknesse at the Clarice, Feb 6 & 7

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:Deepe Darknesse
February 6 & 7, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

With maximalist movement, oddball humor, and unrelenting theatricality, Deepe Darknesse (pronounced dee-pee dark-ness-ay) is a physical theater performance combining dance, theater and experimentation that will leave you breathless

Tickets: $30 Public, $10 Students, click here.

Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour at the Clarice, Jan 30

Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour at the Clarice, Jan 30

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour

Thursday, January 30, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The meteoric rise of Atsuko Okatsuka serves as proof that she is one of the few stand-up comedians who can cross over from online viral sensation to big stage showstopper. From her quick-witted breakout 2019 comedy set taped during an earthquake; to her award-winning 2022 debut HBO special The Intruder, directed by Tig Notaro; to a recent front-cover joint interview with her inspiration Margaret Cho in The New York Times Magazine, Okatsuka and her signature bowl-cut hairdo are inescapably, delightfully everywhere. Now Okatsuka brings her sharp and sweetly naive humor to The Clarice. Get ready for an intimate evening of outrageous jokes and incisive storytelling from this undeniable superstar-in-the-making!

Tickets: $30-$60 Public, $10 Student. Click here.

Cabaret Noir at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 25

Cabaret Noir at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 25

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Happenstance Theatre’s
Cabaret Noir: A Film Noir Inspired Theatrical Montage

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 7:00pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Cabaret Noir is a series of dark, comic vignettes featuring Femmes Fatales and fedoras, trench coats and torch songs, intrigue, suspense, and shadows. Happenstance Theater’s ensemble mesmerizes in a virtuosic display of physical comedy, object manipulation, and period style, with music played on multiple instruments, and characters costumed in vintage attire. Happenstance Theater, winner of five Helen Hayes Awards, has been called “DC’s leading peddler of whimsy” by the Washington Post.

$25 general, $20 student/senior. Click here.