Category Archives: Play

Universes: Party People Salon at Clarice Smith, Mar 28

Universes: Party People Salon at Clarice Smith, Mar 28

Universes: Party People Salon
Saturday, March 28, 2015 . 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sat, Mar 28, 2015 . 8:00PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kogood Theatre, General Admission.

Description: The award-winning ensemble UNIVERSES is known for breaking the bounds of traditional theater, fusing poetry, jazz, hip hop and Southern blues to create powerful performance experiences for diverse audiences. The Party People Salon is a unique, participatory event reflecting the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panthers and Young Lords Movements of the 1960s-1970s.

During the Salon, performance is interspersed with conversations among veteran Panthers and Lords, Black Panther Ericka Huggins and Mickey Melendez of Young Lords. They share their moving, personal stories of everyday women and men who became leaders and activists. The Party People Salon offers a rare opportunity to discover what has become of these inspiring and at times controversial citizens whose movement to make change still reverberates today.

Young Adult Spring One Acts at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 27-Apr 12

Young Adult Spring One Acts at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 27-Apr 12

Young Adult Spring One Acts
by a Variety of Brilliant and Talented Authors
Directed by Larry Simmons
Produced by Diana Simmons, executively produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Friday March 27, 2015 through Sunday April 12, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM.
Matinee performances will be held on Sundays March 29th and April 12.
Special note: No performances on the weekend of April 3, 4 and 5!

A lively collection of of one-act plays performed by young adults in our community.
Prodigal Cow- by Mark Harvey Levine – A very familiar story told from a slightly more bovine point of view.
Misfortune – by Mark Harvey Levine – A dinner date “predictably” ends in murder.
Big Picture – by Mark Harvey Levine – A look into the life of a box of crayons
Ruin – by Ann Marley – Two sisters, with something in their past, struggle to communicate.
Higher Education – by Ann Marley – Take a tour of the cracks in the foundation of the higher education system of America.
Monsters In The Closet – by Jeanette Brown – A young girl must learn to face her fears.
Dear Diary – by Kendra Simmons – A teenager struggles with bullying and her self image.

Performances run weekends from Friday March 27, 2015 through Sunday April 12, 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 Larry Simmons at actor98@yahoo.com.

Wake Up! at Clarice Smith, Mar 27-28

Wake Up! at Clarice Smith, Mar 27-28

Wake Up!
March 27 & 28, 2015
Conceived by Meghan Bowden and Vaughn Midder

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fri, Mar 27, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Mar 28, 2015 . 3:00PM
Sat, Mar 28, 2015 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Dance Theatre, General Admission.

Description: You’re invited to a UMD House Party, inspired by Spike Lee’s film, School Daze (1988), the musically-driven film that chronicled the ins and outs of a fictitious historically black college.

An original site-specific, dance theatre work co-conceived by School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies artists’ Meghan Bowden and Vaughn Midder, this performance challenges current UMD students to engage in topics around race, gender, class, and sexuality, as seen through the lens of contemporary African American experience.

A TDPS Second Season Production.

Death in Them Thar Hills by the Bowie Community Theatre at the College Park Moose Lodge, Mar 21

Death in Them Thar Hills by the Bowie Community Theatre at the College Park Moose Lodge, Mar 21

Death in Them Thar Hills
Audience participation dinner theatre

Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 6 to 10pm

Presented by Bowie Community Theatre

Location:
College Park Moose Lodge #1262
3700 Metzerott Road
College Park, MD

Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

Saturday, March 21, 2015 – Saturday, March 21, 2015
6:00 pm

Cost: $25 per person in advance or $30 at the door for dinner and show

Ten Actors in costume from the Bowie Community Theatre will perform “Death in Them Thar Hills” The setting is in the 1880’s gold rush era near the Grand Canyon, where prospector and gold mine owner, Dusty Jones, died suddenly. The fun begins when we try to figure out “who dun him in.” A full course dinner with dessert will be served from 6-7:30pm, performance begins at 8pm. There will be a Silent Auction, 50/50 raffle, Pulltabs, and Door prizes.

Event Contact Info: 301-935-5525

Joe’s 20th Anniversary Gala at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mar 21

Joe’s 20th Anniversary Gala at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mar 21

ENCORE! 20 More! Joe’s 20th Anniversary Gala at Joe’s Movement Emporium, March 21, 2015

Saturday March 21, 2015 at 7:00pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Join us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Joe’s Movement Emporium, a grassroots organization that grew from one dance studio into a performing arts center that anchors an entire arts district. The evening features live music, social dance, delicious food and a two-decade retrospective of moving people, minds and community through the arts!

Individual tickets: $120. Sponsorship levels available. Buy tickets here.