Category Archives: Play

The Lost World at Clarice Smith, Feb 13-21

The Lost World at Clarice Smith, Feb 13-21

The Lost World
February 13-21, 2015
Writer and Director Jared Mezzocchi
Choreographer Adriane Fang

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fri, Feb 13, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 14, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sun, Feb 15, 2015 . 2:00PM
Wed, Feb 18, 2015 . 7:30PM
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 . 7:30PM
Fri, Feb 20, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 21, 2015 . 2:00PM
Sat, Feb 21, 2015 . 7:30PM

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

Description: Growing up may be tough, but try discovering that dinosaurs exist under your bed. For twins Oscar and Olivia, that’s precisely the predicament. Amid 90s Dino-mania, the duo delve beneath their mattresses and unearth a wily world where velociraptors and dilophosaurus roam free. But when the siblings let their secret run wild, they discover the real monsters to be the naysayers who mock them. Adapted from Conan O’Doyle’s eponymous silent film, The Lost World explores the ugly phases of adolescence, the treacherous task of preserving our imaginations and the primordial struggle between chaos and control.

Chocolate Covered Rocky Horror at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 13

Chocolate Covered Rocky Horror at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 13

Chocolate Covered Rocky Horror at Joe’s Movement Emporium, February 13, 2015

Friday February 13, 2015 at 7:00pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

On Friday, February 13, 2015, fall in love with, “Chocolate Covered Rocky Horror,” an all-African- American Shadow-cast of Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Picture Show. This production will be Washington D.C.’s, first all-African-American Rocky Horror shadow-cast ensemble.

Our musical production will feature live vocal performances and crowd engagement– placing audiences in the comical, yet horrific experience that is Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s Castle.

The production will evoke the age-old tradition of a shadow-cast for this highly provocative, yet forever memorable performance. The cast will dramatically mime the film as it plays on a large movie screen and vocally perform the musical numbers bridging another dimension to what is a shadow-cast performance.

Chocolate Covered Rocky Horror recognizes the progress African-American communities have made as it pertains to matters of love and sexuality. The shadow-cast will feature nods to recent events in our Justice system and Black legends, along with a talented cast that will leave you wanting more.

Earlorrin Productions will also take this opportunity to promote and embrace African-American owned business and entrepreneurship. Earlorrin Productions will host a reception with a number sponsors before the show highlighting the Arts and Humanities.

Love is in the air and we are aiming straight for the heart. The February production serves as a fund raiser for a major health issue effecting the African American community, Heart Disease. According to the CDC 24.5 percent of Heart Disease related deaths in 2008 were among African- Americans. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association.

Tickets: $40 couple, $25 individual, $30 individual at the door. Buy tickets here.

I Hate Hamlet by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 6-22

I Hate Hamlet by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 6-22

“I Hate Hamlet”
February 6 – 22, 2015
Play by Paul Rudnick
2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

February 6 through February 22, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM
Sundays at 3 PM
Additional performance Thursday Feb. 19 at 8 PM

Description: A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there’s one problem: He hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore’s ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors, the towering, dissipated Barrymore whose Hamlet was the greatest of his time, and Andrew Rally, hot young television star, leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television, and yes, the apartment.

Paul Robeson, The Play at Bowie State University, Feb 6-7

Paul Robeson, The Play at Bowie State University, February 6-7, 2015

Black History Month: Paul Robeson, the Play

Friday, February 6, 2015, at 7:00pm
Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 2:00pm

Description: This play depicts the life and struggles of actor, singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.

This play will be presented by the Reid Temple Restoration Center.

Location: Fine and Performing Arts Center, Main Stage, Bowie State University

Cost: $25 General, $5 BSU Students

Contact:
Bob Bartlett
bbartlett@bowiestate.edu
301-860-3769

Clybourne Park at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 30-Feb 21

Clybourne Park at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 30-Feb 21

Clybourne Park
by Bruce Norris
directed by Bob Kleinberg

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

January 30 – February 21, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
Sunday February 8 and 15 at 2:00

One house, two eras. In 1959, the all-white community of Clybourne Park anxiously deals with the first stages of integration, while in 2009, the now mostly African American neighborhood battles to hold its ground against gentrification. As each one attempts to deal with the change, they reveal the consistency of human nature.

With Jim Adams, David Colton, Ted Culler, Attey Harper, Susan Harper, Holly Trout and Ryan Willis.

Ticket prices: $20 General Admission, $16 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult)