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Twelfth Night at Clarice Smith, Dec 1-3

Twelfth Night at Clarice Smith, Dec 1-3

The Maryland Shakespeare Players Present:
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare

December 1 – 3, 2022
Thu, Dec 1, 2022 . 7:00PM
Fri, Dec 2, 2022 . 7:00PM
Sat, Dec 3, 2022 . 2:00PM
Sat, Dec 3, 2022 . 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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

The Maryland Shakespeare Players present their Fall 2022 main stage production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night! Join us at the Kogod Theater in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for an entirely student-run 70’s So-Cal re-imagination of a timeless Shakespearean comedy featuring comments on love, gender roles, and power. Performances will be December 1st and 2nd at 7:30, and December 3rd at 2 and 7pm! No tickets or reservation required! Free to all guests. Donations are accepted! There will be one 15 minute intermission. Recommended for ages 12+. Content Advisory: Simulated Violence, Blood, Intimacy, Sexual Themes and Innuendos throughout.

Tickets: Free, no tickets required.

Maryland Opera Studio presents La Boheme at Clarice Smith, Nov 12-16

Maryland Opera Studio presents La Boheme at Clarice Smith, Nov 12-16

Maryland Opera Studio presents:
Puccini’s La bohème
Giacomo Puccini, composer
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, librettists
Craig Kier, conductor

November 12-16, 2022
Sat, Nov 12, 2022 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 13, 2022 . 3:00PM
Tue, Nov 15, 2022 . 7:30PM
Wed, Nov 16, 2022 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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

Based on the novel “Scenes de la vie de Bohème” (Scenes of Bohemian Life) by Henry Murger, Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème follows four bohemian roommates struggling to get by in Paris, France. The opera unfolds on a frosty Christmas Eve when fate comes knocking and sets in motion a doomed romance. A gorgeously tragic love story, La bohème features some of the most cherished music in the opera repertoire including “O soave fanciulla” (O lovely girl in the moonlight) and “Che gelida manina” (Your tiny hand is frozen). This opera will be performed in Italian with English supertitles.

About the Maryland Opera Studio
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.

Health + Safety: Patrons attending University of Maryland arts events are no longer required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. We continue to encourage audiences to wear a mask and stay current with vaccinations and boosters. Please see our Health & Safety information page for information about what to expect during your visit.

Tickets: Pay What You Wish. Click here.

As You Like It at Clarice Smith, Nov 11-18

As You Like It at Clarice Smith, Nov 11-18

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Directed and Adapted by Eleanor Holdridge

November 11 – 18, 2022
Fri, Nov 11, 2022 . 7:30PM
Sat, Nov 12, 2022 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 13, 2022 . 2:00PM
Wed, Nov 16, 2022 . 7:30PM
Thu, Nov 17, 2022 . 7:30PM
Fri, Nov 18, 2022 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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

Experience William Shakespeare’s classic As You Like It, adapted and directed by Eleanor Holdridge, who returns to the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies after leading a workshop on Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando in 2021 and directing the production of The Call in 2016. What happens when Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest to find her love Orlando? Disguised as a boy shepherd, the cheeky Rosalind convinces Orlando to woo her. Find out the hilarious consequences in this timeless tale of love and adventure.

Health + Safety: Patrons attending University of Maryland arts events are no longer required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. We continue to encourage audiences to wear a mask and stay current with vaccinations and boosters. Please see our Health & Safety information page for information about what to expect during your visit.

Tickets: Pay What You Wish. Click here.

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1 at Clarice Smith, Oct 28 & 29

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1 at Clarice Smith, Oct 28 & 29

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1
October 28, 2022. 7:30PM
October 29, 2022. 2:00PM & 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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

The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents our next Experimental Performance Series production on October 28th and 29th! This installation features the following original works created, performed, and produced by students.

LivieJanae (B.A. Dance ’23): “FIXED”
“A Dance Drama. A fictional story line based on the exhausting reality of many.”

Casie Curry (B.A. Dance ’23): “A Series of Essays”
“A Series of Essays is a performance hybrid exploring different trains of thoughts from one pivotal moment. With an existential lens of life, how can someone navigate their future?”

Courtney Simmons (B.A. Theatre ’23): “A Musical Love Letter”
“A conglomerate of musical theatre songs musical theatre lovers know and love put to new lyrics. Especially made with people of color in mind, this love letter to musicals, to UMD, and to everything we students have learned here is meant to be taken with love and with a grain of salt. We aren’t taking ourselves too seriously. Have fun, enjoy the show.”

Free, tickets required. Click here.

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Oct 21

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Oct 21

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic

October 21, 2022. 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, general admission.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for their end of the semester show, 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.