Category Archives: Drama

We are Samurai at Venus Theatre, Sept 4-28

We are Samurai at Venus Theatre, Sept 4-28

We are Samurai
by Daria Miyeko Marinelli

Location: Venus Theatre Play Shack.

September 4 – 28, 2014
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm.

Tickets: $20. Buy here.

Parental advisory: Adult themes.

Description: After Josephine returns home to find her cats brutally murdered for a crime she committed in a past life, she enlists her boyfriend to help her avenge her cats’ deaths. What follows is a suburban revenge tragedy about four twenty-somethings engaging in petty acts of violence in an effort to absolve a millennia-old offense. Rooted in both contemporary suburbia and the historical traditions of Japanese Theatre, We Are Samurai uses cats, iPhones, and simultaneous action to explore age-old questions of agency and entitlement. As the piece unfolds simultaneously across four difference playing spaces, it is up to the audience to choose what to witness.

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 15-23

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 15-23

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Josh Engel

August 15 – 23, 2014

A guest production from The Rude Mechanicals.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Dark, moving, and haunting, Macbeth is the story of power and powerlessness. The Rude Mechanicals take a fresh look at Shakespeare’s classic where “The Instruments of darkness tell is truths”, and the glimmers of sight are worse than knowing nothing at all.

August 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 8:00.
August 17 at 2:00

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military.

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Adrian Bolton’s Caribbean Praise at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 15-17

Adrian Bolton’s Caribbean Praise at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 15-17

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Friday, August 15 at 8:00pm
Saturday, August 15 at 3:00pm
Saturday, August 16 at 8:00pm
Sunday, August 17 at 3:00pm

An Adrian Bolton Production: Caribbean Praise

General Admission @ $20.00 each
Seniors and Groups of 10 or more @ $15.00 each

A gospel dance drama centered around a poor Caribbean family that will renew your faith. Their lives become a witness of God’s miraculous works as they offer de Lord praise, glory and honor through music and dancing with a gospel Caribbean beat.

Spiritually Uplifting and Enjoyable for all ages

Produced, written, directed and choreographed by Adrian Bolton

Chocolate Covered Ants at the Bowie CPA, Jul 31-Aug 10

Chocolate Covered Ants at the Bowie CPA, Jul 31-Aug 10

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

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, July 31, 8pm
Friday, August 1, 8pm
Saturday, August 2, 8pm
Sunday, August 3, 3pm
Thursday, August 7, 8pm
Friday, August 8, 8pm
Saturday, August 9, 8pm
Sunday, August 10, 3pm

Tickets: General admission is 25$, groups of ten or more are eligible for a discount by contacting Restorationstagepresents@gmail.com or by calling 202-714-0646. Buy on-line.

Eugenio at the Greenbelt Arts Center, July 18-27

Eugenio at the Greenbelt Arts Center, July 18-27

Eugenio
by Anthony E. Gallo

Friday July 18th at 8:00 pm
Saturday July 19th at 8:00 pm
Sunday July 20th at 2:00 pm
Friday July 25th at 8:00 pm
Saturday July 26th at 8:00 pm
Sunday July 27th at 2:00 pm

A guest production from Seventh Street Playhouse.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Description: Rome’s aloof and scholarly Chief Rabbi Zolli receives asylum in the Vatican and converts to Roman Catholicism in 1944. A Nazi and a priest also convert to new religions. Why did these three men convert? Does forgiveness play a role? Why do they clash both before and after the conversions?

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