The Muses – Original Works Project (Fall)
Sunday, December 11, 2022 . 3PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Cafritz Foundation Theatre.
Come see a variety of 10-minute staged readings of plays written, directed and performed by students!
Free, no tickets required
Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.
Dance Dimensions presents:
The Nutcracker with a Twist
December 10, 2022, 7pm
Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.
Dance Dimensions is a professional, yet caring environment dedicated to the growth and development of young dancers. It is the goal of Dimensions to nurture the stars and dance leaders of tomorrow. Our focus is on technique and performance quality; providing the students with a strong yet versatile foundation. Our mission is to have our students be intellectually knowledgeable about dance and its history as well as technically sound.
Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Click here.
Nutcracker Ballet Story Time
Sat. Dec. 10, 10am and 6pm at the Old Parish House.
Location: College Park Arts Exchange
Join The Berwyn Ballet School for this free, family friendly holiday event! Listen to a reading of The Nutcracker with the enchanting Sugar Plum Fairy, and see dancing Candy Canes and other characters from the Land of the Sweets, set to live music! Children under age 12 will get to meet and take pictures with their favorite Nutcracker character. Tickets to this event are free to the public and delicious Nutcracker treats will be available for purchase. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime for seating, mingling and bake sale. Seating is limited, so be sure to secure your spot. Book free tickets at http://www.berwynballetschool.com. Special thanks to the College Park Arts Exchange for sponsoring this event and to the City of College Park for additional funding of this event in effort to provide accessibility of the arts in the community.
Laurel Mill Playhouse presents
A Christmas Story
adapted by Philip Grecian
directed by Michael Hartsfield
produced by Maureen Rogers
December 9 – 18, 2022
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse
Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.
Ticket prices: $20 general, $15 students/military/seniors
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.
TDPS Experimental Performance Series #2
Keep on Swingin’
December 9, 2022. 7:30PM
December 10, 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 Experimental Performance Series presents new work by students in the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. More details coming soon.
Keep on Swingin’
A personal reflection on Roxanne “Roxy” King’s childhood and the inspirations that sparked joy within the art form of tap. Keep on Swingin’ dives into Roxy’s inner world through spoken word, dance, and media inspired by her life between kindergarten to fourth grade. This piece invites the audience to feel, participate, and reflect on harsh realities of young black girls having to grow up too fast.
Free, tickets required. Click here.
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