A Woman Named Truth at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 1

A Woman Named Truth at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 1

Midweek Matinee
A Woman Named Truth

Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 10:15 am & 12 noon

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

A great African American leader in the 1800s, Sojourner Truth was born a slave but was freed when she was in her 20s. As an abolitionist, religious leader, and advocate for women’s rights, she became a national figure. During the Civil War she aided the Union troops by bringing supplies, working in a hospital, counseling freed slaves, and encouraging soldiers with her sermons and hymns. You’ll be inspired by the life and work of this remarkable woman in this moving new play with music.

Recommended for Grades 4-7

Curriculum Connections: African American History, Character Education, Music, U.S. History, Women’s Studies

Tickets: $8/person; $6/person in groups of 20 or more

Auditions for Deathtrap by Wolf Pack Theatre Company, Jan 27

Auditions for Deathtrap by Wolf Pack Theatre Company, Jan 27

Wolf Pack Theatre Company announces auditions for:
Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
Directed by William Leary
Technical Direction by Stephen Beitzell

Auditions for Deathtrap will be held on:
Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Wolf Pack Theatre Company, Location: Saint John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5820 Riverdale Road, Riverdale MD 20737

Contact billl@ccsimd.org for additional information. Please prepare one comedic and on dramatic monologue of no more than two minutes each. Be prepared for readings from the script.

Performances: April 20 – 29, 2018, including two Saturday matinees.

Almost, Maine at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 26-Feb 17

Almost, Maine at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 26-Feb 17

Almost, Maine
by John Cariani
Directed by Bob Kleinberg

January 26 – February 17, 2018
January 26, 27, February 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 at 8PM
Sunday matinees: February 4, 11 at 2PM

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. In this whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance, knees are bruised, hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend – almost – in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.

Ticket prices: $22 General Admission, $20 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult). Buy tickets here.

Auditions for Moon Over Buffalo at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 23-28

Auditions for Moon Over Buffalo at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 23-28

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for:
Moon Over Buffalo
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Larry Simmons
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Auditions for Moon Over Buffalo will be held on:
January 23, 2018 at 7:00 PM
January 24, 2018 at 7:00 PM
January 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Auditions will be cold readings from the script. LMP is all volunteer community theater. No appointment necessary. Bring a head shot or photo and conflicts.

Performances are scheduled to run from March 23, 2018 to April 15, 2018.

For more information, see: https://laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php

It is the summer of 1953, and George and Charlotte Hay, formerly a couple of Broadway stars, have taken their run-down touring company to Buffalo, New York. In Buffalo they have the intention of running “Cyrano de Bergerac” and “Private Lives” in repertory, all the while grumbling about missed Hollywood opportunities. But on-stage harmony is compromised when George performs an off-stage infidelity, impregnating the company’s ingenue. When Charlotte learns of this, she prepares to run away with the family lawyer, sending lightweight George on a grief-stricken drinking binge. It turns out that Frank Capra is headed to town on a talent scouting mission looking to hire the couple for his swashbuckling Scarlet Pimpernel epic. As a result, the Hay family — including scornful, deaf mother in law Ethel, determinedly practical daughter Rosalind, and dashing actor Paul, Rosalind’s ex-boyfriend — must work overtime to get sloppy drunk George into his Cyrano hat and nose. or is it his Elyot Chase smoking jacket? With the entrance of Rosalind’s fiance, anxious TV weatherman Howard — one man with two mistaken identities — and Richard Maynard, the wealthy lawyer hoping to lure Charlotte away to his mansion — the confusion only intensifies. With a plethora of pratfalls, slamming doors aplenty, and backstage shenanigans, Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo is a fast-paced, hilarious screwball comedy in the old tradition, a throwback farce, a valentine to the stage, and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit the world of the theatre.