Category Archives: Play

The Heroes’ Tale at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Sep 5-13

The Heroes’ Tale at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Sep 5-13

The Heroes’ Tale
A guest production from GroundWork Entertainment
By Cheryl Butler-Poole
Directed by Gregory Poole

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Description: Told from the perspective of four aging black men that time seemed to have forgotten, one unforeseen event caused them to elevate themselves to neighborhood champions. Named after one of Washington, DC’s famous neighborhoods, the Dupont Circle Heroes experience dramatic events that include racial conflict and wrongful imprisonment.

Friday, September 5, 2014 at 8pm
Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 2pm and 8pm
Friday, September 12, 2014 at 8pm
Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 2pm and 8pm

General Admission: $17.00

We are Samurai at Venus Theatre, Sept 4-28

We are Samurai at Venus Theatre, Sept 4-28

We are Samurai
by Daria Miyeko Marinelli

Location: Venus Theatre Play Shack.

September 4 – 28, 2014
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm.

Tickets: $20. Buy here.

Parental advisory: Adult themes.

Description: After Josephine returns home to find her cats brutally murdered for a crime she committed in a past life, she enlists her boyfriend to help her avenge her cats’ deaths. What follows is a suburban revenge tragedy about four twenty-somethings engaging in petty acts of violence in an effort to absolve a millennia-old offense. Rooted in both contemporary suburbia and the historical traditions of Japanese Theatre, We Are Samurai uses cats, iPhones, and simultaneous action to explore age-old questions of agency and entitlement. As the piece unfolds simultaneously across four difference playing spaces, it is up to the audience to choose what to witness.

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 29-Sep 13

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 29-Sep 13

By Neil Simon
Directed by Ken Kienas

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Performances are three weekends, August 29 – September 13, 2014

Friday, August 29, September 5 and 12 at 8 p.m. Saturday, August 30, September 6 and 13 at 8 p.m. Sunday, August 31 and September 7 at 2 p.m.

Description: Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome narrates the trials and experiences of his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other in 1937 Brooklyn during the heart of the Depression. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life which includes a formidable mother, an overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young daughters you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.

Tickets: $20 Adults, $15 Seniors/18 & Under PGLT Box Office: 301.937.PGLT (7458). Buy on-line.

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 15-23

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 15-23

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Josh Engel

August 15 – 23, 2014

A guest production from The Rude Mechanicals.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Dark, moving, and haunting, Macbeth is the story of power and powerlessness. The Rude Mechanicals take a fresh look at Shakespeare’s classic where “The Instruments of darkness tell is truths”, and the glimmers of sight are worse than knowing nothing at all.

August 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 8:00.
August 17 at 2:00

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military.

Buy tickets on-line.

Adrian Bolton’s Caribbean Praise at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 15-17

Adrian Bolton’s Caribbean Praise at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 15-17

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Friday, August 15 at 8:00pm
Saturday, August 15 at 3:00pm
Saturday, August 16 at 8:00pm
Sunday, August 17 at 3:00pm

An Adrian Bolton Production: Caribbean Praise

General Admission @ $20.00 each
Seniors and Groups of 10 or more @ $15.00 each

A gospel dance drama centered around a poor Caribbean family that will renew your faith. Their lives become a witness of God’s miraculous works as they offer de Lord praise, glory and honor through music and dancing with a gospel Caribbean beat.

Spiritually Uplifting and Enjoyable for all ages

Produced, written, directed and choreographed by Adrian Bolton