Category Archives: School

When Aliens Fall from the Sky at Clarice Smith, Mar 31

When Aliens Fall from the Sky at Clarice Smith, Mar 31

When Aliens Fall from the Sky–Work-in-Progress Reading
Friday, March 31, 2023 . 7PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

When Aliens Fall from the Sky is the long-awaited return to the stage of Tony Award winning poet and performance artist Lemon Andersen. Prepared for the Latinx diaspora, Anderson speaks truth to power of the unidentified and undocumented. He spits searing, insightful rhymes about the communities that are the bone marrow of our nation. A one-man show influenced by the autobiographical monologues of Spalding Gray, When Aliens Fall from the Sky is a rally cry for the melting pot of Latinidad to speak and act on the identity crisis in America and join in a collective path forward. Brown fisted, black skinned.

Created, Written and Performed by Lemon Andersen
Directed & Developed by Elise Thoron
Sound Design by Germán Martínez, with additional music by DJ Mode
Creative Producer: Paola Soto
Production Manager/Line Producer: Chisa Yamaguchi
Executive Producer: Rika Lino

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

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Mar 31

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Mar 31

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 . 7:30PM
Fri, Mar 31, 2023 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!

Free, no tickets required. Online, here

The Mouse That Roared at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 17-19

The Mouse That Roared at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 17-19

Bishop McNamara High School presents
The Mouse That Roared
Adapted by CHRISTOHER SERGEL
From the book by LEONARD WIBBERLEY

March 17 – 19, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023 – 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 18, 2023 – 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 19, 2023 – 2:00 PM

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

The Mouse That Roared is a political farce set in the mythical country of Grand Fenwick. This tiny country is facing bankruptcy, so their unique solution is to declare war on The United States of America in the hopes of receiving economic aid after they lose the war. Complications arise when the Grand Fenwick attack on the United States unexpectedly succeeds! Grand Fenwick wins the war, and the terms for peace must be negotiated by their young ruler. Although the novel on which the play is based was originally written during the Cold War, modern audiences will recognize elements of current events in this comedy.

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased here.

Please note COVID protocols in place.

For more information 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!

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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.