Category Archives: Drama

This is Our Youth at Clarice Smith, Nov 15

This is Our Youth at Clarice Smith, Nov 15

The Weekday Players
This Is Our Youth
Sunday, November 15, 2015. 2PM & 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, Free Admission, no tickets required.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: This performance contains adult subject matter and strong language.

The Weekday Players are proud to present “This is Our Youth” by Kenneth Lonergan for this fall.

A hit off-Broadway in 1996 and in a a Broadway revival in 2014, This is Our Youth follows three young adults in the Upper West Side of Manhattan over the course of one evening. Dennis Ziegler’s friend Warren Straub has been kicked out of his house, and has also stolen $15,000 from his father. Dennis and another friend, Jessica, have their own agendas and plans for the money, which ultimately ties the characters together as the play explores themes of materialism, adolescence, and maturity.

The Weekday Players are excited to present this timely show, as organized, acted, and produced by University of Maryland students. The show is free to the general public.

Any Given Monday at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Nov 6-22

Any Given Monday at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Nov 6-22

Any Given Monday by Bruce Graham
November 6-22
Directed by Ann Lowe-Barrett

November 6-22
Friday and Saturday at 8:00
Sundays at 2:00

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Lenny is a great guy: a good teacher, an excellent father, and a loving husband. So when his wife leaves him for a smooth-talking lothario who builds Walmarts, his life is shattered. While he consoles himself with watching his favorite movie, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, his best friend Mick takes matters into his own hands. Now Lenny must decide what he will stand up for and who he will stand up to. How far is too far to get back to happily-ever-after?

Ticket prices: $20 General Admission, $16 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult).
Buy Tickets here.

Madeline and the Bad Hat at the Publick Playhouse, Nov 3

Madeline and the Bad Hat at the Publick Playhouse, Nov 3

Madeline and the Bad Hat
Midweek Matinee
Thursday, November 5, 2015, 10:15 am & 12 noon

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Madeline doesn’t like her new next door neighbor, Pepito, but she eventually discovers that Pepito’s father is rarely at home and that her new neighbor is misbehaving because he is desperate for attention. When Madeline rescues Pepito from danger, they become friends and Madeline learns that first impressions aren’t everything.

Recommended for grades K – 2. Curriculum Connections: Language/Communication Skills, Literature-Based, Musical, Values-Based

Tickets: $8/person, $6/groups of 20 or more

Margot Greenlee’s Medicine by the Book at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Nov 4

Margot Greenlee’s Medicine by the Book at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Nov 4

Margot Greenlee’s Medicine by the Book

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 7:00pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

With beauty and humor, Margot Greenlee’s Medicine by the Book explores the relationship between movement, imagination and the body’s inherent capacity to heal. Inspired by her experiences as a resident choreographer in healthcare settings across the greater DC region, the work combines the excitement of performance with the satisfaction of meaningful discussion and creative involvement. Weaving together compelling scenes from literature and graphic novels with the daily frustrations and long-range aspirations of healthcare professionals, Medicine by the Book reveals the power of our creative minds to heal our ailing bodies. Designed as a focal point for discourse and creativity, Medicine combines theater, storytelling and movement followed by a facilitated audience-and-cast ‘lab’ session to immediately propel the work further. This preview performance will feature faculty members from University of Maryland’s School of Public Health.

Free, or pay what you want.

It Takes Courage at the Publick Playhouse, Nov 3

It Takes Courage at the Publick Playhouse, Nov 3

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Midweek Matinee
Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 10:15 am & 12 noon

It Takes Courage

Midweek Matinee
Tuesday, November 3, 10:15 am & 12 noon
It Takes Courage

Different Americans faced different challenges but all had one thing in common: courage. Helen Keller, Franklin Roosevelt, Bill Gates and Justin Timberlake all overcame enormous obstacles to beome inspiring figures for today’s youth. Bullying, disabilities and other issues facing kids today are explored in this remarkable program.

Recommended for grades 2-6. Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Anti-Bullying, Character Education, History, Social Studies.

Tickets: $8/Person $6/Groups of 20 or more