Connect the Dots Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty at College Park Arts Exchange, May 9

Connect the Dots Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty at College Park Arts Exchange, May 9

Connect the Dots Ballet Concert: The Sleeping Beauty
May 9, 2015 at 3:00pm

Location: College Park Arts Exchange

Connect the Dots Dance Company and the College Park Arts Exchange proudly present a free and abridged version of “The Sleeping Beauty.” The performance features a ballet craft, costume try on session and a free ballet class. Performance is May 9th from 3pm-4pm. For more information contact Amber Shriver at connectthedotsdancecompany@gmail.com.

Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 7-8

Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 7-8

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Opera Scene Study
May 7, 8, 2015 . Gildenhorn Recital Hall . FREE

After a year of taking apart their craft and sculpting it from the ground up, the final class project for out first-year students pairs them in operatic scenes from a wide variety of repertory and featuring all aspects of their training. Accompanied only by piano and minimal props, these performances give our young artists a chance to shine in the purest of forms.

Our Earth, What a Gas! at the Publick Playhouse, May 6

Our Earth, What a Gas! at the Publick Playhouse, May 6

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Midweek Matinee
Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at 10:15 am & 12 noon
Our Earth, What a Gas!

The Grand Falloons use their former career with the Big Apple Circus to examine the bubble of our atmosphere, what we need to survive in it, and the carbon/oxygen/hydrogen exchange between plant and animal kingdoms. Circus skills, Vaudeville routines, and song and dance numbers engage the audience in how litter, pollution, and other wasted resources threaten life. The program represents a collaboration with several museums and other non-profit organizations to produce an entertaining program based on earth science curriculum standards for public schools. Dishing up intriguing facts with laughter and fun, the Grand Falloons help start their young audiences on a life-long journey of awareness of our limited resources and the part everyone plays in keeping nature’s balance.
Curriculum Connections: earth science, health, biology, recycling, theatre arts
Recommended for grade K-6 Tickets: $8; $6/groups of 20 or more

Auditions for The Miss Firecracker Contest at Laurel Mill Playhouse, May 3 & 4

Auditions for The Miss Firecracker Contest at Laurel Mill Playhouse, May 3 & 4

Laurel Mill Playhouse Announces Auditions for The Miss Firecracker Contest to be held on:

May 3, 2015 at 7:00 PM
May 4, 2015 at 7:00 PM

Director Patrick Pase will be casting 2 men and 4 women.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

For more information including roles to be cast, see: http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php

Performances are scheduled to run from June 26, 2015 to July 12, 2015.

Music, Movement, Mind and Score at Clarice Smith, May 3

Music, Movement, Mind and Score at Clarice Smith, May 3

UMD Symphony Orchestra
Maryland Opera Studio
Music, Movement, Mind and Score
Sunday, May 3, 2015 . 8PM

Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yanez

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Taught by James Ross and Liz Lerman, the School of Music’s first course on improvisation, collaboration, and art-making culminates on stage with a conductorless performance that integrates music and movement.

The Maryland Opera Studio joins UMSO on the second half of the concert to perform highlights from their spring production of Rossini’s one-act opera, L’occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes a thief).

Free.