Category Archives: Play

NextNOW Fest 2023 at Clarice Smith, Sep 7-14

NextNOW Fest at Clarice Smith, Sep 7-14

2023 NextNOW Fest
Where Creativity and Community Converge

September 5 – 14, 2023

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Join us for our 10th Anniversary!

The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest is celebrating 10 years of creativity and community this September, and we want you to be a part of it! Save the date and join us for this annual celebration of our UMD and local creative community.

Started in 2014, The Clarice’s annual NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. By amplifying the voices of intriguing, inventive artists from around campus and our community, NextNOW Fest creates a forward-looking microcosm where art transforms our future and connects us all.

NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time.

Stay tuned to the latest event information and news by registering for updates!

For more information and to register for updates, click here.

The Motherland Comedy Festival at the Bowie CPA, Sep 3

The Motherland Comedy Festival at the Bowie CPA, Sep 3

Cee… Y! presents:
The Motherland Comedy Festival

Sunday September 3, 2023 at 6pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Cee… Y! presents The Motherland Comedy Festival, featuring Dude in da corner, Mary Love, MC Attraction, Koffi Williams, Anna Mwalagho, Jedi, Holy Mallam, Alfred Kainga, Abdul Jalloh, Bibi Candy, and Grandkomanda.

Tickets: $50 to $100. Click here.

Improv Workshop at the Upper Marlboro Public Library, Aug 29

Improv Workshop at the Upper Marlboro Public Library, Aug 29

Improv Workshop
Presented by the Washington Improv Theatre

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location: Upper Marlboro Public Library, 14730 Mail St., Upper Marlboro MD 20772.

Description:
An introductory, high-fun, low-stress workshop designed to share the ideas and spirit of Improv! The Washington Improv Theatre is hosting an introductory improv workshop to familiarize participants with the foundational skills used in improv. No pressure, no stress! Attendees will learn about the spirit of improv while having a great time.

Free Workshop. Register here.

ill Met By Moonlight at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 25-Sep 9

ill Met By Moonlight at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 25-Sep 9

The Rude Mechanicals and the Greenbelt Arts Center present:
iLL Met by Moonlight
An adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare
Directed by Joshua Engel

August 25 – September 9, 2023
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays August 27 & September 3 at 2pm.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Inspired by Tolkien and Susanna Clarke, we’re putting on a darker version of Midsummer. The woods of Athens are a Perilous Realm, where people go in and come back changed… or not at all.

*** Please note that masks are required for the audience at the September 3 matinee only. ***

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

Ad Hoc Aerial presents Finally! at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 12 & 13

Ad Hoc Aerial presents Finally! at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 12 & 13

Joe’s Movement Emporium and Ad Hoc Aerial presents:
Finally!

Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 4 PM

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

Join us for FINALLY! – an aerial extravaganza, bringing together artists from across the DMV! We will be featuring performances on silks, lyra, rope, trapeze, straps, and more. Witness an exciting variety of aerial and circus ideas take flight at long last.

Adults $25, Child/Senior $15. Click here.