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Maryland Day Open House at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Apr 26 10am-4pm

Maryland Day Open House at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Apr 26 10am-4pm

Saturday, April 26, 2014 . 10AM – 4PM

Presented By:
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Free.

Sat, Apr 26, 2014 . 10:00AM to 4:00PM

Description:

This community open house has something for the entire family with more than 40 different events throughout the Center — on stage, in the studios and behind the scenes. – See the extensive schedule at: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/events/2014/maryland-day#sthash.mAH4o75p.dpuf

Maryland Opera Studio presents A Night in Old Vienna at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-15

Maryland Opera Studio presents A Night in Old Vienna at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-15

April 12-15, 2014

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre. General Admission.

Free admission. Or make a $25 donation and sit on the stage!

Sat, Apr 12, 2014 . 7:00PM
Tue, Apr 15, 2014 . 7:00PM

Description: For a more immersive experience, make a $25 or more donation to the Maryland Opera Studio and sit on stage for the performance as part of the action. (Quantities limited. Donate today!) Your donation can be made as part of your online purchase process, over the phone or at the ticket office. Two bubbly evenings of cabaret. Faculty, alumni and special guests will join members of the Maryland Opera Studio and the Maryland Opera Workshop in performing songs and scenes from Vienna’s rich musical treasure trove. Operetta, lieder and arias included!

Shared Graduate Dance Concert at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-13

Shared Graduate Dance Concert at Clarice Smith, Apr 12-13

April 12-13, 2014

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Dance Theatre. General Admission.

Free admission.

Sat, Apr 12, 2014 . 3:00PM
Sat, Apr 12, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 . 3:00PM

Description: This concert features provocative choreography by Master of Fine Arts students in Dance, focusing on new works in development. As the first opportunity for them to put material onstage and see what develops, it often contains the seeds of movement ideas that will be featured in their MFA Thesis programs — an unguarded exploration of their talents and interests.

Maryland Opera Studio presents Die Fledermaus at Clarice Smith, Apr 11-19

Maryland Opera Studio presents Die Fledermaus at Clarice Smith, Apr 11-19

April 11-19, 2014

Music Johann Strauss II
Libretto Karl Haffner and Richard Genée​
Conductor Edward Maclary
Director Nick Olcott

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kay Theatre. Reserved Admission.

Regular: $25
Subscriber: $20
Senior Citizen: $20
UMD Alumni Association: $20
UMD Faculty & Staff: $20
Students & Youth: $10

Fri, Apr 11, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 . 5:00PM
Wed, Apr 16, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 19, 2014 . 7:30PM

Description: Witty pranksters, straying spouses and lilting melodies — it’s the ultimate Viennese confection. In Strauss’ beloved 1874 operetta, revenge for a cruel trick leads to a woman sending her lover to jail under her husband’s name, a man attempting to seduce his own wife (disguised as a Hungarian countess) and a chambermaid masquerading as a lady of quality. The complications get straightened out in a prison run by a drunken jailer, all to the sparkling music of the great Viennese master.

Pig Iron Theatre Company presents Zero Cost House at Clarice Smith, Apr 4-5

Pig Iron Theatre Company presents Zero Cost House at Clarice Smith, Apr 4-5

By Toshiki Okada

April 4 & 5, 2014 . 8PM

Location: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. Reserved Seating.

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Regular: $35
Subscriber: $28
Senior Citizen: $30
UMD Alumni Association: $30
UMD Faculty & Staff: $28
Students & Youth: $10

Fri, Apr 4, 2014 . 8:00PM
Sat, Apr 5, 2014 . 8:00PM

Description:

Zero Cost House was initially conceived as a meditation on how Henry David Thoreau’s Walden changed the playwright’s life. The Japanese tsunami of 2011 occurred while Toshiki Okada was writing the play, which left him reflecting even more deeply on the disruptions that come from natural disasters and the uneasy compromises between radical idealism and contemporary living.

Known for its raucous performance spirit, Pig Iron Theatre Company is the first English-language company to premiere Okada’s work and is making its Clarice Smith Center debut with Zero Cost House.

Founded in 1995 as an interdisciplinary ensemble, the company is dedicated to the creation of new and exuberant performance works that defy easy categorization. The company calls itself a “dance-clown-theatre ensemble” whose focus moves from character to space to contact with the audience. Individual pieces have been called “soundscape and spectacle,” “cabaret-ballet” and “avant-garde shadow puppet dessert-theatre.” As one company member put it, “We have a hard time sitting still.”

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.