Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour at the Clarice, Jan 30

Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour at the Clarice, Jan 30

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour

Thursday, January 30, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The meteoric rise of Atsuko Okatsuka serves as proof that she is one of the few stand-up comedians who can cross over from online viral sensation to big stage showstopper. From her quick-witted breakout 2019 comedy set taped during an earthquake; to her award-winning 2022 debut HBO special The Intruder, directed by Tig Notaro; to a recent front-cover joint interview with her inspiration Margaret Cho in The New York Times Magazine, Okatsuka and her signature bowl-cut hairdo are inescapably, delightfully everywhere. Now Okatsuka brings her sharp and sweetly naive humor to The Clarice. Get ready for an intimate evening of outrageous jokes and incisive storytelling from this undeniable superstar-in-the-making!

Tickets: $30-$60 Public, $10 Student. Click here.

Cabaret Noir at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 25

Cabaret Noir at the Publick Playhouse, Jan 25

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Happenstance Theatre’s
Cabaret Noir: A Film Noir Inspired Theatrical Montage

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 7:00pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Cabaret Noir is a series of dark, comic vignettes featuring Femmes Fatales and fedoras, trench coats and torch songs, intrigue, suspense, and shadows. Happenstance Theater’s ensemble mesmerizes in a virtuosic display of physical comedy, object manipulation, and period style, with music played on multiple instruments, and characters costumed in vintage attire. Happenstance Theater, winner of five Helen Hayes Awards, has been called “DC’s leading peddler of whimsy” by the Washington Post.

$25 general, $20 student/senior. Click here.

The Rude Mechanicals present The Seagull at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 23-Feb 1

The Rude Mechanicals present The Seagull at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 23-Feb 1

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
This is a musical production of the Seagull featuring rock songs from the 1970s.

January 23 – February 1, 2025
Fri. & Sat. at 8pm; Sun. at 2pm

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

The Rude Mechanicals are known for concept Shakespeare, but concept Chekhov? Well that’s not something people do. Or is it? Our next production of The Seagull transports these drama queens of the Russian theatre in the late 1800s to the American music industry of the late 1900s. 1979 to be exact. In this production we aim to explore how the revolutionary revamping of theatre that occurred during Chekhov and Stanislavski’s era bears similarities to the way the birth and rising popularity of punk rock revolutionized music in the late 1970s. Come and witness new forms in music taking shape.

Constantine is a tortured songwriter involved in founding the punk rock movement in the late 1970s. He’d love nothing more than to prove his worth to his rich and famous but cold and withholding mother, the famous diva, Arkadina. Constantine is in love with Nina, a young aspiring singer who wants to make it big. Nina is a little star struck by the wildly successful Trigorin, who is dating Arkadina. Masha, the gothiest goth who ever gothed, is in unrequited love with Constantine and soothes the pain of unreturned love with substance abuse and witty denial. Medviedenko the schoolteacher is in unrequited love with Masha. Everyone at Sorin’s estate is clearly very, very happy.

Chekhov. Where comedies end with suicide.

Ticket prices: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

Inside My Head: The Musical at the Clarice, Jan 22

Inside My Head: The Musical at the Clarice, Jan 22

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Inside My Head: The Musical

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland is excited to present Inside My Head, an autobiographical musical about one person’s journey with bipolar, on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025, at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

This one-man show by Broadway performer Zak Sandler begins with Zak’s first manic and depressive episodes during his junior year at Yale University. On stage, the pre-recorded voices of Zak’s mania and depression sing to him like they’re inside his head. This groundbreaking, one-night-only production will take each of us on a personal journey to examine the deepest, most vulnerable parts of ourselves—the ones we may not want others to see—and reveal how we can move from shame and denial to self-love and acceptance.

In addition to this ticketed performance, NAMI Maryland is hosting a VIP reception preceding the show. Join us for hot and cold hors d’oeuvres while enjoying a unique opportunity to network with local and statewide decision-makers, community leaders, NAMI Maryland staff, and other VIPs.

Tickets: $20 regular, $100 VIP. Click here.

CreativeWorks Final Showcase: Brutal Red Lies at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jan 17

CreativeWorks Final Showcase: Brutal Red Lies at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jan 17

Joe’s Movement Emporium presents:
CreativeWorks Final Showcase:
Brutal Red Lies

Friday January 17, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

You are invited to a CreativeWorks Production of Brutal Red Lies!

Join us on Friday, January 17th, at 6:30 p.m. for a show completely written, produced, and designed by the Cohort 5 CreativeWorks pre-apprentices. Brutal Red Lies is a staged adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood that delves into themes of friendship, grief, and war! You don’t want to miss this epic tale!.

Tickets are PAY-WANT-YOU-WISH starting at $5

Pay what you wish: $5 – $15. Click here.