The Mountaintop at Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 14-29

The Mountaintop at Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 14-29

The Greenbelt Arts Center Presents:
The Mountaintop
by Katori Hall
directed by Rikki Howie Lacewell

April 14 – 29, 2023
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

By Greenbelt Arts Center.

Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” is a gripping re-imagination of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy to his people.

Tickets: $24 General Admission; $22 Senior/Military; $12 Child/Student.
Masks required. Tickets available here.

Maryland Opera Studio presents Don Giovanni at Clarice Smith, Apr 14-23

Maryland Opera Studio presents Don Giovanni at Clarice Smith, Apr 14-23

Maryland Opera Studio presents:
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettist
Craig Kier, conductor
Corinne Hayes, director
April 14-April 23, 2023

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Grand Pavilion, general admission.

While fleeing the scene of his crime, the lascivious Don Giovanni commits an unimaginable murder. This depraved act unleashes hell itself in an opera that masterfully combines dark comedy with the darkest of acts. With themes that continue to resonate today, Mozart and Da Ponte create a world as troubling and complicated in our time as it was at its premiere. This opera will be performed in Italian with English supertitles. Under the direction of Craig Kier, the Maryland Opera Studio is dedicated to the future of opera. Preparing the next generation of great singers and offering performances ranging from classic repertoire to provocative new works, it is building contemporary audiences for opera and advancing the art form to sustain those audiences.

Pay what you wish. Click here.

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

Romeo and Juliet at Clarice Smith, Apr 14-16

Romeo and Juliet at Clarice Smith, Apr 14-16

Maryland Shakespeare Players Spring 2023 Mainstage Production
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare

April 14-16, 2023
Fri, Apr 14, 2023 . 7:00PM
Sat, Apr 15, 2023 . 2:00PM
Sat, Apr 15, 2023 . 7:00PM
Sun, Apr 16, 2023 . 2:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Vampires. Werewolves. Two households, both alike in dignity.

The Maryland Shakespeare Players are proud to present Romeo and Juliet, fully realized as we believe Shakespeare originally intended –with magic, music and creatures of the night.

We hope you will join us in the Cafritz Theater for a story of deep-seated rivalry, passionate romance, and woeful tragedy. Admission is free.

Audience Advisory: This show features fake blood, staged violence, choreographed intimacy, themes of self harm and portrayal of suicide.

Free, no tickets required. Click here.

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

The Piano Lesson at Prince George’s Community College, Apr 13-15

The Piano Lesson at Prince George’s Community College, Apr 13-15

Prince George’s Community College presents:
The Piano Lesson
By August Wilson
Directed by Ayesis Clay

Thursday, 13 April 2023 to Saturday, 15 April 2023 at 7:30 PM

Location: Prince George’s Community College, In Person.

Center for Performing Arts, 301 Largo Road Largo, MD 20774

In “The Piano Lesson,” a play about a Black family living in Pittsburgh in 1936, Boy Willie and his friend Lymon reflect different attitudes about self-determination, the process by which a person makes choices about and manages his or her own life.

Tickets: $10 + $4.75; Free for PGCC students, click here.

Medea at Bowie State University, Apr 6-8

Medea at Bowie State University, Apr 6-8

Bowie State University presents:
BSU Theatre Back to Bold, Back to Life: Medea

April 6-8, 2023
Thursday, April 6 at 7:30pm
Friday, April 7 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 8 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm

Fine and Performing Arts Center, Black Box Theatre, Bowie State University, in person; Livestream available.

A melanated fable of a woman reclaiming her own

BSU Theatre turns to a complex ancient tale of betrayal and revenge in a new devised adaptation of Medea. Though guilty of heinous crimes, this story explores societal permissiveness and forgiveness extended to men which would drive women to do the unimaginable. A blend of contemporary language, movement and aerial choreography, Medea explores the many layers of the mind and a broken heart.

Contact: Elena Velasco, Email: bsutheatre@bowiestate.edu Phone: 301-860-3769

Tickets: $12 general public/$7 students, faculty, seniors. Livestream available. Click here.