Ghetto Symphony at Clarice Smith, Apr 1-3

Ghetto Symphony at Clarice Smith, Apr 1-3

Ghetto Symphony

Fri, Apr 1, 2016 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 2, 2016 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 3, 2016 . 3:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre, General Admission.

There’s something beautiful about being Black in America. This country where we are stripped of basic human rights, a sense of identity, and the freedom of individuality is what makes us the resilient people we are.

Too often are our stories ignored and too often does society dictate what we think. Now it’s time we tell our own story in our own words.

Free, tickets required. Get tickets here.

American Moor at Clarice Smith, Mar 29, 5p

American Moor at Clarice Smith, Mar 29, 5pm

American Moor
Written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb

Tue, Mar 29, 2016 . 5:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kogod Theatre, General Admission.

American Moor is a 90-minute solo play written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb, examining the experience and perspective of black men in America through the metaphor of William Shakespeare’s character, Othello. American Moor is not an “angry black man play.” Rather the diverse audiences that have experienced it echo the piece’s awareness that we see only what we want to see of one another, and that we all long to be wholly noticed and wholly embraced. It is a play about race in America, but it is also about the American theatre, about actors and acting, and about the nature of unadulterated love. It is an often funny, often heartbreaking examination of the pall of privileged perspective that is ultimately so injurious to us all.

Keith Hamilton Cobb is an actor who has spent the majority of his working life on stage and is readily recognized on the streets of New York for several unique character portrayals in television. American Moor is not Mr. Cobb’s first play, but it is the one that is most timely, most truthful, and the one for which he is most suited to perform, for it is a vision of race in America with the entertainment industry as microcosm. And he is now able to reflect upon a lifetime in that industry where no one who was anything like him ever wrote the rules. American Moor is his song to the unheard, unseen other.

Free, tickets required. Tickets do not guarantee admission. To minimize empty seats, we are issuing more tickets than available seats. Arrive early to claim your seat.

Get tickets here.

Theater Skills Workshop at the Huntington Community Center, Mar 25-May 13

Theater Skills Workshop at the Huntington Community Center, Mar 25-May 13

M-NCPPC Theater Skills Workshop for ages 10-15

Fridays, March 25 to May 13, 2016, 7pm to 9pm

Location: Huntington Community Center, 13022 8th Street, Bowie MD.

Learn how to stage a play, including acting, stage design, stage presence, and costume design. Present it to family and friends at the end of the camp session.

Ages 10 yrs. – 15 yrs.

No fee: free course.

To sign up click here.

Auditions for The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon at Hard Bargain Players, Mar 24 & 26

Auditions for The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon at Hard Bargain Players, Mar 24 & 26

Audition Announcement for
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon by Don Zolidis

Audition Dates:
March 24, 2016 @ 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.
March 26, 2016 @ 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Call Backs: April 2, 2016 @ 11 a.m.

Location: Hard Bargain Players, 2001 Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek, MD 20607

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil’s Grandmother and The Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun.

Please come prepared for cold readings, improvisation and movement exercises

Performance Dates: Friday and Saturday nights @ 8 p.m. June 10 – 25, 2016

If you have any questions please contact Trey Thomas by email at: trey.thomas.tt@gmail.com. Include the word “Auditions” in the title of the email.

Yoko K. at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mar 25

Yoko K. at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mar 25

Yoko K.

Friday, March 25, 2016 at 7:00pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Yoko K. is an electronic musician, composer, and producer, a two-time winner of Wammie’s “Electronica Artist,” and a past artist-in-residence at Strathmore (2011-2012). Yoko’s ensemble will perform live electronic music and video art to create an immersive multimedia experience – a space conducive for participants to imagine something out of the ordinary. Her aim for the NextLOOK residency is to examine how post-apocalyptic representations of the future shape our sense of the present, and to playfully explore an alternative: “What would the most optimistic future look like?” Audience members will be invited to participate in the showing as visitors from the fictional 22nd century. Her ensemble will also engage the audience through post-performance discussion, as well as an online forum to understand the non-immediate impact of the work.

Free, or pay what you want.