Category Archives: Play

Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Nov 5, Online

Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Nov 5, Online

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne and Adolphe d’Ennery
as translated into English for production in 1874 under the direction of Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy
directed by Jon Gardner
produced by Eliot Malumuth

Performances: November 5, 2022, at 8pm, Online

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic tale of action, adventure, comedy and drama. Phileas Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days, and sets off that very night accompanied by his French servant Passepartout. As they travel, they interact with the people they meet along the way, accumulate additional traveling companions, and have dramatic adventures. The story includes ships and trains, snakes and an elephant, disguises, duels and deceptions!

For more information, and the link to view, click here.

The Last Five Years at Greenbelt Arts Center, Nov 4 – 19

The Last Five Years at Greenbelt Arts Center, Nov 4 – 19

The Last Five Years
by Jason Robert Brown
directed by Meg Nemeth
music directed by Rolanda Brown
produced by Pamela Northrup

Performances Live in Person

November 4 – 19, 2022
November 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, and 19 (Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm)

By Greenbelt Arts Center, In Person.

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

Tickets: $27 General Admission; $24 Senior/Military; $14 Child/Student.
Vaccination and masks required. Tickets available here.

Diggin’ Puppets and Paleontology at the Publick Playhouse, Nov 6

Diggin’ Puppets and Paleontology at the Publick Playhouse, Nov 6

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Diggin’ Puppets and Paleontology, A STEAM Event

Sunday, Nov 6, 2022, 3pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

The Dino Rock puppets are back at the Playhouse and bringing science with them. Join the dinosaurs and their friends as they sing and dance the scientific method and teach other fantastic fun facts for an entertaining afternoon of family fun.

Free. Click here to register.

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1 at Clarice Smith, Oct 28 & 29

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1 at Clarice Smith, Oct 28 & 29

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1
October 28, 2022. 7:30PM
October 29, 2022. 2:00PM & 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Join us in-person at The Clarice! Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.

The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents our next Experimental Performance Series production on October 28th and 29th! This installation features the following original works created, performed, and produced by students.

LivieJanae (B.A. Dance ’23): “FIXED”
“A Dance Drama. A fictional story line based on the exhausting reality of many.”

Casie Curry (B.A. Dance ’23): “A Series of Essays”
“A Series of Essays is a performance hybrid exploring different trains of thoughts from one pivotal moment. With an existential lens of life, how can someone navigate their future?”

Courtney Simmons (B.A. Theatre ’23): “A Musical Love Letter”
“A conglomerate of musical theatre songs musical theatre lovers know and love put to new lyrics. Especially made with people of color in mind, this love letter to musicals, to UMD, and to everything we students have learned here is meant to be taken with love and with a grain of salt. We aren’t taking ourselves too seriously. Have fun, enjoy the show.”

Free, tickets required. Click here.

Upstage Artists presents And Then There Were None, Oct 28-Nov 6

Upstage Artists presents And Then There Were None, Oct 28-Nov 6

Upstage Artists presents:
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Directed by Megan and Michael Safko

Oct. 28-30 and Nov. 4-6, 2022

Location: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

For more information click here.

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.

COVID NOTE: We are dedicated to keeping everyone safe during the run of this show. All actors will be required to wear a mask while rehearsing, and while backstage during the performance. The only time you will be permitted to remove your mask is while ON stage.

Please note: All audience members over the age of 12 must be fully vaccinated in order to attend a performance. Proof of vaccination will be required. Masks and social distancing are required. No refunds will be given to anyone refusing to abide by these rules.

Tickets: $15. ​ALL TICKETING TRANSACTIONS WILL BE CASHLESS (either sold in advance, or by credit or debit card at the door). Early bird special: $12 until Dec 31.