Category Archives: Drama

Collidescope: Adventures in Pre- and Post-Racial America at Clarice Smith, Nov 7-14

Collidescope: Adventures in Pre- and Post-Racial America at Clarice Smith, Nov 7-14

Collidescope: Adventures in Pre- and Post-Racial America
November 7 – 14, 2014
Co-writers and directors Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fri, Nov 7, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Nov 8, 2014 . 2:00PM
Sat, Nov 8, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 9, 2014 . 2:00PM
Tue, Nov 11, 2014 . 7:30PM
Wed, Nov 12, 2014 . 7:30PM
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 . 7:30PM
Fri, Nov 14, 2014 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kogood Theatre, General Admission.

Description: Internationally acclaimed auteur Ping Chong and noted director and dramaturg Talvin Wilks will collaborate with University of Maryland graduate and undergraduate designers and performers to develop a theatrical presentation in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin.

This devised work will examine the roots of Black and White race relations moving back and forth in time to connect the dots between America’s troubled racial history and its on-going consequences. Ping Chong will apply his visually arresting signature style and dynamic use of media and staging to realize this timely and provocative work.

Virus Attacks Heart at Venus Theatre, Nov 6-30

Virus Attacks Heart at Venus Theatre, Nov 6-30

Virus Attacks Heart
by Shannon Murdoch

Location: Venus Theatre Play Shack.

November 6 – 30, 2014
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm.

Tickets: $20. Buy here.

Parental advisory: Adult themes.

Description: Beatrice is trying for a less crazy life. Jamie has just stepped off a train in a new city. A spilt drink in a dingy nightclub smashes them together and leads to a night of sex, stories and ultimately heartbreak and tragedy for these two unlikely companions. Virus Attacks Heart is an intricate dissection of a one night stand, exploring in a non-linear structure the deep emotional connections we make in the most unlikely of circumstances.

Love Letters at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 2 at 2pm

Love Letters at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Nov 2 at 2pm

Sunday November 2, 2014 for one performance only!

Love Letters
by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Maureen Rogers
Produced by Maureen Rogers

One performance only, at 2:00 PM.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

The piece is comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down.

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. 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.

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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.