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Soft Revolution: Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah at Venus Theatre, Nov 17-Dec 11

Soft Revolution: Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah at Venus Theatre, Nov 17-Dec 11

SOFT REVOLUTION: SHAFANA AND AUNT SARRINAH BY ALANA VALENTINE

November 17 – December 11, 2016
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.

Location: Venus Theatre.

What do you do when you profoundly disagree with someone you love? At the heart of Soft Revolution: Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah is the story of a young Australian-born Muslim woman and an intergenerational clash with her own Aunt. Based on interviews with Afghani/ Australian Muslim women and produced with the support of a large number of Muslim women from a diversity of Muslim cultures in Australia, this play will compel audiences with its portrait of women who are articulate, highly educated and deeply spiritual. University student Shafana turns to the religion of her heritage for answers after a terrorist attack, resulting in a deep experience of faith and a controversial decision to wear the hijab. But for her Aunt Sarrinah, also a devout Muslim but old enough to regret the changes in her Afghan homeland, the hijab represents both a world from which she has escaped and her fears about the new world she has embraced. Above all, this play is a startling meditation on the clash between individual freedom and cultural context, experienced through two tender and fiercely drawn female characters.

Tickets are $20. Buy tickets here.

Pride and Prejudice at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 21-Nov 13

Pride and Prejudice at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 21-Nov 13

Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen
Directed by Larry Simmons
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Friday October 21, 2016 through Sunday November 13, 2016
Sunday matinee performances on November 6 and November 13 at 2:00 P.M.
Special Thursday performances on November 3 and November 10.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

All of the wit and romance of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel come to life in this play. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet’s most urgent priority. But with four sisters, an overzealous match-making mother, and a string of unsuitable suitors, it’s difficult to escape the subject. When the independent-minded Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, she is determined not to let her feelings triumph over her own good sense — but the truth turns out to be slipperier than it seems. In a society where subtle snubs and deceit proliferate, is it possible for Elizabeth and Darcy to look beyond his pride and her prejudice, and to make the best match of all?

Tickets: $20 for general admission, $15 for students, military and seniors.

Performances run weekends from Friday October 21, 2016 through Sunday November 13, 2016 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here. For further information, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Tags: Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel Maryland, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, Larry Simmons, Maureen Rogers

Auditions for Happy Hollandaise at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 1-2

Auditions for Happy Hollandaise at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 1-2

Auditions for Happy Hollandaise
BY Tim Koenig
Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Auditions will be held on
October 1, 2016 at 2:00 PM
October 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Performances: Friday December 2, 2016 through Sunday December 18, 2016

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Director Michael Hartsfield will be casting: 4 males, 4 females, plus one role that can be either. For more information see: http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org/auditions.php

All Claire Finley wants is the perfect Christmas. She’s hired the celebrated gourmet chef Vilma Hasenpfeffer to prepare her famous Hasenpfeffer Hollandaise Sauce for her dinner guests, the new vicar and his very pregnant wife, Mary. Unfortunately, however, the chef is late, the guests are early and there are burglars loose in the neighborhood. To top it all off, Claire’s father has been hit on the head (with the creche, no less!) and thinks he’s the leading man in all of the West End theatre productions of the last 30 years! With the help of her quirky brother George, Claire tries to keep everything together as it continues to unravel in this sidesplitting British farce reminiscent of Arsenic and Old Lace. But once the mayhem dies down and the mixed-up identities unscramble, the true Christmas spirit shines bright in a surprise ending, which involves transformation, forgiveness, and a beautiful new beginning.

Auditions for Soft Revolution by Venus Theatre, Sep 26-28

Auditions for Soft Revolution by Venus Theatre, Sep 26-28

Venus Theatre will hold auditions for Soft Revolution
Monday, September 26, 2016 through Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Auditioning the part of 23 year old Shafana, a Muslim Australian Biology Student.

This is a character in Venus Theatre’s 58th woman empowering production. Soft Revolution is a world premiere play by Australian playwright Alana Valentine.

It rehearses Mid October through Mid November in the evenings and runs November 17- Dec 11, ThFrSt at 8 and Sun’s at 3.

Auditioning Monday, Sept 26, Tuesday Sept 27, and Wednesday Sept 28. Please bring a prepared contemporary monologue and plan for a cold reading and possible movement exercise.

Location: Venus Theatre.

To schedule an appointment contact deb@venustheatre.org with a preferred day and time.

SOFT REVOLUTION by Alana Valentine –
What do you do when you profoundly disagree with someone you love?
At the heart of Soft Revolution: Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah is the story of a young Australian-born Muslim woman and an intergenerational clash with her own Aunt. Based on interviews with Afghani/ Australian Muslim women and produced with the support of a large number of Muslim women from a diversity of Muslim cultures in Australia, this play will compel audiences with its portrait of women who are articulate, highly educated and deeply spiritual. University student Shafana turns to the religion of her heritage for answers after a terrorist attack, resulting in a deep experience of faith and a controversial decision to wear the hijab. But for her Aunt Sarrinah, also a devout Muslim but old enough to regret the changes in her Afghan homeland, the hijab represents both a world from which she has escaped and her fears about the new world she has embraced. Above all, this play is a startling meditation on the clash between individual freedom and cultural context, experienced through two tender and fiercely drawn female characters.

Auditions for Silver Linings by Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 24 & 26

Auditions for Silver Linings by Laurel Mill Playhouse, Sep 24 & 26

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces Auditions for
Silver Linings
by Ted Tally
Directed by Jen Sizer

Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 2pm
Monday, September 26, 2016 at 7pm

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Ranging over a wide variety of topics and situations there is no story line as such but, instead, a clever mosaic of telling observations and brightly funny events, all dealing with matters of particular moment to today’s young people. In one sketch a visiting Soviet comedian, through a long-suffering interpreter, amuses himself but not his audience with stale jokes and turgid punch lines long out of date in America; in another two men and a woman, who find themselves in bed together, decide to get acquainted; while in still another a couple meeting at a party engage in a long conversation which runs backward, ending with their introduction. In these, as in the other sketches, the keynote is freshness and wit, blending into a lighthearted, highly theatrical and fast-paced program which will bring pleasure to both sides of the footlights.

Ten delightfully zany and irreverent short sketches created by one of our theatre’s most accomplished writers. Originally presented by the Yale Cabaret Theatre, and then produced by The American Place Theatre in New York City, the sketches range widely in subject and style, but combine into a continually hilarious and brilliantly imaginative program.

Performances will be Friday November 18, 2016 through Sunday November 20, 2016, Sunday matinee performances on November 20th at 2:00 P.M.

Please click here for more information.

Tags: Auditions, Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel Maryland, Silver Linings, Ted Tally, Jen Sizer, Maureen Rogers, One-Act Play Festival