Experiencing Space Differently at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 14

Experiencing Space Differently at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 14

NextLOOK: Orange Grove Dance
The One-Mile Radius Project: Experiencing Space Differently
Friday, April 14, 2017 . 7PM
Presented by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Our human imprint and the memory of our movement linger in spaces well after we have migrated through them. The One-Mile Radius Project explores these imprints and the unique spaces within a one-mile radius of Joe’s Movement Emporium. In collaboration with Joe’s, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Brentwood Arts Exchange and their workshop participants, Orange Grove Dance will investigate the personal and uniquely traversed spaces of the community. Dance, film and projection will be used to zoom into and magnify the intimate nooks and crevices of seemingly familiar spaces and, in turn, bring those outside spaces inside the walls of Joe’s.

Founded in 2007 by Colette Krogol and Matthew Reeves, Orange Grove Dance is built on the ideals of integrating dance, art, film and movement with all communities, large and small.

Tickets: Pay what you wish, no tickets required.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Apr 14 at 2pm

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Apr 14 at 2pm

Watkins Nature Center at Watkins Park presents a nature-themed puppet show and a chance to meet an animal.

Watkins Nature Center, Location: 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774, Phone: 301-218-6702

Tickets: $3 for residents of Prince George’s County; $4 for non-residents.

Billy B.: Billy B. Pre at the Publick Playhouse, Apr 13

Billy B.: Billy B. Pre at the Publick Playhouse, Apr 13

Tiny Tots Thursday
Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 9:30 am & 11:15 am
Billy B.: Billy B. Pre

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Billy B. introduces preschoolers to the pride of helping themselves and to the joys of nature in this performance bursting with energetic songs and dances about swamps, estuaries, biodiversity, rainforests, geology and natural wonders. Billy knows that kids love to move and make noise so he creates kinetic learning experiences with original and outlandish melodies that have children dancing, singing, and celebrating life on Earth.

Recommended for Grades Pre-K – 2

Tickets: $5/person. Special offer: Buy 1 ticket, get 1 free

Auditions for Teen Performance Ensemble and Prince George’s Children’s Theater, Apr 10 & 11

Auditions for Teen Performance Ensemble and Prince George’s Children’s Theater, Apr 10 & 11

Teen Performance Ensemble and Prince George’s Children’s Theater

Summer Job Opportunity: Auditions for Summer Teen Actors

Are you a teen, age 16 or older who loves to act, sing, and dance? Come out and audition for the Teen Performance Ensemble or the Prince George’s Children’s Theater.

Selected artists will be hired to perform in one-act, live musical theater productions for children enrolled in M-NCPPC Summer Playgrounds and camps during June and July 2017.

All performers must come to auditions prepared with a one-minute monologue and an up-tempo song or dance. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to showcase your talent to children audiences throughout Prince George’s County!
Auditions

Teen Performance Ensemble
Monday, April 10, 7 – 9 pm
Arts/Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744

Prince George’s Children’s Theater
Tuesday, April 11, 7 – 9 pm
North Brentwood Community Center, 4012 Webster Road, North Brentwood, MD 20722

For more information see: http://arts.pgparks.com/Community_Arts_Services/About_Us/Teen_Auditions.htm

The Orpheus Adventure at Clarice Smith, Apr 7-15

The Orpheus Adventure at Clarice Smith, Apr 7-15

Maryland Opera Studio
The Orpheus Adventure
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and
Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers
April 7-15, 2017

Fri, Apr 7, 2017 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 9, 2017 . 3:00PM
Wed, Apr 12, 2017 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 15, 2017 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre, reserved seating.

The Maryland Opera Studio pairs two radically different tellings of the Orpheus myth ­— Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers ­— in their fully produced Spring opera. In Gluck’s version, Orpheus, the greatest musician the world has ever known, receives permission from the gods to venture into Hades and bring his beloved Eurydice back from death, but with a cruel stipulation that leads to tragedy.

Offenbach turns the tragic tale on its head; the mythic lovers are a wrangling pair of dissatisfied newlyweds. Orpheus’ music gets on Eurydice’s nerves, and she’s willing to die and go to Hell when a handsome shepherd (really Pluto in disguise) offers her the trip. Only Public Opinion forces Orpheus to seek permission from the gods to follow her.

A full orchestra and large cast of singers and dancers bring this double spectacle to life with beautiful lighting, costumes and sets, an annual collaboration between the School of Music and the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.

Tickets: General Public $25, Student/Youth $10, NextLEVEL $20. Buy tickets here.