Category Archives: Drama

Tarik Darrell O’Mealy: Night Light at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 4-5

Tarik Darrell O’Mealy: Night Light at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 4-5

NextLook:
Night Light
Performed by Tarik O’Meally

Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7 pm & Friday, April 5, 2019 at 7 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Night Light is a reflective examination of the current discordant American crisis of identity. Performed in a survival horror setting, Night Light investigates what our innermost monsters represent…discovering how we face and conquer those monsters emboldened by faith that the conflict will improve us. Through visceral athletic movement, this work explores themes of self-preservation, transformation and wholeness to a haunting musical score. This work is about seeing who will get out alive. To survive, however, we must walk down the dark alley. Discover the noise in the basement. Solve the killer’s identity. In the end, Night Light requires performers and audience alike to understand what our perceptions of our internal monsters, villains, or enemies say about our own state of being.

“To confront the enemy without we must first confront the enemy within.” – Bell Hooks

TARIK DARRELL O’MEALLY was born in Queens, New York and raised in the DC Metro Area. He earned his B.F.A in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has worked and performed with companies such as Johnnie Cruise Mercer/The RED project NYC, and Abby Z & the New Utility. Tarik is currently a company member of the Marvin Gaye Dance Project and VT Dance both under the direction of Vincent Thomas. Tarik was fortunate enough to spend 2013-2016 as a summer staff assistant at the American Dance Festival. As a choreographer, his work has been presented at The Clarice Smith 34th Annual Choreographers Showcase, New Releases Choreographer Showcase, the 15th Annual Richmond Choreographer Showcase, the Richmond Dance Festival, the Baltimore Theater Project, Morgan State University and the Mid-Atlantic North Gala performance at the American College Dance Association. Tarik was the 2016-2017 Artist in Residence at Coppin State University, is currently a 2017-2018 New Releases Commissioned Artist and artistic director of the UNUM Dance Collective.

Tickets: Pay what you wish, $5 to $25. Click here.

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 28

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 28

Tiny Tots Thursday
Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 9:30 am & 11:15 am

Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater on Tour: Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: Meet the butcher, baker, pizza-dough maker, and all of the friendly people who make our neighborhoods terrific places to live every day. Recycled crafting and interactive songs make this community day the perfect blend of learning and just plain fun. This is a new production from the Smithsonian Discovery Associates Theater on Tour. Discovery Theater is your source for live performances that celebrate the rich diversity of our region and our world.

Recommended for grades Pre-K – 2. Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Social Studies

Tickets: $5/person

The Enchanted at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 22-24

The Enchanted at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 22-24

Bishop McNamara High School presents
The Enchanted
Written as Intermezzo by Jean Giraudoux
Translated and adapted by Maurice Valency

March 22 – 24, 2019
Friday, March 22nd @ 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 23rd @ 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 24th @ 2:00 pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

The Theatre Program presents this year’s spring play, The Enchanted a story about a charming young lady in a French town who is obsessed with the supernatural. Most of the townspeople are tolerant of her, but the government inspector regards her as a threat to order and security. He summons all of the authority and power of the state to rid her of her obsession. She then falls in love, discovering the joys of the normal world and accomplishing in a split second what law, force and logic could not.

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased here.

For more information click here.

Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One at the Beltsville Public Library, Mar 25

Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One at the Beltsville Public Library, Mar 25

Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One

Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7:00pm

Location: Beltsville Public Library 4319 Sellman Road, Beltsville MD 20705.

Description:
“Harriet Tubman – The Chosen One” is a dynamic one-woman show that takes its audience on one of the many journeys Ms. Tubman took on the Underground Railroad.

Free Performance.