Tag Archives: Accokeek Maryland

The Mystery Plays by the Hard Bargain Players, Oct 9-24

The Mystery Plays by the Hard Bargain Players, Oct 9-24

The Mystery Plays
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Directed by April Dawn Weimer
October 9-24, 2015

Location: Hard Bargain Players

Performances: Fridays and Saturdays, October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8:00 PM

Synopsis: THE MYSTERY PLAYS is two interrelated one acts, loosely based on the tradition of the medieval mystery plays. In the first play, THE FILMMAKER’S MYSTERY, Joe Manning, a director of horror films, survives a terrible train wreck—only to be haunted by the ghost of Nathan West, one of the passengers who didn’t survive. As the police investigate Joe, he investigates Nathan, desperate to understand why he survived and what Nathan’s specter could possible want. In the second play, GHOST CHILDREN, Joe’s attorney and friend, Abby Gilly, travels to a small town in rural Oregon to make peace with the man who brutally murdered her parents and younger sister sixteen years earlier. The man—the murderer—is her older brother. Like the original medieval mystery plays, THE MYSTERY PLAYS wrestles with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness—in a uniquely American way.

Tickets for HBP performances are $10 for adults, $8 for students, seniors and members of the Alice Ferguson Foundation.

Down The Road by the Hard Bargain Players, Jun 12-27

Down The Road by the Hard Bargain Players, Jun 12-27

Down The Road
By Lee Blessing
Directed by Brian Donohue
June 12-27

Location: Hard Bargain Players

Performances: Fridays and Saturdays, June 12, 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8:00 PM

Synopsis: DOWN THE ROAD centers on a convicted serial killer and the husband and wife writing team hired to help him write an account of his crimes. The killer, Bill Reach, has admitted to the murders of nineteen women, but there may have been more. Over many weeks of interviews, the couple — Dan and Iris Henniman — grow more and more uncertain of the ethics of what they are doing. Are they simply relating terrifying events, or are they helping readers consume rape, murder and mutilation as if they are consuming any other product of our society? Are they, in fact, helping to turn Bill Reach into a celebrity?

Auditions for Rashomon by the Hard Bargain Players, April 5 – 12

Auditions for Rashomon by the Hard Bargain Players, April 5 – 12

Auditions for Rashomon
Written By Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin
Directed By Randy Sena and Trey Thomas

Audition Dates:
5 April 15, 1:30pm – 3:00pm
7 April 15, 7pm – 8pm
9 April 15, 7pm – 8pm
11 April 15, 1:30pm – 3:00pm
12 April 15, 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Location: Hard Bargain Players
2001 Bryan Point Rd
Accokeek MD 20607

The Theater in the Woods is located approximately 2 miles west of Indian Head Highway (Route 210) 2001 Bryan Point Road in Accokeek, Maryland.

Performance Dates: September 4th through September 19th, every Friday and Saturday

What to Bring: You will also be asked to read from provided sides from the script. Sides are available to Actors upon request before auditions; Email: RASHOMON1@verizon.net to request a copy of the sides.

Actors should come prepared for physical movement or dancing, some parts require stage combat or dancing.

Summary: Rashomon is known for a plot device which involves various characters providing alternative, self-serving and contradictory versions of the same incident.

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

Rebel Yells at the Hard Bargain Theater, Oct 10-25

Rebel Yells at the Hard Bargain Theater, Oct 10-25

Location: Hard Bargain Players

Rebel Yells

Written by Steve Warren
Directed by Trey Thomas

Performances
October 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 8:00 PM

Synopsis: Seven soldiers and one woman nurse share a hospital ward in Richmond, Virginia even as the cannon balls fall around them during the last days of the Civil War. While each has lost something different to the war – an arm, a leg, a voice, a faith, a son – all have lost their courage and self-respect. In the course of the play, harsh secrets of their wartime deeds emerge as the men struggle to recover their honor and redeem themselves even as their beloved South dies just outside the hospital walls.

Tickets for HBP performances are $10 for adults, $8 for students, seniors and members of the Alice Ferguson Foundation.

Amphitheater opens at 7:30 PM and performances begin at 8:00 PM unless otherwise noted on the calendar. Reservations are accepted, but not required, by calling Doris Sharp at 240-766-8830.

Making a reservation is as easy as sending an email to hbplayersboxoffice@gmail.com. Please be sure to include the show, date of performance, and number of tickets you are reserving.

Bug at the Hard Bargain Theater, Sep 5-20

Bug at the Hard Bargain Theater, Sep 5-20

Location: Hard Bargain Players

Bug

Written by Tracy Letts
Directed by Michael J. Margelos

Performances
September 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 8:00 PM

Parental Advisory: Adult Themes

Synopsis: Set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, the play centers on the meeting between Agnes, a divorced waitress with a fondness for cocaine and isolation, and Peter, a soft-spoken Gulf War drifter introduced to her by her lesbian friend, R.C. Agnes stays at a hotel in hopes of avoiding her physically abusive ex-husband, Jerry, who was just released from prison. At first, she lets Peter sleep platonically on her floor, but not long after she promotes him to the bed. Matters become more complicated as Jerry eagerly returns to the woman he loves to beat her up, expecting to resume their relationship. On top of that, there’s a hidden bug infestation problem that has both Agnes and Peter dealing with scathing welts and festering sores-which has Peter believing this is the result of experiments conducted on him during his stay at an army hospital. Their fears soon escalate to paranoia, conspiracy theories and twisted psychological motives.