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Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Dec 7

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Dec 7

Experimental Performance Series #2
Saturday, December 7, 2024 • 2PM & 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Experimental Performance Series is a collection of self produced works from undergraduate and graduate students in theatre and dance, ranging from production of established works to brand new plays and choreography.

The Energy Within
Choreographer: Avital Dresin

Exploring the pulse of the 7 Chakras, the centers of power in the human body, The Energy Within reveals the different rhythms of our energy. This piece illustrates the inner landscape of the self by uniting the physical and emotional through movement.
Run Time: 23 minutes

Cradle to Grave
Choreographer: C Macko

Cradle to Grave is a satirical lecture about environmental dance set in a climate future, no less dystopian than popular depictions, but far more mundane. Through a live lecturer, comedic faux interviews, and three original dance pieces, Cradle to Grave explores themes of hypocrisy, anxiety, regret, and guilt and investigates the impact of our environmental advocacy and art making practices.
Run Time: 29 minutes

Delta Blue
Choreographer: Zoe Cushman Walders
The pockets of ocean that reside in each of us drive Delta Blue. Sweeping and settling, the work explores the constant relational, cumulative, depositing and conflating nature of watery relations.
Run Time: 19 minutes

Tickets: free, tickets required, click here.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 6

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 6

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Jason Max Ferdinand, music director
Tactus, UMD Treble Choir, University Chorale, Voix de Chanson, FreundeMusik

Friday, December 6, 2024. 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

UMD Choral Activities continues the holiday tradition of bringing Festival of Lessons & Carols to campus for its 23rd year. Choirs, brass quintet and organ combine to bring the joy of the season to life with carols, hymns and spoken word that epitomize hope and goodwill. This event takes place at the UMD Memorial Chapel.

Tickets: Regular $20, Seniors: $15, Student/Youth $10. Click here.

Cosi fan tutte at the Clarice, Nov 19-24

Cosi fan tutte at the Clarice, Nov 19-24

Mozart’s Così fan tutte
Maryland Opera Studio
November 19–24, 2024
Tue, Nov 19, 2024 . 7:30PM
Wed, Nov 20, 2024 . 7:30PM
Fri, Nov 22, 2024 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 24, 2024 . 3:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Follow Ferrando and Guglielmo as they navigate the faithfulness of their lovers in Mozart’s Così fan tutte! After being persuaded by their cynical friend Don Alfonso, the two decide to test the fidelity of their fiancées, the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella, which leads to a series of hilarious and heartfelt situations. Equal parts tender and cynical, Mozart’s Così fan tutte is an exploration of the conflict between love and reason captured in an opera filled with comedy, drama and irony. Written only two years before his death, Mozart’s final contribution to the Italian opera buffa genre, with its quick wit and captivating melodies, moves effortlessly between high farce and profound beauty while providing audiences a deeper understanding of human fallibility.

Tickets: $25 or $10 student/youth. Click here.

Metamorphoses at the Clarice, Nov 15-22

Metamorphoses at the Clarice, Nov 15-22

Metamorphoses
November 15–22, 2024
Fri, Nov 15, 2024 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 17, 2024 . 2:00PM
Tue, Nov 19, 2024 . 7:30PM
Wed, Nov 20, 2024 . 7:30PM
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 . 7:30PM
Fri, Nov 22, 2024 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Ovid’s timeless poem Metamorphoses leaps to stunning life in Mary Zimmerman’s Tony-nominated adaptation. Set in and around a central onstage pool of water that provides the hub of each of Metamorphoses’ many vignettes, Zimmerman’s bold retelling juxtaposes antiquity and modernity in an exploration of the power of theater across centuries. UMD Assistant Professor KenYatta Rogers directs this production, celebrating the persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change.

Tickets: $25 or $10 student/youth. Click here.

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World at Clarice Smith, Nov 14-15

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World at Clarice Smith, Nov 14-15

The Javaad Alipoor Company: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
November 14 & 15, 2024 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fereydoun Farrokhzad is invisible to everyone apart from, mostly, Iranians, because nobody apart from them ever has to think about him.

In 1992, the Iranian pop sensation and refugee Fereydoun Farrokhzad, sometimes called Iran’s Tom Jones, was found brutally murdered in his home in Germany, only six months after playing to sold-out audiences at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The case was never solved.

This witty, fast-paced and cutting-edge production cuts to the heart of the biggest true crime case that you have never heard of. An investigation into both an iconic murder and an investigation into the nature of the investigation itself.

Part free-wheeling comic lecture, part podcast and part play and accompanied by live music, Things Hidden is a thrilling ride down the rabbit hole of Wikipedia and murder mystery podcasts, sorting through the tangle of information available online in a post-colonial world to reveal the limits of the search engines in solving a decades-old cold case.

Things Hidden builds on the success of Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran which made its US debut at Public Theatre’s Under the Radar Festival in 2021, before playing at Sundance Film Festival and being selected as one of Helen Shaw’s “Best Theatre of 2021” in Vulture Magazine.

Tickets: $30 or $10 student/youth. Click here.