Category Archives: Drama

Basetrack at Clarice Smith, Nov 1

Basetrack at Clarice Smith, Nov 1

Basetrack: A Multimedia Music Performance Experience

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sat, Nov 1, 2014 . 8:00PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kay Theatre, Reserved Seating.

Description: A group of photojournalists documented Marines in Afghanistan by taking photographs and videos using only an iPhone. This material, which enabled military families to communicate with their loved ones, began to tell an important story of ordinary people fundamentally changed by extraordinary circumstances.

The artful power of these images, a live musical score and spoken work text from Marines themselves come together in a riveting multimedia experience that reflect the uncertainties and separation that is a byproduct of war on families and communities.

Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Death Takes a Holiday at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 7-23

Death Takes a Holiday at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 7-23

Friday November 7, 2014 through Sunday November 23, 2014
Death Takes a Holiday
by Walter Ferris
Directed by Mark T. Allen
Produced by Maureen C. Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

This striking drama is based on the poetic conception of death suspending all activities for three days during which he falls in love with a beautiful girl and through her realizes why mortals fear him. The character who symbolizes Death is a very human person, with no conventional claptrap dragged in for mere effect. Here is a play that stimulates discussion and presents a novel and optimistic philosophy of the problems of love and death.

Performances run weekends from Friday November 7, 2014 through Sunday November 23, 2014 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $12. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

For and In Behalf Of at Clarice Smith, Oct 25-26

For and In Behalf Of at Clarice Smith, Oct 25-26

For and In Behalf Of
October 25 & 26, 2014
Conceived by Allan Davis
Director Jessica Krenek

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sat, Oct 25, 2014 . 3:00PM
Sat, Oct 25, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 26, 2014 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Regular: $27, Student: $12. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, General Admission.

Description: For and In Behalf Of reflects on a unique Mormon ritual: proxy baptisms for the dead.

Critics of the practice condemn it as a violation of the memory of the dead but, for Mormons, the ritual produces agency for the deceased. Combining storytelling, oration, and movement to foster understanding of this ritual, we are all asked to ruminate on what we each do with the memories of our deceased loved ones.

A TDPS Second Season Production.

Theater Project Beltsville presents Cold Shoulders, Oct 24-Nov 8

Theater Project Beltsville presents Cold Shoulders, Oct 24-Nov 8

Theater Project Beltsville presents Cold Shoulders
Three one-act plays by Strindberg, Gerstenberg and Burton
produced and directed by Franklin Akers

Friday, Saturday October 24, 25 at 8pm; Sunday October 26 at 3pm; Saturday November 1 at 8pm, Sunday November 2 at 3pm; Friday, Saturday November 7 and 8 at 8pm

Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, 10774 Rhode Island Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Any citizens of Beltsville and neighboring communities are welcome and encouraged to participate. If you are interested, email director Franklin Akers at frank.akers@comcast.net -or- leave voice mail at 240-391-6416.

Chocolate Covered Ants at the Bowie CPA, Oct 16-26

Chocolate Covered Ants at the Bowie CPA, Oct 16-26

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Back by Popular Demand!

Chocolate Covered Ants

Restoration Stage, Inc. and Bowie Center for the Performing Arts proudly present Chocolate Covered Ants, a new play from Steven Butler Jr.

Join us at the beautiful Bowie Center for the Performing Arts in Bowie, Maryland and be a part of the birth of the next Restoration Stage, Inc. production!

Directed by Courtney Baker-Oliver
Stage Managed by Jared Shamberger
Produced by Jivon Lee Jackson

Performance Dates:
Thursday, October 16, 8pm
Friday, October 17, 8pm
Saturday, October 18, 8pm
Sunday, October 19, 3pm
Thursday, October 23, 8pm
Friday, October 24, 8pm
Saturday, October 25, 8pm
Sunday, October 26, 3pm

Back by popular demand, a new play by Steven A. Butler Jr. Bowie, MD – September 24, 2014: Following rave reviews and sold out performances this summer, Restoration Stage is proud to present Chocolate Covered Ants; back by popular demand. Dr. Adrienne Taylor returns for another intense round of therapy and exploration. For the last three years, the professor of mental health at Farrington Women’s College has dedicated herself to researching the plight of the African-American woman. Chocolate Covered Ants chronicles the final leg of her study, an in-depth look at the African-American male and the hypothetical effects he may contribute to mental, social, and physical survival of the African-American female. As Dr. Adrienne Taylor journeys through the mind of the African-American man her study takes an unexpected turn. The joys, pains, truths, and lies she encounters promise to not only affect her patients, but Dr. Taylor herself. Chocolate Covered Ants is a carefully crafted story that speaks to the complexities of us all. As previous audiences have noted, this is a show not to be missed. Presented by Restoration Stage, Chocolate Covered Ants is written by Steven A. Butler Jr. (The Truth) and is directed by Courtney Baker-Oliver (All That Glitters). Jivon Lee Jackson (The Color Purple) produces and Desire Dubose serves as acting coach. Chocolate Covered Ants features powerful performances by MC Chris Blaze, Sulie Myrie, Clermon Acklin, Tillmon Figgs, Wilma Lynn Horton, Kandace Foreman, Marquis Fair, and Charles W. Harris Jr. Marlon Russ original cast member from Restoration Stage’s critical hit “The Truth” joins this formidable cast. Restoration Stage is honored to continue as the premiere African-American Theater company in Prince Georges County Maryland. Chocolate Covered Ants runs October 16-October 26 at the beautiful Bowie Center for the Performing Arts located at 15200 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD 20715. Tickets are $25 and are on sale now.