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Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 4 & 5

Maryland Opera Studio presents Opera Scene Study at Clarice Smith, May 4 & 5

Maryland Opera Studio presents:
Opera Scene Study
Maryland Opera Studio

Part 1: Thursday, May 4, 2023 . 7:30PM
Part 2: Friday May 5, 2023 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

First-year Maryland Opera Studio (MOS) students demonstrate their talent in this showcase featuring duet scenes from a wide operatic repertory. To keep the focus on beautiful, pure sounds and vivid acting, the performance is accompanied only by piano and minimal props.

MOS is dedicated to the future of opera. Preparing the next generation of great singers and offering performances ranging from the classic repertoire to provocative new works, MOS is building audiences and advancing the art that sustains them.

Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Click here.

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Mar 31

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Mar 31

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 at Clarice Smith, Mar 30

Henson Awards Showcase 2023 at Clarice Smith, Mar 30

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 at College Park Arts Exchange, Mar 18

Beech Tree Puppets presents Anansi and the Talking Melon at College Park Arts Exchange, Mar 18

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 at Clarice Smith, Feb 18

Maryland Opera Studio presents Proving Up at Clarice Smith, Feb 18

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.