Tag Archives: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Prom at Clarice Smith, Sep 29-Oct 7

The Prom at Clarice Smith, Sep 29-Oct 7

The Prom
Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Based on an Original Concept by Jack Viertel
Directed by Nathaniel Claridad ’04

September 29-October 7, 2023
Fri, Sep 29, 2023 . 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 1, 2023 . 3:00PM
Thu, Oct 5, 2023 . 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 6, 2023 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 7, 2023 . 3:00PM
Sat, Oct 7, 2023 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

High school student Emma Nolan, who wants to ask her girlfriend to the prom, faces resistance from the infuriated PTA, who calls for the cancellation of the event. Devastated by this decision, resented by her classmates and isolated for being a lesbian in a homophobic small town, Emma is taken by surprise when a group of Broadway actors arrives to support and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, coming to her “rescue.” During this protest, Emma discovers the courage to stand in her truth and be herself, despite the hatred pointed her way.

Tickets: $25 general, $10 students. Click here

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Sep 22

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Sep 22

Kreativity Open Mic

Friday, September 22, 2023. 7:30PM
Friday, October 27, 2023. 7:30PM
End of Semester show: Thursday, November 30, 2023. 5:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required. Online.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!

Free, no tickets required. Click here

slowdanger: SUPERCELL at Clarice Smith, Sep 21 & 22

slowdanger: SUPERCELL at Clarice Smith, Sep 21 & 22

slowdanger: SUPERCELL

September 21 & 22, 2023 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Making its world premiere at The Clarice, SUPERCELL is an evening-length dance work with a multidisciplinary angle responding to climate change, media sensationalism, desensitization and environmental collapse. The title refers to the large storms of deep, persistent updrafts often resulting in many tornadoes. While supercells are terrifying and ominous harbingers of great damage, they are simultaneously breathtaking environmental events when witnessed from afar. The effect is similar to sensationalist media, instantly amplifying catastrophic events for an insatiable public’s consumption. Throughout their creation process, slowdanger consulted with scientists, educators, climate activists, anthropologists, sociologists, sustainable design experts and a dramaturgical advisor.

A Pittsburgh-based, multidisciplinary performance ensemble, slowdanger was founded in 2013 by co-artistic directors Taylor Knight and Anna Thompson. The queer non-binary-led organization uses a systematic approach to movement, integrative technology, found material, electronic instrumentation, vocalization, physiological centering and ontological examination to produce their hypnotic performance work. “Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight are always up to something cool,” raves the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The will be a post-show Q&A with the artists following the Thursday, September 21 performance.

Tickets: $25 general, $10 students, click here.

The Evidence of Things Not Seen at Clarice Smith, Sep 14, 5:30pm

The Evidence of Things Not Seen at Clarice Smith, Sep 14, 5:30pm

ACTnow: The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Reanimating Traditions of Black Puppetry and Object Performance
Lecture

Thursday, September 14, 2023 • 5:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

A dialogue on puppetry and object performance as a powerful means of resistance to the objectification of Black bodies. Nehprii Amenii, writer and director of Food for the Gods and Dr. Paulette Richards, author of Object Performance in the Black Atlantic will ground the audience in the historical development of African-American puppetry and discuss the power of puppetry to redress cultural erasure and foster community healing. Light refreshments will be available.

Join us for the public performance December 7-9, 2023 at The Clarice: Nehprii Amenii: Food for the Gods

Free lecture, registration required. For more information and to register to attend, click here.

NextNOW Fest 2023 at Clarice Smith, Sep 7-14

NextNOW Fest at Clarice Smith, Sep 7-14

2023 NextNOW Fest
Where Creativity and Community Converge

September 5 – 14, 2023

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Join us for our 10th Anniversary!

The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest is celebrating 10 years of creativity and community this September, and we want you to be a part of it! Save the date and join us for this annual celebration of our UMD and local creative community.

Started in 2014, The Clarice’s annual NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. By amplifying the voices of intriguing, inventive artists from around campus and our community, NextNOW Fest creates a forward-looking microcosm where art transforms our future and connects us all.

NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time.

Stay tuned to the latest event information and news by registering for updates!

For more information and to register for updates, click here.