The Muses – Original Works Project (Fall)
Sunday, December 11, 2022 . 3PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Cafritz Foundation Theatre.
Come see a variety of 10-minute staged readings of plays written, directed and performed by students!
Free, no tickets required
Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.
The Muses Original Works Project
Sunday, December 12, 2021. 3:00 PM
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In person
The Muses proudly present their Original Works Projects, a memorable night of short plays written, directed, and performed by women who are either current UMD students or alumni.
Tickets: Free, no ticket required. Click here.
Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
An online public reading of:
Three Short Comedies
By A. A. Milne
Directed by Jon Gardner
Produced by Eliot Malumuth
Saturday, October 16, 2021, 8pm, online
The Princess and the Woodcutter
Wurzel-Flummery
The Red Feathers
Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater, online.
We present three short comedies by A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. (1) The Princess and the Woodcutter: The King and Queen set a test to determine which of three Princes will marry their daughter. But the Princess and her friend, the Woodcutter, have a different plan. (2) Wurzel-Flummery: A Member of the British Parliament receives a bequest of 50,000 pounds, with a very unusual condition attached. (3) The Red Feathers: An operetta in one act. A traveling group of musicians come across a country home in which a young woman is singing.
Performance will be live online. Click here.
Fearless New Play Festival
Jennifer Barclay, festival director
Lauren Yee, keynote playwright
Thu, Nov 19, 2020 . 07:30PM to 09:30PM
Fri, Nov 20, 2020 . 07:30PM to 09:30PM
Sat, Nov 21, 2020 . 07:30PM to 09:30PM
Sun, Nov 22, 2020 . 07:30PM to 09:30PM
By: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Click here.
The Fearless New Play Festival is a four-day celebration of new scripts in development that address urgent issues of today. The festival kicks off on November 19 with a panel discussion with local theater professionals. After two weeks of rehearsals, we present a speech by a nationally renowned keynote playwright and a staged reading of their work on March 20, and staged readings of new short plays by current TDPS students and alumni on March 21 and 22.
Selected plays for the 2020 Fearless New Play Festival
By Grace (Part Two) by Agyeiwaa Asante ’18
A Tea Party by Mariel Berlin-Fischler ’14
All of my Bullies and Where They Are Now by Elizabeth Crino ’18
Ghost Story by Evangelina Hakes ’19
The Ice Room by Liz Maestri ’03
RAPunzel by Jasmine Mitchell ‘20
Tiny Ruins by April Monu ’18
Please Like Me by Jordan Resnick ’22
Loving in the Age of Social Distancing by Amber Smithers ‘20
The Tao Island by Lyra Woods ’17
Announcing Keynote Playwright Lauren Yee: The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is thrilled to announce that internationally-renowned playwright Lauren Yee will be our 2020 keynote playwright. Lauren Yee is a playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer born and raised in San Francisco. She currently lives in New York City.
Free, No Tickets Required, Online here.
The Rude Mechanicals’ 24-Hour Zoom-Fest
On-the-spot plays created in just 24 hours!
Performed live on Saturday June 20, 2020 on the Rude Mechanicals YouTube channel
Location: Online. Click here.
Produced by Claudia Bach
Technical Staging by Sam Kopel, Liana Olear, Jeff Poretsky
Emceed by Alan Duda
Presenting:
Unity, or Love in the Time of Corona
In the Pipeline
Home Coming
The Stand-In
Lovers’ Dilemma
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