Category Archives: Play

Stardust at Clarice Smith, Jan 31-Feb 1

David Roussève/Reality presents the World Premiere of Stardust at Clarice Smith, Jan 31-Feb 1

January 31 & February 1, 2014 . 8PM

Presented By:
Clarice Smith Center
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. Reserved Seating.

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Fri, Jan 31, 2014 . 8:00PM
Sat, Feb 1, 2014 . 8:00PM

Description:

Choreographed, written and directed by David Roussève, Stardust follows an African American gay urban teenager’s dreams, misgivings and challenges.

Never seen onstage, the protagonist is present only by the emotion-laden tweets and text messages he sends, which are projected onto multiple surfaces by Roussève’s long-time collaborator Cari Ann Shim Sham.

Stardust juxtaposes fluidity and freneticism, in both its movement and musical score. Lush, jazz-inflected dancing is leavened by frenetic, angular representations of the teenager’s anxious states of mind, in movement performed by a mixed-age company of dancers.

The soundscape pairs the intimate romanticism of Nat King Cole standards with rough-edged, hip-hop inflected original music by d. Sabela Grimes. Designer Christopher Kuhl’s lighting will support both the emotional textures and surreal quality of the work.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center co-commissioned Stardust, which will receive its world premiere at the Center. As part of his engagement at the Clarice Smith Center, Roussève will be in residency in several visits during fall 2013, working with local ministries on issues of homosexuality and acceptance in the African American community.

This tour of David Roussève is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The presentation of Stardust was made possible by the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project. Major support of NDP is also provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Cheaper by the Dozen by Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Feb 19-21

Cheaper by the Dozen by Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Feb 19-21

This show has been postponed to February 19, 20 and 21

Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the book by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Director Darrin Stewart
Assistant Director Julieann McCasslin

Location: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt room 007.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 19, 20 and 21 at 7:00pm

Description: Cheaper by the Dozen is the story of a rather large family of twelve run by one of the pioneers of industrial efficiency. His children want nothing but to be normal, popular kids, but their plans don’t exactly work out when their father decides to use his efficiency methods to run his house like a factory and word gets out to the whole school.

Three Little Birds at Bowie State University, Jan 29-31

Three Little Birds at Bowie State University, Jan 29-31

Adventure Theatre MTC presents “Three Little Birds”

January 29-31 at 11am and 1pm.

Description: Bowie State University’s theater program is partnering with Adventure Theater Musical Theater Center (MTC) to present “Three Little Birds,” a tribute to Bob Marley’s musical style. Adapted from Cedella Marley’s children’s book, it tells the story of a young reluctant bird and his friends on their jungle adventures. The play will be choreographed by Michael J. Bobbitt and produced a part of Adventure Theater’s road show, theater-for-young-audiences (TYA), that will head to Broadway in late January/early February.

Location: Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University.

More information contact Bob Bartlett, bbartlett@bowiestate.edu, 301-860-3769.

The Vagina Monologues at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 24 – Feb 8

The Vagina Monologues at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 24 – Feb 8

The Rude Mechanicals present The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler

January 24 – February 8, 2014

Greenbelt Arts Center

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, Eve Ensler gives us real women’s stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery.

Parental Advisory: Adult themes.

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Child (under 12)