Category Archives: Play

Weird Romance at MAD, May 4-19

Weird Romance at MAD, May 4-19

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club (MAD Productions) presents:

Weird Romance
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Spencer
Book by Alan Brennert

Directed by Randy Barth
Music Direction by Bob Hanisch
Choreographed by Betsy Edwards
Produced by Eliot Malumuth

Warning: some adult situations and language

May 4 – 19, 2018

Location: Barney & Bea (GEWA) Recreation Center, Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

From the composer of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Little Shop of Horrors comes MAD’s spring musical, Weird Romance! The musical is composed of two one-act stories set in the near future, where speculative science fiction is used to explore what drives the emotion of love.

Tickets: $20 General Admission; $2 discount on-line for opening weekend and Mother’s Day; $25 at the door. For tickets click here.

The Speed Twins at Venus Theatre, May 3-27

The Speed Twins at Venus Theatre, May 3-27

THE SPEED TWINS
by Maureen Chadwick
directed by Deborah Randall

May 3 – 27, 2018
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.

Location: Venus Theatre.

The Speed Twins unleashes an explosive and darkly comic conflict of desires and challenges us all to ask fundamental questions about identity. Three older women meet as strangers in a spectral version of the Gateways, the lesbian nightclub featured in the film “The Killing of Sister George”: Queenie is in complete denial of her sexuality, Ollie thinks she’s died and gone to Dyke Heaven, and Shirley looks as if she hasn’t aged a day since she lost the love of her life back in 1962. As the drink flows, uncomfortable truths are revealed as Queenie struggles to justify her life’s choices. Torn between temptation and fear, will she go to her grave with her conventional moral certainties intact? Or will she have the courage to re-write history and finally be true to her heart? The Speed Twins unleashes an explosive and darkly comic conflict of desires and challenges us all to ask fundamental questions about identity.

Tickets are $40 General Admission, $20 for Friend of Venus, $15 for Student or Senior. Buy tickets here.

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 3-4

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 3-4

MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO: Opera Scene Study

Thu, May 3, 2018 . 7:30PM
Fri, May 4, 2018 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Gildenhorn Recital Hall

After a year of deconstructing their craft and sculpting it from the ground up, Maryland Opera Studio first-year students are paired in operatic scenes from a wide variety of repertory. Accompanied only by piano and minimal props, these performances give our young artists a chance to shine in the purest of forms.

Tickets: Free, no ticket required

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Village Idiots Improv at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Apr 29

Village Idiots Improv at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Apr 29

Village Idiots Improv

Sunday April 29, 2018 for one performance only!
Show begins at 6:00 P.M.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Join in the fun as our new resident Improv group performs in a show of comedic scenes and games based on audience suggestions. All shows are highly-interactive and are great for a fun night out. Don’t miss out on this fun filled evening appropriate for all ages!

Tickets are $10 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $10. 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.

Maryland Day at Clarice Smith, Apr 28

Maryland Day at Clarice Smith, Apr 28

Maryland Day

Saturday, April 28, 2018 10 AM – 4 PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Explore the creativity of Terps and the local community on Maryland Day! This annual campus-wide open house features artistic and creative performances, experiences and activities at The Clarice, across the University of Maryland campus and at the MilkBoy+ArtHouse venue on Baltimore Avenue. Bring your family and your friends for a day of fun and frolic!

Tickets: Free, no tickets required

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