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MAD Holiday Chorus Concert, Dec 18

MAD Holiday Chorus Concert, Dec 18

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
2023 Holiday Chorus Concert

Monday, December 18, 2023 at 11:30am

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

MAD presents a Holiday Concert on Monday, December 18 at 11:30 a.m. in the GSFC Visitor Center. Admission is $3 payable at the door with free cookies! Our director is Chris Wells and our accompanist is Susan Breon. Come to support our twenty-four chorus members and soloists and hear beautiful music to get you in the holiday mood! No badge is required for Visitor Center entry so we expect a large turnout of MAD members and guests. Turn into the new GSFC main gate on Icesat Road then take the first left and go straight to the Visitor Center on your right. Call Producer Kathy Nieman 301-805-4286 for further information.

Tickets: $3 at the door. Click here.

A Little Night Music by MAD, Nov 3-17

A Little Night Music by MAD, Nov 3-17

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
A Little Night Music
by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Randy Barth

Performances: November 3 – 17, 2023
Friday and Saturday evenings; Sunday matinees
Note closing weekend will be Thursday and Friday Nov. 16 and 17 at 8:00
There is no performance on Saturday Nov. 18

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Set in 1900 Sweden, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik’s town, the estranged lovers’ passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrik’s wife, Anne; Desirée’s current lover, the Count; and the Count’s wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée’s mother’s estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises.

Shows are November 3-17, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2:30pm, plus an additional show on Thursday, November 16 at 8pm. Please note that closing night is Friday, November 17, due to the possibility of a government shutdown on November 18.

Note that the role of Petra is double-cast:
Laura Fisher: November 3, 4, 5, 17
Marianne Virnelson: November 10, 11, 12, 16

Tickets must be bought in advance and shown to the guard at the gate. No door sales!
Tickets: $25 + $1 fee. Click here.

For more information, click here.

Auditions for A Little Night Music by MAD, Aug 7 & 9

Auditions for A Little Night Music by MAD, Aug 7 & 9

MAD Theater announce auditions for:
Goddard’s Music and Drama Club, MAD Theater announce auditions for:
A Little Night Music
by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
based on Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night
Directed by Randy Barth

Auditions: August 7 & 9, 2023
7pm each night. Callbacks will be August 12.

Performances: November 3 – 19, 2023; Friday and Saturday evenings; Sunday matinees

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Update: due to a rights issue, the show will be Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.

The MAD Board has selected Stephen Sondheim’s Company as its 2023 Fall Show. We’ve applied for the rights and should hear soon. (On the off chance that it is denied, we will apply for A Little Night Music instead.) Auditions will be held August 7 and 9 from 7:00-9:00 and callbacks August 12 from 1:00-3:00 at the Goddard Visitor’s Center, so you will not need badges to attend. The Visitor’s Center is located just to the left of the Goddard Main Gate off ICESat Road. Audition materials are being made available in MAD’s member services area, https://madtheaterarchive.org/mem. Contact director Randy Barth (Randy.Barth@comcast.net) if you need the password. Eight performances are planned for the Rec Center Nov. 3-19 (Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees). Auditions favor members (employees, civil service retirees, and immediate families, plus those approved for non-voting member status), but guests may be selected if there are unfilled openings. Contact Randy if you have questions about your membership status or eligibility. All races, ethnicities, and orientations are welcome.

Tickets: TBD

For more information, click here.

Fantasia MADness by MAD, Jun 2-4

Fantasia MADness by MAD, Jun 2-4

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
MAD’s Spring Variety Show
Fantasia MADness
Directed by Richard Richardson
Produced by Susan Breon

Performances: June 2 – 4, 2023
Friday, June 2 at 8pm
Saturday, June 3 at 8pm
Sunday, June 4 at 2pm

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

MAD will be returning to live performances in the Spring Variety Show, Fantasia MADness, directed by Richard Richardson and produced by Susan Breon. The show will feature song and dance from animated TV shows and movies. Think back to favorite cartoons from childhood, animated shorts before feature films, and, of course, the wonderful animated movies from Disney, Pixar, Warner Bros., and so many others.

Tickets: $9. NOTE: Tickets must be reserved online no later than Tuesday, May 30 at 5pm.

For more information, click here.

Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Nov 5, Online

Around the World in 80 Days by MAD, Nov 5, Online

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne and Adolphe d’Ennery
as translated into English for production in 1874 under the direction of Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy
directed by Jon Gardner
produced by Eliot Malumuth

Performances: November 5, 2022, at 8pm, Online

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic tale of action, adventure, comedy and drama. Phileas Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 days, and sets off that very night accompanied by his French servant Passepartout. As they travel, they interact with the people they meet along the way, accumulate additional traveling companions, and have dramatic adventures. The story includes ships and trains, snakes and an elephant, disguises, duels and deceptions!

For more information, and the link to view, click here.