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King John at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 21-Sep 3

King John at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 21-Sep 3

King John
by William Shakespeare
A guest production from The Rude Mechanicals

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

August 21 – September 3, 2015
Friday and Saturday at 8:00
Sunday at 2:00

Shakespeare And The Holy Grail. This seldom performed play goes down much better when served in a Monty Python style. Yet you may still receive full credit for having seen King John – one of Shakespeare’s Top Forty. And no singing!

Ticket prices: $20 General Admission, $16 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult)
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Julius Caesar at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-11

Julius Caesar at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-11, 2015

Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
A guest production from The Rude Mechanicals
Directed by Jaki Demarest

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Friday, January 9, 2015 at 8:00
Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 8:00
Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:00

“There are no morals in politics, there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel,” – Vladimir Lenin

“In a serious struggle, there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.” – Leon Trotsky

“Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.” – Joseph Stalin

Welcome, Comrade, to the eve of the glorious revolution. They say that Caesar is ambitious, and sure, they are all honorable men. Men who gather in darkened corners and talk in whispers of righteous murder. Brutus, whose political survival instincts are continually subverted by his intellect and convoluted moral sense, is the Trotsky to Octavius’ surer, more relentless Stalin. And Brutus’ revolution will take the bloody and disastrous course of too many others, ending with a worse tyrant than the one Brutus set himself against.

Ticket prices: $20 General Admission, $16 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult). Buy tickets here.

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 15-23

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 15-23

Macbeth: The Instrument of Darkness
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Josh Engel

August 15 – 23, 2014

A guest production from The Rude Mechanicals.

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Dark, moving, and haunting, Macbeth is the story of power and powerlessness. The Rude Mechanicals take a fresh look at Shakespeare’s classic where “The Instruments of darkness tell is truths”, and the glimmers of sight are worse than knowing nothing at all.

August 15, 16, 22, and 23 at 8:00.
August 17 at 2:00

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military.

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The Vagina Monologues at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 24 – Feb 8

The Vagina Monologues at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 24 – Feb 8

The Rude Mechanicals present The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler

January 24 – February 8, 2014

Greenbelt Arts Center

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. In this stunning phenomenon that has swept the nation, Eve Ensler gives us real women’s stories of intimacy, vulnerability, and sexual self-discovery.

Parental Advisory: Adult themes.

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Child (under 12)

‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore at Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 16-31

‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore
by John Ford
(A guest production by The Rude Mechanicals)

Greenbelt Arts Center

Friday August 16th at 8:00 pm
Saturday August 17th at 8:00 pm
Friday August 23rd at 8:00 pm
Saturday August 24th at 8:00 pm
Sunday August 25th at 2:00 pm
Friday August 30th at 8:00 pm
Saturday August 31st at 8:00 pm

In this deliciously twisted offering by the Rude Mechanicals, John Ford’s controversial tale of incest, obsession, revenge, blighted religion, and social amorality is given a touch of Tarantino, set in 1947 Italy among its most prominent Mafioso families. It could be Romeo and Juliet, through a glass, darkly, if the star-crossed lovers were … keeping it in the family.

Friday & Saturday at 8:00, Sunday Aug 25 at 2:00

Ticket prices: $17 General Admission, $14 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Child (12 and under with adult)

Parental advisory: This play was first published in 1633 and the subject matter was controversial for several centuries. For more information click here.

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