For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 10-19

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 10-19

Friday October 10, 2014 through Sunday October 19, 2014
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
Directed by Michael V. Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Sunday matinee performances will be held at 2:00 PM on October 12 and October 19.

This groundbreaking “choreopoem” is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, For Colored Girls… offers a transformative, riveting evening of provocative dance, music and poetry.

“A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre.” – New York Daily News “A poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful work.” – Time

Performances run weekends from Friday October 10, 2014 through Sunday October 19, 2014 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

The Me Nobody Knows at Clarice Smith, Oct 10-17

The Me Nobody Knows at Clarice Smith, Oct 10-17

The Me Nobody Knows
Based on the book The Me Nobody Knows
​Music by Gary William Friedman
Lyrics by Will Holt
October 10-17, 2014
Adapted Robert Livingston and Patrik Widrig
Additional lyrics Herb Schapiro
Arrangements and orchestration Gary William Friedman
Co-directors Alvin Mayes and Scot Reese
Musical director L. Richmond Sparks​

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fri, Oct 10, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 11, 2014 . 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 11, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 12, 2014 . 2:00PM
Tue, Oct 14, 2014 . 7:30PM
Wed, Oct 15, 2014 . 7:30PM
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 . 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 17, 2014 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kay Theatre, Reserved Seating.

Description: Portrayed within the span of a single day, The Me Nobody Knows poetically examines the aspirations and fears of a multi-racial cast of young people.

Inspired by actual writings of students, their stories are universal. In these students’ struggles lies their hope, and ours. They are the voices of change. The musical score combines rock music, classical fugues, rap and jazz that inspire passion and transformation.

The Me Nobody Knows is Tony-nominated and OBIE Award-winning. The Me Nobody Knows is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Aloniz Improvisation at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Oct 10

Aloniz Improvisation at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Oct 10

Aloniz Improvisation

Location: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt.

Friday, October 10, 2014 at 7pm in the ERHS auditorium.

ALONIZ! is Roosevelt’s theater improvisation team. Improv is like acting but without a script. The team makes up scenes as they go along!

The Wright Stuff at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 8

The Wright Stuff at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 8

The Wright Stuff: First in Flight

Wednesday, October 8, 2015, at 10:15 am & 12 noon

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse in Cheverly

Here is the amazing true story of two young brothers, barely out of their teens, who use their bicycle shop to do what generations of scientists only dreamed of: invent the airplane. The Wright brothers and their studious sister proved that determination and hard work can change the world forever.

Recommended for grades 3-8.

Curriculum Connections:
Science, Math, American History, Relationships.

Tickets $8, $6 groups of 20 or more

Auditions for 12 Angry Men by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 7 & 9

Auditions for 12 Angry Men by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 7 & 9

AUDITION NOTICE!! 12 Angry Men
by 2nd Star Productions

Auditions for will be held at All Saints Lutheran Church in Bowie, MD (16510 Mt Oak Rd, Bowie, MD 20716) on Tuesday, October 7th and Thursday, October 9th at 7 PM. Please bring a headshot, resume, and a list conflicts for the remainder of October through December 20. Monologues are welcome, but there will also be cold readings from the script. Note that all roles in the show are male. Questions can be sent to 2ndstarbowie@gmail.com.

Rehearsals will be primarily Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 pm and Saturdays at 11 am until mid-November when they may be nightly. The show runs December 5 through December 20, Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, with some Thursday shows. Performances will be at the Charis Center for the Arts at 13010 8th St, Bowie, MD 20720.

Directed by Jane Wingard
Produced by Cheramie Jackson
Assistant directed by Steve Andrews.

Roles – Please note that we are non-traditionally casting parts, and all roles are open to all races and ethnic diversities. Also, the role descriptions are only of an indication of the character. The actor and director will be given license to deviate from them.

For more information see: http://www.2ndstarproductions.com/2ndStarAudition.html