Category Archives: Play

Lucia di Lammermoor at Clarice Smith, Jan 24-26

Lucia di Lammermoor at Clarice Smith, Jan 24-26

Maryland Lyric Opera presents
Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti

Thu, Jan 24, 2019 . 7:30PM
Fri, Jan 25, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sat, Jan 26, 2019 . 2:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre.

Maryland Lyric Opera presents Donizetti’s most compelling romantic drama, Lucia di Lammermoor. Nick Olcott directs the seductively beautiful, tragic tale of love fraught with power and deception. The MDLO Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Louis Salemno.

Tickets: $25 to $60, or $10 for students. Click here.

The Wizard of Joe’s at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jan 16 & 17

The Wizard of Joe’s at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jan 16 & 17

The Wizard of Joe’s

Wednesday, January 16th at 5:30 pm
Thursday, January 17th at 5:30 pm

Experience the magic of the beloved story we all know and love – retold by Club Joe’s students aged 5 – 13 through drama, dance, step, tumbling, spoken word and so much more.

With Joe’s own staff making special guest cameos – this is the perfect performance for little performing arts lovers in the making and their parents.

Club Joe’s, now in its 21st year of operation, is a Maryland state licensed program that offers parents the comfort of knowing that their child is in an environment that is conducive to learning. Our staff have over 20 years of professional education experience. Club Joe’s benefits the intellectual, personal, and social development of all students. Youth learn team building, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, while also sharpening their fine motor and cognitive skills.

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Tickets: $6. Click here.

The Snow Queen at Harmony Hall, Jan 12

The Snow Queen at Harmony Hall, Jan 12

The Missoula Children’s Theatre presents
The Snow Queen
A musical play

Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 11am and 1pm

Location: Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington

The Missoula Children’s Theatre presents “The Snow Queen,” an original adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Although set in a “Land of colored ice,” this classic tale will warm your heart in its illustrative retelling by a group of fun-loving, imaginative hobgoblins. As they depict the journey of a young girl and her quest to find her best friend, you may find yourself believing in malevolent mirrors, yetis, talking reindeer and snow chickens! Blizzards can come at any moment, so strap on some snowshoes and get ready to discover what it takes to overcome chilling obstacles, keep resilience alive, and melt down the Snow Queen’s icy walls.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre provides two professional tour actor/directors, who will audition and cast 50 to 60 local elementary school children in this production on Monday, January 7, 2019. To participate, see the audition notice.

Tickets to the performance: $5.

Don Flemons: The American Songster at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 12

Don Flemons: The American Songster at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 12

Family Fun Series
Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 2:00 pm

Don Flemons: The American Songster

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: GRAMMY winner Dom Flemons shares the music of the early American Songsters, covering nearly a century of folklore and styles, including ragtime, blues, country western, bluegrass, and string band music. Flemons–a singersongwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music scholar–illuminates the history and influence of African American musicians through spirited performances on banjo, fife, guitar, harmonica, quills, and rhythm bones.

Tickets: $5/person

The Coil Project presents Stonefish at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 11-20

The Coil Project presents Stonefish at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 11-20

Stonefish
a guest production from The Coil Project
A new play by Erica Smith – World Premiere!
Directed by David Dieudonne

January 11 – 20, 2019

Sunday, January 13 is cancelled due to snow.

Content Warning: This show contains: themes of gun violence, and suicide; gunfire.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Seven people are dead by Dixon’s hand, including Dixon himself. Now, as his twin sister Mason deals with the aftermath of what he’s done, she must decide how to move on without him, and whether she can — or should — forgive him.

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