Category Archives: Drama

#MeToo at Bowie State University, Apr 23-28

#MeToo at Bowie State University, Apr 23-28

BSU Theatre Presents:
#MeToo

April 23, 2018 – April 28, 2018
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 2:30pm, 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 2:30pm

Fine and Performing Arts Center, Main Stage Theater, Bowie State University.

In response to the growing momentum behind the #MeToo Movement, this BSU Theatre season has been dedicated to the creation of a new, devised performance entitled #MeToo. Through interviews, research and personal narrative, BSU student artists of #MeToo have generated a multidisciplinary workshop performance that shares the intimate challenges and powerful survival of those who have experienced gender-based harassment and abuse.

Please join BSU Theatre as we build a community that gives voice to those who have remained silent. Due to the intimate and immersive nature of this production, audience sizes are limited to 14 participants only.

Tickets: $10 General, $5 Students, Faculty and Staff with ID.

Contact: Michelle Washington, mwashington@bowiestate.edu

I’ve Been a Woman at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-13

I’ve Been a Woman at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-13

Second Season
I’ve Been a Woman by Jordan Ealey

April 12 & 13, 2019

Fri, Apr 12, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 13, 2019 . 2:00PM
Sat, Apr 13, 2019 . 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Cafritz Foundation Theatre

This original theater piece follows two souls who are repeatedly reincarnated in Black women’s bodies during feminist movements of the past, present and future. As these embodied souls reconnect with one another across three distinct time periods, they struggle to reconcile the realities of their race, gender and sexuality within societies that seek to deny their humanity.

Free, tickets are required. Click here.

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