Pure Imagination (a musical play)
June 12, 2015 at 7pm
June 13, 2015 at 7pm
June 14, 2015 at 7pm
Location: Charis Center
Advanced Sale Tickets: $8 Adults, $3 Children/Students, To Reserve: admin@chariscenterarts
At the Door: $10 Adults, $5 Children/Students
Down The Road
By Lee Blessing
Directed by Brian Donohue
June 12-27
Location: Hard Bargain Players
Performances: Fridays and Saturdays, June 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8:00 PM
Synopsis: DOWN THE ROAD centers on a convicted serial killer and the husband and wife writing team hired to help him write an account of his crimes. The killer, Bill Reach, has admitted to the murders of nineteen women, but there may have been more. Over many weeks of interviews, the couple — Dan and Iris Henniman — grow more and more uncertain of the ethics of what they are doing. Are they simply relating terrifying events, or are they helping readers consume rape, murder and mutilation as if they are consuming any other product of our society? Are they, in fact, helping to turn Bill Reach into a celebrity?
Dream Island
Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 8:00pm
Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8:00pm
Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium
A highly charged physical expression, ‘Dream Island’ is part carnival, part laboratory, part archeological trip. Melding movement, text, music, and installation, it concocts thirteen vignettes infused with playful, humorous, explosive, amorphous, and dark absurdity. Initially inspired by a Japanese theme park built on the buried landfill called ‘Dream Island’, this piece digs, examines, and reveals layers of debris, getting deeper and more distant from the reality. The audience is asked to bare witness as five characters attempt to search, reconstruct, and uncover memories and histories, both tangible and fleeting, personal and collective.
Direction and structure by Naoko Maeshiba, created by Emily Hall, Sarah Lloyd, Donald Roderick, Danni Tsuboi, & Naoko Maeshiba, sound design and light installation by Khristian Weeks, environment design by Khristian Weeks, Naoko Maeshiba, & Sarah Lloyd, Lighting design by Helen Garcia Alton.
Admission $25
“Kiss Me, Kate”
May 29 – June 27, 2015
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Bella Spewack and Samuel Spewack
2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, Kiss Me, Kate recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs — including “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” “Wunderbar,” “Always True to You in My Fashion,” “Too Darn Hot,” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” — Kiss Me, Kate epitomizes the American musical comedy at its irresistible best.
General Admission – $22
Seniors (60+), Full Time Students, and Active Military – $19
Discount for prepaid groups of 10 to 19 – $2 off per ticket, 20 or more – $4 off per ticket.
For tickets, click here to order online
or call (410) 757-5700 or (301) 832-4819.
Up to date sell outs and weather related cancellation announcements can be obtained by calling our reservation lines and pressing 1. If the message does not announce a cancellation or sell out, the show will go on as scheduled with tickets available at the door.
The Tempest – Laurel Mill Playhouse Shakespeare Teen Theatre
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers
Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse
Friday May 29, 2015 through Sunday June 14, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 P.M.
Sunday matinee performances on May 31, June 7 and June 14 at 2:00 P.M.
The magician Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for twelve years on an island. Prospero casts a spell raising a tempest that causes a ship to run aground on their island. Will it free Prospero and Miranda or doom everyone?
Performances run weekends from Friday May 29, 2015 through Sunday June 14, 2015 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. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.
