Category Archives: Play

Snake Telegram at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 9 & 10

Snake Telegram at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 9 & 10

Sarah Beth Oppenheim & Heart Stück Bernie present:
Snake Telegram

Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 8 pm
Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 4 pm

WARNING: Not for kids

Inaugural Dance Place Artist in Residence Sarah Beth Oppenheim brings her one-woman show to the stage and to the max. “Snake Telegram” explores the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern femininity, including what it means to don a pair. Get ready for a bombastic night of all the requisite not-for-kids warnings, plus a serenade of presidential profanity. Featuring performances by Oppenheim and guests from Heart Stück Bernie, with original composition by David Schulman.

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Tickets. Adults: $28, Students & Seniors: $17. Click here.

Unspoken Stories at Clarice Smith, Feb 9

Unspoken Stories at Clarice Smith, Feb 9

Taratibu Youth Association presents:
Unspoken Stories
Saturday, February 9, 2019 . 3PM & 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre.

The Taratibu Youth Association (TYA) celebrated Black History Month telling the unspoken stories of perseverance, resistance and freedom. TYA uses song, poetry, dance and music to tell the stories of perseverance by Anarcha, Betsy and Lucy, slave youth that underwent multiple surgeries by James Marion Simms, without anesthesia; the South African resistance against apartheid, the resistance of color and class in Brazil; to the struggles for freedom of African Americans.

Tickets: $30. Click here.

Into the Great Unknown at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

Into the Great Unknown at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

Family Fun Series
Saturday, February 9, 2019, at 2:00 pm

Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater on Tour:
Into the Great Unknown

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: Leadership, courage, and adventure take center stage in this inspiring Discovery Theater original. Meet Matthew Henson, co-discoverer of the North Pole, and Barbara Hillary, the first African American women to reach that summit nearly 100 years later. Thrill to the frontier exploits of the hard-riding mail carrier “Stagecoach Mary” Fields and Nate Love, the former slave who became the legendary cowboy nicknamed Deadwood Dick. Journey with modern mountaineer Sophia Danenberg to the summit of Mount Everest. And learn how astronauts and aerospace pioneers Guion Bluford and Mae Jemison are charting a whole new frontier today. From the Pole to the prairies to outer space, the histories and heroism of these African American women and men attest that true grit and personal power can push us toward greatness.

Tickets: $5/person

Soul Child at the Bowie CPA, Feb 8-9

Soul Child at the Bowie CPA, Feb 8-9

Soul Child
A Black History Month Celebration

February 8 & 9, 2019, 7:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Enjoy an evening of music, dance, and more as we celebrate Black History Month 2019. This production features the new Bowie Center in house youth performing arts program, COLOURS. There will be special performances included by the Oh! Ballet Arts Academy and a special art installation in our gallery by Bowie State University. Spread the word: a show that will have
you grooving in the aisles.

Tickets: $15 on-line here, or at the door: $20, $15 under 17 or over 65.

North by Night at Harmony Hall, Feb 6

North by Night at Harmony Hall, Feb 6

North by Night: More Heroes of the Underground Railroad

Location: Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington

Description: Follow the journey of brave men and women who risked it all to travel north and help others escape the terrors of slavery. Meet some familiar names and many more who have gone mostly unnoticed by history–until now! This Bright Star Theatre show features William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, and others.

Tickets: $5.