NextNow Fest 2022 at Clarice Smith, Sep 6-10

NextNow Fest 2022 at Clarice Smith, Sep 6-10

NextNOW Fest 2022
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 – Saturday, September 10, 2022

Tue, Sep 6, 2022 . 5:00PM
Wed, Sep 7, 2022 . 11:00AM
Thu, Sep 8, 2022 . 10:00AM
Fri, Sep 9, 2022 . 6:00PM
Sat, Sep 10, 2022 . 6:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In Person.

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. In addition to our student, academic and touring arts lineup at The Clarice, we’re thrilled to continue partnerships with student-led groups, academic departments and community organizations to hold the festival at sites throughout campus and into College Park!

Tickets: Free. Click here for more information and the schedule of events.

Pearl Bailey…By Request at the Publick Playhouse, Aug 28, Online

Pearl Bailey…By Request at the Publick Playhouse, Aug 28, Online

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Pearl Bailey…By Request
Featuring Roz White
Live online on the Arts PG Parks Facebook Page

Sunday, August 28, 2022, 4pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Pearl Bailey…By Request is a theatrical musical experience set in a 1950’s nightclub based on an album of Pearl Bailey’s most requested songs. Join Roz as she playfully interacts with the band and virtual audience, often using the banter and innuendo that was a Pearl Bailey trademark.

Free Live Online Performance. Watch live here.

Twelve Angry Women at Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 26-Sep 10

Twelve Angry Women at Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 26-Sep 10, In Person

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center present:
Twelve Angry Women
by Reginald Rose
stage version by Sherman L. Sergel

Performances Live in Person
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 26 – September 10, 2022.
Performances will be at GAC August 26, 27, 28 and September 2, 3, 4, 9, 10.

By Greenbelt Arts Center, In Person.

The Rude Mechanicals’ next live show at the Greenbelt Arts Center! “Twelve Angry Women,” by Reginald Rose, stage version by Sherman L. Sergel, produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois, both tells a story and examines our society. The story is straightforward: twelve strangers must vote guilty or not guilty to decide the future of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Their verdict must be unanimous. The drama is played out in a claustrophobic jury room during an unbearable hot summer day. The environment is a crucible—a vessel that purifies through fire. Each of the jurors is forced to face herself—her life experiences, prejudices, personalities, and biases. Herein lies the ever-ascending drama of the play—the conflicts of every jury member within herself and with her fellow jurors as they examine the evidence.

Tickets: $24 General Admission; $22 Senior/Military; $12 Child/Student.
Vaccination and masks required. Tickets available here.

Auditions for The Last Five Years by Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 22-23

Auditions for The Last Five Years by Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 22-23

Greenbelt Arts Center announces auditions for:
The Last Five Years
by Jason Robert Brown
directed by Meg Nemeth
produced by Pamela Northrup

Auditions:
Monday, August 22, 2022 at 7pm
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 7pm
Performances: Nov. 4-19, 2022

Location: Greenbelt Community Center
For more information click here.

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.

For more information, including parts to be cast and online forms, click here.