Category Archives: Play

Opera Lafayette presents Radamisto at the Bowie CPA, Feb 3

Opera Lafayette presents Radamisto at the Bowie CPA, Feb 3

Opera Lafayette presents
Radamisto
by George Frederic Handel

Sunday, February 3, 2019, 1:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Opera Lafayette’s winter program is the first version of this Handel favorite, a drama about the taming of a powerful and ambitious king. This fully-staged production will be directed by choreographer Séan Curran and conducted by Ryan Brown.

Séan Curran, Director/Choreographer. Chair of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dance. Founder of the Séan Curran Dance Company, which will be featured in the production. Company is celebrating its 20th anniversary in a NY premiere at BAM

Ryan Brown, Conductor. Opera Lafayette Founder and Artistic Director. Violinist and conductor. Graduate of The Juilliard School. His discography inlcudes twelve sound recordings for Naxos. Recipient of La Médaille d’Or du Rayonnement Culturel from La Renaissance Française.

Tickets: $10 on-line here, or at the door: $15, $10 under 17 or over 65.

12 Incompetent Jurors at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 1-24

12 Incompetent Jurors at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 1-24

12 Incompetent Jurors
By Ian McWethy
Directed by Ilene Chalmers
Produced by Maureen Rogers
Stage Managed by Lori Bruun

Friday February 1, 2019 through Sunday February 24, 2019
Matinee performances on February 17 and February 24 at 2:00 P.M.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

When a man is accused of abducting half a dozen cats, it’s a simple open-and-shut case, even for a jury that’s filled with oddballs like a dim-witted PR guy, a bickering couple, and a man obsessed with french fries. After all, every scrap of evidence indicts the accused. (I mean so clearly. The man is very, very guilty of stealing cats. Case closed.) And yet, Juror #8, a wannabe lawyer, believes that the “Cat Burglar” is innocent. Will he be able to sway the other jury members? Or will they side with Juror #3, the only sane man in the room? A hilarious parody of 12 Angry Men

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.. Performances run weekends from Friday February 1, 2019 through Sunday February 24, 2019 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 $15. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the link below. For further information, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Buy tickets here.

A Perfect Arrangement at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 1-23

A Perfect Arrangement at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 1-23

A Perfect Arrangement
By Topher Payne
Directed by Anne Lowe-Barrett

February 1 – 23, 2019

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Imagine that it’s 1950. The Korean War has started. McCarthyism, the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, is rampant in the U.S. government. The House Unamerican Activities Committee is destroying careers and ruining lives. Imagine also that you are gay (although that’s not what they called it then). How do you survive? Maybe you come up with some sort of . . . arrangement.

Ticket prices: $22 General Admission, $20 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult). Buy tickets here.

Fuse and Hapa at Clarice Smith, Feb 1-2

Fuse and Hapa at Clarice Smith, Feb 1-2

Fuse by Suzanne Creedon and
Hapa by Jenna Gerdsen

February 1 & 2, 2019

Fri, Feb 1, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 2, 2019 . 2:00PM
Sat, Feb 2, 2019 . 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre

Fuse, by Suzanne Creedon is a dance work that dissects the juxtaposition of minimality and maximality.

But in polar moments of anger and stress,
The room is disgusting,
The room is a mess.
I haven’t found an in-between, “Sometimes I shut my eyes,
A room with walls fills the darkness.
My current state decides the fate
Of the surroundings that besiege me.

In calmer times the walls are bare.
Nothing fills the space,
Nothing’s in the air.
and I wonder what feeling would cause that scene.”

Hapa
by Jenna Gerdsen

Pain and labor lie beneath the pleasurable, paradisiacal landscape of Hawaii. This new play weaves the author’s own upbringing in Hawaii with the island-state’s imperialist history and tourist based economy.

Free, tickets are required. Click here.

Here We Go Team! at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 31

Here We Go Team! at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 31

Tiny Tots Thursday
Thursday, January 31, 2019, at 9:30 am & 11:15 am

Here We Go Team!

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: This Discovery Theatre original scores big in a musical play about sharing and taking turns, the importance of personal space, and the awesome power of teamwork. Five-year-olds Mika and Casey are aspiring soccer stars and best friends–but they’ve ended up on separate teams! Through a mishap
on the field, they discover that helping people is cool, thanks to another kind of ‘team’–of medical stars who make everyone feel great.

Recommended for grades Pre-K – 2. Curriculum Connections: Science, Language Arts

Tickets: $5/person