Pig Iron Theatre Company presents Zero Cost House at Clarice Smith, Apr 4-5

Pig Iron Theatre Company presents Zero Cost House at Clarice Smith, Apr 4-5

By Toshiki Okada

April 4 & 5, 2014 . 8PM

Location: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. Reserved Seating.

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Senior Citizen: $30
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Students & Youth: $10

Fri, Apr 4, 2014 . 8:00PM
Sat, Apr 5, 2014 . 8:00PM

Description:

Zero Cost House was initially conceived as a meditation on how Henry David Thoreau’s Walden changed the playwright’s life. The Japanese tsunami of 2011 occurred while Toshiki Okada was writing the play, which left him reflecting even more deeply on the disruptions that come from natural disasters and the uneasy compromises between radical idealism and contemporary living.

Known for its raucous performance spirit, Pig Iron Theatre Company is the first English-language company to premiere Okada’s work and is making its Clarice Smith Center debut with Zero Cost House.

Founded in 1995 as an interdisciplinary ensemble, the company is dedicated to the creation of new and exuberant performance works that defy easy categorization. The company calls itself a “dance-clown-theatre ensemble” whose focus moves from character to space to contact with the audience. Individual pieces have been called “soundscape and spectacle,” “cabaret-ballet” and “avant-garde shadow puppet dessert-theatre.” As one company member put it, “We have a hard time sitting still.”

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Seagirl at Clarice Smith, Mar 29-30

Seagirl at Clarice Smith, Mar 29-30

Director: Sam Mauceri

Saturday, March 29, 2014, 3:00pm
Saturday, March 29, 2014, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 30, 2014, 3:00pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Cafritz Foundation Theatre.

Free admission, no tickets required.

Description: How do you cope when everything you’ve learned begins falling apart? Sam Mauceri’s original work Seagirl utilizes theatre, dance and movement to explore a young woman’s attempts at unpacking her own prejudices in a world that wishes she wouldn’t. Feminist punk music and a longing for radical ideas invade a culture of conventionality in this partnership between The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies and The Weekday Players.

Teen Auditions for The Taming of the Shrew at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 29 & 30

Teen Auditions for The Taming of the Shrew at the Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 29 & 30

Auditions for The Taming of the Shrew – Shakespeare Teen Theatre will be held on:

March 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM
March 30, 2014 at 6:00 PM

Director Michael Hartsfield will be casting:

34 roles. The director requests all teenagers auditioning have twenty to thirty lines of any monologue from a Shakespeare play prepared for the audition. Memorization is not necessary.

Teenagers who want to be involved in costuming, light/sound design and operation, stage managers, set construction and design, and publicity. should come on auditions dates with resume. Volunteer credit available. This is an opportunity for teens to be a part of an theater experience – whether it be on or off the stage. Bring resume and any conflicts. All roles open.

Teen Shakespeare Theatre is open to teens entering the 7th grade through those entering 12th grade. $25 fee to cover incidental expenses. Parental help gratefully accepted. 34 roles available!

Performances are scheduled to run from May 30, 2014 to June 15, 2014.

For more information, see: http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php

Stop Kiss at the Charis Center, Mar 28-Apr 13

Stop Kiss at the Charis Center, Mar 28-Apr 13

Charis Center for the Arts

STOP KISS
By Diana Son
Directed by dr. emma hadley

Description: A poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow that lives can change irrevocably. Sara and Callie are walking through New York City’s West Village very late at night, when they share their first kiss. This leads to a vicious attack by an angry bystander, in which Sara is horribly injured. She falls into a coma, which becomes one of the major subjects of the play. George, Callie’s good friend, tries to help with the situation, but there is little he can do. Peter, Sara’s ex-boyfriend from St. Louis, comes to help nurse her back to health. Throughout Stop Kiss, relationships are explored, formed, and even ended. Diana Son elaborates on the depths of human emotion and compassion in this play. The story is told out of chronological order: alternating scenes take place respectively before and after the assault, which is not shown onstage.

“A sweet, sad, and enchantingly sincere play” The NY Times

Produced by Charis Center for the Arts.

March 28, 29, 30, April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13.

Tickets $15 general admission.

Hamlet by Annapolis Shakespeare Company at the Bowie Playhouse Mar 28-Apr 13

Hamlet by Annapolis Shakespeare Company at the Bowie Playhouse Mar 28-Apr 13

Hamlet
by William Shakespeare

Location: Annapolis Shakespeare Company at the Bowie Playhouse

Tickets: $20 to $24. Purchase on-line.

Friday, March 28, 2014 at 8:00pm.
Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 3:00pm.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7:00pm.
Friday, April 4, 2014 at 8:00pm.
Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 3:00pm.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 7:00pm.
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 8:00pm.
Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
Sunday, April 13, 2014 at 3:00pm.