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Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence at the Clarice, Oct 6

Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence at the Clarice, Oct 6

Clarice Presents: Suitland High School
ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 7pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence creates space for teens to confront gun violence by creating new works of theatre that will spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful action in communities across the country. Their mission is to promote playwriting as a tool for self-expression and social change, harnessing this generation’s spirit of activism and providing a platform for America’s playwrights of tomorrow to discover and develop their voices today.

On Mon, Oct 6 across the country, The Clarice will join theaters, schools and community groups for staged readings of six new 10-minute plays by teen writers confronting gun violence, selected by a committee of renowned playwrights out of plays received in a national call for submissions. The plays will be read by students from the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Suitland High School.

Free, tickets required. Click here.

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic at the Clarice, Sep 19

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic at the Clarice, Sep 19

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic Night

Friday, September 19, 2025. 7:30PM
Friday, October 17, 2025. 7:30PM
Thursday, December 11, 2025. 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

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.

Sketchup at the Clarice, Sep 13

Sketchup at the Clarice, Sep 13

NextNOW Fest 2025
Sketchup
Wednesday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sketchup, UMD’s premier sketch comedy group, hosts a night of laughs and fun as they showcase both live and video sketches!

For more information, click here.

Free, no tickets required.

NextNOW Fest 2025 at the Clarice, Sep 10-16

NextNOW Fest 2025 at the Clarice, Sep 10-16

NextNOW Fest 2025
Arts for All
Terps After Dark

Wednesday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s annual NextNOW Fest is a multi-day arts festival featuring performances and other experiences by intriguing, inventive artists from around the country and the University of Maryland campus. A forward-looking gathering place where art transforms our future and connects us all, NextNOW Fest is where creativity and community converge.

A University of Maryland campus tradition, 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. NextNOW Fest is also a partner of Terps After Dark, an initiative by the UMD Division of Student Affairs that supports late-night, on-campus student programming.The festival is open for all to attend, including the general public.

For more information and the complete schedule, click here.

Peter and the Wolf at the Clarice, Jun 22

Peter and the Wolf at the Clarice, Jun 22

NOI+F Family Concert:
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Stephanie Shonekan, narrator

Sunday, June 22, 2025 • 2PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The classic children’s work Peter and the Wolf has thrilled audiences for almost 90 years. Whether it’s your first journey into the forest or you’re bringing your whole family on the tale, this is a show for everyone! For this Sunday fairytale matinee. the National Orchestral Institute + Festival invites curious listeners to come close and witness each of Prokofiev’s timeless characters leap to instrumental life: Peter on the strings, cat as clarinet, the wobbly oboe of a duck and the growling menace of the wolf as french horns. Presented in The Clarice’s Grand Pavilion, with ample seating for grown-ups and space on the stairs for children, NOI+F’s rendition of Peter and the Wolf is sure to gift young ears with the joy of music for a lifetime. Kids and parents are invited to join us early for specially themed youth activities, including visual art workshops and mask making.

The 2PM presentation will include ASL interpretation.