Category Archives: Drama

A Soldier’s Play by 2nd Star Productions at the Charis Center, Feb 21 – Mar 9

A Soldier’s Play by 2nd Star Productions at the Charis Center, Feb 21 – Mar 9

2nd Star Productions Presents
“A Soldier’s Play” by Charles Fuller
Directed by Jane Wingard; Produced by Cheramie Jackson

Charis Center for the Arts
13010 8th Street
Bowie, MD 20720

Performances will be February 21, 22, 23, 28 and March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at the Charis Center for the Arts

Parental advisory: adult themes.

A black sergeant cries out in the night, “They still hate you,” then is shot twice and falls dead. Set in 1944 at Fort Neal, a segregated army camp in Louisiana, Charles Fuller’s forceful drama – which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 – tracks the investigation of this murder. “A Soldier’s Play” is more than a detective story: it is a tough, incisive exploration of racial tensions and ambiguities among blacks, and between blacks and whites that gives no easy answers, and assigns no simple blame.

All tickets for “A Soldier’s Play” are $15.00

For reservations, call the box office at (410) 757-5700 or (301) 832-4819, or purchase tickets online at this link.

Seven Guitars by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Feb 21-Mar 9

Seven Guitars by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Feb 21-Mar 9, 2014

Directed by Rikki Howie.

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

Friday February 21, 2014 through Sunday March 9, 2014. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.

Description: The 1940s installment of August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle explores one African-American man’s fight for his own humanity, self-understanding and self-acceptance in the face of personal and societal ills. Described as “part bawdy comedy, part dark elegy and part mystery”, Seven Guitars is another Wilson masterpiece.

Ticket prices: (to be confirmed) $15 adults, $12 students and seniors, $10 for groups of 10 or more (in advance.) Click here to buy tickets on-line.

Stardust at Clarice Smith, Jan 31-Feb 1

David Roussève/Reality presents the World Premiere of Stardust at Clarice Smith, Jan 31-Feb 1

January 31 & February 1, 2014 . 8PM

Presented By:
Clarice Smith Center
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. Reserved Seating.

Click Here to Buy Tickets:
Regular: $35
Subscriber: $28
Senior Citizen: $30
UMD Alumni Association: $30
UMD Faculty & Staff: $28
Students & Youth: $10

Fri, Jan 31, 2014 . 8:00PM
Sat, Feb 1, 2014 . 8:00PM

Description:

Choreographed, written and directed by David Roussève, Stardust follows an African American gay urban teenager’s dreams, misgivings and challenges.

Never seen onstage, the protagonist is present only by the emotion-laden tweets and text messages he sends, which are projected onto multiple surfaces by Roussève’s long-time collaborator Cari Ann Shim Sham.

Stardust juxtaposes fluidity and freneticism, in both its movement and musical score. Lush, jazz-inflected dancing is leavened by frenetic, angular representations of the teenager’s anxious states of mind, in movement performed by a mixed-age company of dancers.

The soundscape pairs the intimate romanticism of Nat King Cole standards with rough-edged, hip-hop inflected original music by d. Sabela Grimes. Designer Christopher Kuhl’s lighting will support both the emotional textures and surreal quality of the work.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center co-commissioned Stardust, which will receive its world premiere at the Center. As part of his engagement at the Clarice Smith Center, Roussève will be in residency in several visits during fall 2013, working with local ministries on issues of homosexuality and acceptance in the African American community.

This tour of David Roussève is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The presentation of Stardust was made possible by the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project. Major support of NDP is also provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Vagina Monologues at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 24 – Feb 8

The Vagina Monologues at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 24 – Feb 8

The Rude Mechanicals present The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler

January 24 – February 8, 2014

Greenbelt Arts Center

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, Eve Ensler gives us real women’s stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery.

Parental Advisory: Adult themes.

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Child (under 12)

A Christmas Carol at The Christian Life Center in Riverdale Park, Dec 19-22

A Christmas Carol at The Christian Life Center in Riverdale Park, Dec 19-22

Location: The Christian Life Center of Riverdale Park
5600 Taylor Rd, Riverdale Park, MD 20737
(301) 277-5969

Thursday through Sunday, December 19-22, each night at 8:00pm.

Ticket prices are $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Children under 12.
To purchase tickets, please email billl@ccsimd.org , call 240-565-4144 or tweet @BillLeary3.

Proceeds from the production will benefit The Christian Life Center’s Food Distribution Program as well as Community Crisis Services Inc.’s Warm Nights Hypothermia Shelter Program. CCSI has formed a wonderful partnership with CLC, and we’re thrilled to be once again working with them to benefit those most vulnerable in our communities.