Category Archives: Variety

Henson Awards Showcase 2023 at Clarice Smith, Mar 30

Henson Awards Showcase 2023 at Clarice Smith, Mar 30

Henson Awards Showcase 2023
Thursday, March 30, 2023 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will perform/present their funded projects.

The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies hosts an annual competition and recipients are awarded funds to create a puppet project or performance. The Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry was established by Jane Henson ’55 to honor the memory of Jim Henson ’60, creator of the world famous Muppets.

Free, no tickets required. Click here.

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

Laurel’s Got Talent at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 17-Mar 12

Laurel’s Got Talent at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Feb 17-Mar 12

Laurel’s got Talent!
Directed by Patrick Pase
Pianist – Mimi McGinniss
Produced by Maureen Rogers

February 17 – March 12, 2023
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Sing a song? Have a 10 or 15-minute skit? Play an instrument? Dance? Tell some jokes?

Ticket prices: To be announced.

LMP strongly urges that all patrons that come to LMP be vaccinated and wear masks. At this time, we will not require vaccination cards and masks in LMP but reserve the right to change the guidelines should the positivity rate rise significantly.

Buy tickets here.

For further information, please call 301-617-9906, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Black History in Motion at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 10

Black History in Motion at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 10

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Black History In Motion

Friday, February 10, 2023, 10:30am

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Celebrate Black History Month with seniors from throughout Prince George’s county and beyond with a historical journey highlighting the contributions of African Americans through musical performance at The Publick Playhouse.

$7. Click here.

Fearless New Play Festival at Clarice Smith, Feb 9-11

Fearless New Play Festival at Clarice Smith, Feb 9-11

Fearless New Play Festival

February 9-11, 2023
Thu, Feb 9, 2023 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Fri, Feb 10, 2023 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Sat, Feb 11, 2023 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ Fearless New Play Festival celebrates the development of new scripts that address the urgent issues our society faces today. Join TDPS as they lead the way into the future of American theater through readings of works in development written by past and present TDPS students!

Pay what you wish. Click here.

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

BlackLight Summit at Clarice Smith, Feb 9-11

BlackLight Summit at Clarice Smith, Feb 9-11

BlackLight Summit 2023

Thursday, February 9, 2023–Saturday, February 11, 2023
Thu, Feb 9, 2023 . 09:00AM to 10:00PM
Fri, Feb 10, 2023 . 09:00AM to 10:00PM
Sat, Feb 11, 2023 . 09:00AM to 10:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

We need some R&R! Not rest & relaxation, but risk and regeneration. Perhaps even rage & repair. There is no returning to what came before, so how can we fall into new possibilities, realities and ways of being? For this next season, how do we hold that “if no one goes first, how can anyone follow?” BlackLight 2023 is taking the leap into risking wrong, risking right, risking being loved and seen. In order to take these steps, how are we recovering and regenerating? We have lost so much. How can we find who we are and who we want to be? Join us for some much needed R&R.

Through three days of groundbreaking dance performances, inspiring keynote speeches, energizing movement workshops and intimate panel discussions, The Clarice’s BlackLight Summit aims to activate the unimagined possibilities in dance. It is a convening that envisions dance as a conduit to galvanize resilience and inventiveness, and in 2023 offers a combination of free and Pay What You Wish in-person events and free livestream events. Throughout the 2022–23 season, the BlackLight Summit will continue to foster community connection by facilitating a series of mentoring and professional development opportunities, conversations and performances.

Events are Free or Pay what you wish. Click here to register.