Blue Sky Puppets presents:
Superpig!
Sunday, April 14, 2019, 3:00 pm, Old Parish House
Location: College Park Arts Exchange
An everyday pig learns how to be a hero, teaching anti-bullying strategies to the audience.
Free and Open to the Public
Kurt Weill Festival:
Street Scene
Kurt Weill, composer
Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes, librettists
April 12 – April 20, 2019
Fri, Apr 12, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 14, 2019 . 3:00PM
Wed, Apr 17, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 20, 2019 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre.
The Maryland Opera Studio presents Weill’s Street Scene, a work that brilliantly combines elements of opera and musical theater and that is widely acknowledged as one of the composer’s masterpieces. Set in a crowded tenement in 1940s New York City, the opera portrays life among a diverse group of working-class immigrants and the climactic events of one sweltering summer day. Based on a story by Elmer Rice with lyrics by Langston Hughes, Street Scene addresses social justice issues, race and the complexity of human relationships.
Sung in English with supertitles.
Tickets: General admission $25, Students/Youth Free. Click here.
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.
Midweek Matinee: Education on Stage
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:15 am & 12 noon
Chicken Little: The Sky is Falling
Prince George’s Publick Playhouse
Description: This production challenges young audiences to think critically to realize that you can’t believe everything you hear, read or see, Chicken Little is the story of barnyard friends Henny Penny and Chicken “Chick” Little. When “Chick” gets “bonked on the head” by a mysterious object, the barnyard goes wild looking for the culprit. Somehow, a vicious rumor gets started that “the sky is falling” and its up to the audience and the other barnyard friends to make sure that the rumor doesn’t get out of control! With elements of comedy, suspense and slapstick, this fund adaptation of a classic tale is sure to entertain any audience.
Recommended for grades Pre-K-5. Curriculum Connections: Language Arts, Literacy.
Tickets: $8/person, $6/groups of 20 or more
Kurt Weill Festival: Zaubernacht & Mahagonny Songspiel
Zaubernacht
Kurt Weill, composer
Wladimir Boritsch, librettist
Mahagonny Songspiel
Kurt Weill, composer
Bertolt Brecht, librettist
April 5 – 11, 2019
Fri, Apr 5, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 7, 2019 . 3:00PM
Tue, Apr 9, 2019 . 7:30PM
Thu, Apr 11, 2019 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kogod Theatre.
The Maryland Opera Studio juxtaposes two of Weill’s earliest works for the stage — Zaubernacht (1922) and Mahagonny Songspiel(1927). An enchanting work about two small children whose toys come to life, Zaubernacht (1922) also features a dance portion that will be performed by TDPS students. Mahagonny Songspiel (1927) is a scenic cantata set in a fictitious American town and marks the beginning of Weill’s collaboration with Bertolt Brecht.
Tickets: General admission $25, Students/Youth Free. Click here.
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