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Auditions for A Few Good Men and Timon 2016 by Off the Quill at Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 11-15

Auditions for A Few Good Men and Timon 2016 by Off the Quill at Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 11-15

Off the Quill will be holding auditions for two upcoming productions: Timon 2016 and A Few Good Men.

Auditions will be held April 11th and 12th, with a few spots on the 15th. Callbacks will be April 15 and, if necessary, April 17th.

Location for April 11 & 12: Greenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770 (located under the Co-Op in Roosevelt Center)
Location for April 15 & 17: Source Theatre rehearsal spaces, 1835 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 (rooms located above the Source Theatre black box)

Please click here to see the play and character descriptions and to request an audition slot. Walk-ins will be seen on audition days only if time allows.

Timon 2016 will be presented as a part of the 2016 Capital Fringe Festival, a program of the Washington, DC non-profit Capital Fringe. The dates for the entire festival are July 7 – 24, with the extension week listed for July 27 – 31, 2016. Specific performance dates and performance location have not yet been assigned.

A Few Good Men will be presented at the Greenbelt Arts Center from July 29 – August 13 (Fridays, Saturdays, one Sunday matinee).

If auditioning for Timon 2016, please prepare a classical monologue no more than 2 minutes in length.

If auditioning for A Few Good Men, please prepare a short modern dramatic monologue no more than 2 minutes in length.

If auditioning for both, please prepare both.

For more information, click here.

All actors will be paid a small stipend.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Mar 17-19

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Mar 17-19

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare

Location: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt.

Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 7pm
Friday, March 18, 2016 at 7pm
Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 7pm

This classic tale of love, humor, magic, and mischievous fairies is one of the most popular plays in the English language. ERHS Drama brings the story to life, in the new Sally Wagner Performing Arts Space (room 004). March 17, 18, and 19th at 7pm. Limited Seating!

Tickets are 8 dollars. Come and discover the magic and humor for yourself!

Twelfth Night at Clarice Smith, Feb 26 & 27

Twelfth Night at Clarice Smith, Feb 26 & 27

Filter in Association with the Royal Shakespeare Company presents
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare

Fri, Feb 26, 2016 . 8:00PM
Sat, Feb 27, 2016 . 8:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre, General Admission.

Warning: loud noises.

A venerable institution teams up with an upstart theater company to create an explosive, radically-cut, fast-paced version of Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity in which nothing is hidden. Everything is revealed. The stage is awash with cables and instruments, costume changes occur in front of the audience and performance decisions are made on the hoof.

Combined, the live chemistry between actors, audience, text and sound explode into a vital and exhilarating theatrical experience. In Filter’s hands, Twelfth Night is constantly shifting and never the same twice.

“Filter’s lo-fi, 90min remix of Shakespeare’s comedy infects the audience with the play’s celebratory spirit of madness from the start…You leave feeling slightly changed yourself.” — The Metro (London)

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10.

Troilus and Cressida at Clarice Smith, Feb 12-20

Troilus and Cressida at Clarice Smith, Feb 12-20

Troilus and Cressida
By William Shakespeare

Director Matthew R. Wilson

Fri, Feb 12, 2016 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 13, 2016 . 7:30PM
Sun, Feb 14, 2016 . 2:00PM
Sun, Apr 17, 2016 . 7:30PM
Thu, Feb 18, 2016 . 7:30PM
Fri, Feb 19, 2016 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 20, 2016 . 2:00PM
Sat, Feb 20, 2016 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kogod Theatre, General Admission.

The classic love tale of Troilus and Cressida set in the Trojan war is re-envisioned to feature students cast as icons, and a homecoming atmosphere where everything is about TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT.

General Public: Regular: $25, Student/Youth: $10, NextLEVEL (Limit 2 per show): Regular: $20. Buy tickets here.

Twelfth Night at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 5-31

Twelfth Night at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 5-31

Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Joshua McKerrow
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Tuesday January 5, 2016 through Sunday January 31, 2016

First performance will be on Twelfth Night, Tuesday January 5th. After that, the show will run on weekends only

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night’s entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as a boy) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story “Of Apollonius and Silla” by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year’s calendar.

Performances run weekends from Tuesday January 5, 2016 through Sunday January 31, 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 here. For further information, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse