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Maryland Day and Broadway Today at the Clarice, Apr 25

Maryland Day and Broadway Today at the Clarice, Apr 25

Clarice presents:
Maryland Day
Sat, Apr. 25, 2026 | 10:00 am – all day

Broadway Today
Sat, Apr. 25, 2026 | 3:00 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Explore the creativity of Terps and the local community on Maryland Day! This annual campus-wide open house features artistic and creative performances, experiences and activities at The Clarice, and across the University of Maryland campus. Bring your family and your friends for a day of fun and frolic! Click here for the full schedule.

Broadway Today is part of Maryland Day 2026, our annual campus-wide open house featuring artistic and creative performances, experiences and activities at The Clarice, and across the University of Maryland campus. Explore all Maryland Day events at The Clarice here.

Free, no tickets required. Click here.

If I Were You by the Maryland Opera Studio at the Clarice, Apr 18-26

If I Were You by the Maryland Opera Studio at the Clarice, Apr 18-26

Clarice presents:
Maryland Opera Studio
If I Were You
J. Bradley Baker, conductor
Corinne Hayes, director
Jake Heggie, composer
Gene Scheer, librettist

Sat, Apr. 18, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Wed, Apr. 22, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Fri, Apr. 24, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Sun, Apr. 26, 2026 | 3:00 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Based on a novel by Julien Green, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s If I Were You is a Faustian story that explores themes of love, power and gender roles in a modern setting. In the wake of a near-fatal car accident, the aimless young writer Fabian begins to reassess his life. After an unexpected encounter with his college crush, Fabian makes a deal with an enigmatic, shape-shifting demon, Brittomara, who gives him the power to move his soul from person to person for as long as he likes. Everything comes with a price, however: if he ever returns to his own body, his soul will be Brittomara’s to collect. On his precarious journey to win the heart of his beloved, he leaves a trail of despair and hollow shells. In the end, will he choose to live forever as someone else or die for love as himself?

Tickets: $35, Students/Youth: $15. Click here.

2026 Henson Awards Showcase at the Clarice, Apr 13

2026 Henson Awards Showcase at the Clarice, Apr 13

Clarice presents:
The 2026 Henson Awards Showcase
The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will perform/present their funded projects.

Mon, Apr. 13, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will present and perform their funded projects. There will also be a post-performance talkback with TDPS Puppetry Artist-in-Residence Betsy Rosen.

The Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry honors the memory of UMD alumni Jim Henson ’60, the creator of The Muppets.

Tickets: no tickets required. Click here.

Fearless New Works Festival at the Clarice, Apr 9-12

Fearless New Works Festival at the Clarice, Apr 9-12

Clarice presents:
UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Fearless New Works Festival

Thur, Apr. 9, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Fri, Apr. 10, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Sat, Apr. 11, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Sun, Apr. 12, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Fearless New Works Festival is back for a three-day exploration of new dance and theatre performances and works in process from TDPS students.

Thur, Apr. 9, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Keynote and Reading of Best Available
Tony Award-winning playwright Jonathan Spector will be delivering a keynote speech to kick off the festival, followed by a reading of his brand new play-in-process, “Best Available” (directed by Assistant Professor Fatima Quander with TDPS student actors).

Fri, Apr. 10, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Student New Play Readings – Part 1
Come see the first half of the new student play readings written and performed by TDPS students and directed and dramaturged by TDPS alumni. The second half of the new student plays will be performed on Sunday, April 12 at 2:00PM.

Sat, Apr. 11, 2026 | 2:00PM & 7:30PM
Student New Dance Pieces
A performance of original dance works created by our undergraduate students for this festival. Both performances will feature the same dance works.

Sun, Apr. 12, 2026 | 2:00 PM
Student New Play Readings – Part 2
Come see the second half of the new student play readings written and performed by TDPS students and directed and dramaturged by TDPS alumni. The first half of the new student plays will be performed on Friday, April 10 at 7:30PM.

Tickets: $20, Students/Youth: $15, each performance. Click here.

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Apr 4

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Apr 4

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents:
Experimental Performance Series

#4:
Sat, Apr. 4, 2026 | 2:00 pm
Sat, Apr. 4, 2026 | 7:30 pm

#5:
Sat, May. 9, 2026 | 2:00 pm
Sat, May. 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Experimental Performance Series is a collection of self-produced works from undergraduate and graduate students in theatre and dance, ranging from established works to brand new plays and choreography.

This performance will feature three original works:

\\\r0ck///, choreographed by Connor Voss, is a dance work about rocks and how we can use rocks to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Front Porch Conversations, choreographed by Kaisha Snowden in collaboration with dancers.

Front Porch Conversations addresses the nuances of Black women. The many shapes, fonts, and pieces they come in and how they come in them. It addresses the fact that Black women are not a monolith and your stereotypes will not limit them to it. You are invited to listen to these conversations, not to form or to subject us to your own opinions, but to do nothing other than hear our various forms, regardless of their denigration or exalt, and acknowledge the role you play in perpetuating them.

Happy Daze: A Sorry Memoir, choreographed by Zoe Cushman Walders

Free, no tickets required. Click here.