Auditions for The Merchant of Venice at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 5 & 6

Auditions for The Merchant of Venice at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 5 & 6

The Rude Mechanicals announce auditions for:

The Merchant of Venice
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Claudia Bach

Monday, February 5, 2018, 8pm, Greenbelt Community Center, Room 202, 15 Crescent Road Greenbelt, MD 20770.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 8pm, Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway Greenbelt, MD 20768.

Callbacks: Friday, February 9, 8pm. Greenbelt, MD

Performances: June 15-30 at the Greenbelt Arts Center in Greenbelt, MD.

Rehearsals will be held weekday evenings in Greenbelt, MD.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

All that glisters is not gold. So warns Shakespeare’s increasingly relevant problem play. Through the story of several characters caught in a world rampant with antisemitism and hate, Shakespeare invites us to ask ourselves what makes a villain? What makes a hero? Where do we draw the line between justice and cruelty? And that perhaps the divide between the two is not as simple as we might like to think.

For more information see http://www.rudemechanicals.com/

Tags: Auditions, Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt Maryland, Rude Mechanicals, The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare, Claudia Bach

Emergency! at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 3

Emergency! at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 3

Daniel Beaty: Emergency!

Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 8:00 pm

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Daniel Beaty: Emergency! A slave ship suddenly appears in present-day New York harbor, setting off a series of events and reactions from more than two dozen characters, all embodied in this astonishing, Obie award-winning, one-man performance. Heralded by the Cincinnati CityBeat as “a masterful performer,” actor, poet, singer, and writer Daniel Beaty (a regular of Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam) weaves a narrative that is a stirring commentary on what it is to be human with the longing to be free.

Tickets: $25/person; $20/person for seniors, students, and groups of 20 or more

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.