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Inua Ellams: Search Party at Clarice Smith, Jan 26 & 27

Inua Ellams: Search Party at Clarice Smith, Jan 26 & 27

Inua Ellams: Search Party
In partnership with the Under the Radar Festival

Fri, Jan 26, 2024 . 7:00PM
Sat, Jan 27, 2024 . 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

A man walks into a room with his life in his hands. He is the internationally acclaimed artist and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half God of Rainfall) and he has filled thousands of pages in an ongoing attempt to be heard, to give his genius wings that can travel. Every word he’s ever written is captured, all the poems and the theater and the essays, the drafts of projects abandoned and works as yet unknown, indexed, rendered as binary and waiting patiently within the confines of the electronic tablet he’s holding even now. Pick a word, any word. Prompted by audience suggestion and open conversation, Ellams searches through his archive, unearths refined or raw gold and presents his treasure in a spontaneous performance. Search Party is an act of call and response that hearkens back to the birth of storytelling. At this uniquely futuristic and puckishly chaotic interactive event, the artist couldn’t be more present. He’s inviting you to join the work. What do you say?

Tickets: $30 or $10 Students. Click here.

Tig Notaro at Clarice Smith, Jan 26

Tig Notaro at Clarice Smith, Jan 26

Tig Notaro

Fri, Jan 26, 2024 . 8:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor and actor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and “Ellen.” Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.” Notaro appears in Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” and “Star Trek: Discovery.” She wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show “One Mississippi” and just released her second HBO special “Tig Notaro: Drawn.” In 2021, Tig co-directed the feature film “Am I OK?” with wife Stephanie Allynne, which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will be available on HBO Max later this year. She hosts the critically acclaimed advice podcast, “Don’t Ask Tig,” as well as co-hosts the ridiculous documentary film podcast “Tig and Cheryl: True Story.”

Tickets: $30 to $60 or $10 Students Click here.

Ballet Company M’s The Nutcracker at Clarice Smith, Dec 17

Ballet Company M’s The Nutcracker at Clarice Smith, Dec 17

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performaning Arts Center present:
Ballet Company M’s The Nutcracker

Sunday, December 17, 2023 • 3PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Ballet Company M is proud to present a rendition of Tchaikovsky’s classic holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker.” With the help of her Nutcracker, the audience will travel with Clara from her mother’s holiday party, through a beautiful snowstorm and into the magical Land of the Sweets.

Free, tickets required. Click here.

The Muses – Original Works Project at Clarice Smith, Dec 11

The Muses – Original Works Project at Clarice Smith, Dec 11

The Muses – Original Works Project
Sunday, December 10, 2023. 3PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Muses proudly present their Orighttps://wordpress.com/me/inal Works Projects, a memorable night of short plays written, directed, and performed by women who are either current UMD students or alumni. This event showcases new works that are sure to excite and inspire you.

Free, no tickets required

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 8

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 8

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Jason Max Ferdinand, music director
Tactus, UMD Treble Choir, University Chorale, Voix de Chanson, FreundeMusik

Friday, December 8, 2023. 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

UMD Choral Activities continues the holiday tradition of bringing Festival of Lessons & Carols to campus for its 22nd year. Choirs, brass quintet and organ combine to bring the joy of the season to life with carols, hymns and spoken word that epitomize hope and goodwill. This event takes place at the UMD Memorial Chapel.

Tickets: Regular $20, Seniors: $15, Student/Youth $10. Click here.