Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic
Fri, Feb 3, 2023 . 7:30PM
Fri, Mar 31, 2023 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required.
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. Online, here
Henson Awards Showcase 2023
Thursday, March 30, 2023 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will perform/present their funded projects.
The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies hosts an annual competition and recipients are awarded funds to create a puppet project or performance. The Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry was established by Jane Henson ’55 to honor the memory of Jim Henson ’60, creator of the world famous Muppets.
Free, no tickets required. Click here.
Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.
Beech Tree Puppets presents
Anansi and the Talking Melon
March 18, 2023 at 3pm
Sponsored by : College Park Arts Exchange.
Location: The Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park MD
Beech Tree Puppets presents Anansi and the Talking Melon.
Free performance
Maryland Opera Studio presents
Proving Up
Craig Kier, music director
Missy Mazzoli, composer
Royce Vavrek, librettist
Saturday, February 18, 2023 . 8:00PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Based on a 2013 short story by Karen Russell, Proving Up, is a surreal and haunting commentary on the American dream as experienced by the Zegners, a fictional family of 1860s homesteaders. This narrative feels newly relevant at this fraught moment in the nation’s history, when people are examining and reevaluating the achievability of the American Dream. The Zegners are a family that does everything “right” and are still undermined by forces beyond their control. These characters have parallels in our contemporary world: a mother who tries to maintain control through domestic order, a father who turns to the bottle under the pressures of supporting a family, children forced to take on responsibilities beyond their years and a lone, deranged man who resorts to violence and destruction. Pushed to the edge by poverty and ultimately undermined by fate, the Zegners’ fixation on “proving up” never wanes.
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.
Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Click here.
Opera New Work Reading
TWA
Maryland Opera Studio
Friday, February 17, 2023 . 7:30PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
This new opera inspired by the popular folk ballad THE TWA SISTERS, explores the eternal conflict between the opposing forces of love and jealousy; and why this ancient ballad resonates even more deeply today with the proliferation of social media and virtual sharing platforms.
With a tone reminiscent of Guillermo Del Toro’s popular cinematic fables, this opera sheds light on the joy, wonder, humor and pain in the relationship between sisters within a unique episodic structure which spans continents and centuries.
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.
Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Click here.
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