Category Archives: Play

Peter and the Wolf & Pedro y el Lobo at Clarice Smith, Jun 18

Peter and the Wolf & Pedro y el Lobo at Clarice Smith, Jun 18

2023 National Orchestra Institute + Festival

NOI+F Family Concert: Peter & The Wolf
Sunday, June 18, 2023 • 2PM

Concierto Familiar NOI+F: Pedro y el Lobo
Sunday, June 18, 2023 • 4PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Peter and The Wolf
Richard Scerbo, conductor
Stephanie Shonekan, narrator

Prokofiev’s beloved symphonic fairy tale returns to NOI+F! The young Peter goes out into the forest–against his grandfather’s advice. Join Peter as he makes friends with whimsical forest creatures and faces a ferocious gray wolf!

Pedro y el Lobo
Julia Cruz, directora
Edgar Moctezuma, narrador

¡El amado cuento de hadas sinfónico del compositor Sergei Prokofiev viene al Centro de las Artes The Clarice! El joven Pedro sale al bosque a pesar que su abuelo se lo prohibió. En el bosque hace amigos con criaturas fantásticas y se enfrenta al temido lobo.

Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Click here or aqui.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 16-Jul 8

The Patchwork Girl of Oz at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 16-Jul 8

The Greenbelt Arts Center Presents:
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
based on the 7th book in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series
directed by Eliot Malumuth
produced by Jenna Jones-Paradis

June 16 – July 8, 2023

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

The Patchwork Girl of Oz is a musical adventure story set in the marvelous land of Oz. While trying to create a servant for himself, Dr. Pipt sprinkles his “Powder of Life” on a patchwork quilt doll and voila!

Scraps – a bubbly and brassy young girl with no intention of being his slave – comes to life.

Scraps and her Munchkin friend, Ojo the Unlucky, set off to collect the ingredients needed to revive Ojo’s uncle who has been accidentally turned into a statue. It’s a journey of understanding – of self, of the wonders of Oz, and of the world around us.

Ticket prices: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

Summer No-cut Workshop and Showcase at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 15-Aug 12

Summer No-cut Workshop and Showcase at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 15-Aug 12

The Greenbelt Arts Center Presents:
Summer No-cut Workshop and Showcase
New Summer Program at Greenbelt Arts Center!

Starts on June 15, 2023 at 7pm. Come to the Greenbelt Community Center to get involved. The showcase will be August 12, 2023.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Come out for a no-stress chance to play, perform, and learn about theatre! No experience required, just come ready to learn. All you have to do is show up to get involved.
Fun for ages 12 through adult.

For more information, click here.

Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain at the Publick Playhouse, Jun 10

Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain at the Publick Playhouse, Jun 10

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 10:30am

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Finding Rhythm: A Journey Through the Musical Brain is a children’s musical that fuses brain science with an original score inspired by Washington D.C.’s go-go music. A Growing Brains Production featuring D.C. artists, Finding Rhythm gets children to listen, move, and sing in call and response—all while the whole family learns how rhythm grows the brain!

$5. Click here.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jun 9 & 16 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jun 9-Aug 18 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center at Watkins Park presents a nature-themed puppet show and a chance to meet an animal.

Appropriate for ages 2 to 3, with an adult.

Each session is two Fridays from 10:00 to 10:45am
June 9 & 16, 2023
July 14 & 21, 2023
August 11 & 18, 2023

Watkins Nature Center, Location: 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774, Phone: 301-218-6702

Enjoy nature story time, and then join a naturalist as they lead you through a nature-themed craft! You and your students will join us twice each month for an interactive lesson with a hands-on activity.

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions. Click here.