The Cashore Marionettes
Simple Gifts- 2pm
Wonderful for the whole family!
Simple Gifts- 2pm
Wonderful for the whole family!
Life in Motion- 8pm
Wonderful for young adults and adults!
The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns to theaters across North America this fall, presenting 16 exceptional and inspiring animated shorts from around the world. At a time of increasing social instability and global anxiety about a range of issues, the works in this year’s show have a special resonance, presenting compelling ideas about our place in society and how we fit into the world.
A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about
THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Genevieve de Mahy & Matthew Shea
McDaniel College students perform Eve Ensler’s iconic play, “The Vagina Monologues.” Directed by McDaniel senior Megan Smith of Federalsburg, Md., the performance is in association with V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
Tickets are $5 with all proceeds benefiting Rape Crisis Intervention Services of Carroll County, Family and Children’s Services of Central Maryland and the One Billion Rising Foundation. For tickets, call 410-857-2530.
A history-making production of Othello in 1833 will shock London audiences and reverberate through history to influence theatre today. Red Velvet, by Lolita Chakrabarti, takes audiences backstage to witness the London debut of the trailblazing African-American actor Ira Aldridge as Shakespeare’s tragic Venetian general. He was the first man of color to play the role at an influential European theatre. Based on a true story, the play captures the emotion of the times and the drama both on stage and off surrounding this revolution in the theatre.
Walk, skip, run or slide to Healthy First Saturday and find ways to get active as a family! Take part in enjoy programs that encourage children to get active, make healthy choices, and understand how our bodies work! Get Kinderfit! with the Kindersinger, stretch and learn new poses as a family during Life on Yoga Mountain and watch your little ones express themselves during our interactive theater workshop, Play Within a Play!
What begins as an ordinary summer day at the Connecticut home of the Tyrone family morphs into a night filled with foggy, drink-laced demons where long-buried secrets are revealed—and once exposed cannot be ignored. A long-revered showcase for tour-de-force performances, Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning masterpiece (published posthumously) lays bare what we all know to be true: the ardor of familial love cannot always protect you.
Part of our 2018 Salon Series—cocktails, conversation, and staged readings of plays by women playwrights, curated and directed by the women of Everyman Theatre’s Resident Acting Company. In Sweat, a working class Pennsylvania community finds its closeness tested under the pressure of layoffs and picket lines, as trust erodes among a tight-knit group of friends who work together on the line of a factory floor. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, The New York Times hails Sweat “Superb… [Nottage] is writing at the peak of her powers.”
Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Museum presents a talk by Broadway author and director Mark Bramble titled "42nd Street, Barnum, and Hamilton: Dance for Theatrical Storytelling," in conjunction with its current exhibition Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America, on view through March 11, 2018.
5:30pm Exhibition viewing
6:00pm Talk
Join us for the first Playread With Me event of 2018! We'll be gathering at the Windup Space to read Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and then launch into a discussion moderated by the incredible Jacq Jones of Sugar!
If you'd like to read, come by around 6:00PM to get a part. The reading will begin at 6:30PM (those who don't want to read are welcome to listen!).
FREE EVENT (you purchase your own drinks and can throw in $5 for Joe's Squared pizza if you want food!)
Baltimore is a place for risk-takers and history-makers—find out how Sagamore Spirit honors that tradition! In the “spirit” of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, learn about the famed history of Rye Whiskey in Maryland during this “Virtual Distillery Tour” featuring a tasting of of Sagamore Spirit’s award- winning Signature 83 and Cask whiskies, alongside authentic gaucho style Brazilian food pairings from Fogo de Chão.
Tickets: $60 each (includes event and 7:00pm performance) or $30 each (event only).
Out of Darkness: Two Remain
From Peabody Chamber Opera
February 8 – 11
Creative Alliance opens the dance floor wide for the legendary C.J. Chenier. Come to dance!
C.J. Chenier is “the true royal successor” of his pioneering father, the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier. Like his father Clifton before him, C.J. Chenier embraces the zydeco imperative to laissez les bon temps rouler: “Our main goal,” he declares, “is happy feet and happy faces.”
Arena Players, Baltimore's historic African American community theater, and Baltimore Rock Opera Society are partnering on an epic night of double-header theater entertainment.
With a little help from strong women like Ruby Dee, Phoebe Snow and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Ami Brabson explores the many facets of being a phenomenal woman. “…inspiration, resilience, motivation, finding our power and honoring those who have come before us. This evening of music, poetry and storytelling celebrates women who have dared to speak their minds.
Ami invites us to take this journey with her, and it couldn’t come at a more opportune time in our history as the country continues to explore issues of equity, access, race, gender and power.
In the best tradition of Hollywood romantic comedies, the Baltimore Improv Group is staging a fully improvised Valentine’s Day rom-com with a twist! The twist: our two leads will be played by audience volunteers. Join us for a night of romance and hilarity, and who knows — you just may end up a Star! Participate or just watch and laugh - you decide!
With a little help from strong women like Ruby Dee, Phoebe Snow and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Ami Brabson explores the many facets of being a phenomenal woman. “…inspiration, resilience, motivation, finding our power and honoring those who have come before us. This evening of music, poetry and storytelling celebrates women who have dared to speak their minds.
Ami invites us to take this journey with her, and it couldn’t come at a more opportune time in our history as the country continues to explore issues of equity, access, race, gender and power.