Round House Theatre: Coming to Silver Spring in 2010/11

[Howard Hartman]

Welcome to Silver Spring Forum Theatre's Scorched opens this week Round House's Silver Spring Series Other Round House performances More from Forum Theatre Programs by our artistic & community partners Welcome to Silver Spring Round House Theatre Silver Spring will be a dynamic hub of artistic activity during the 2010/11 season. There's something different happening there each day - performances, rehearsals, classes, and other activities. In our eclectic, affordable Silver Spring Series, Round House presents artists and groups from across Montgomery County and the DC area in an exciting mix of theatre, music, and dance performances. Featured in the Silver Spring Series is Contradiction Dance, our dance company-in-residence. Forum Theatre returns as theatre company-in-residence at RHT Silver Spring. Forum made its Silver Spring debut in 2009 with its Helen Hayes Award-winning Angels in America and returned in early 2010 with Amazons and Their Men. They're back with three new productions. The black box also hosts other Round House performances and programs by our artistic and community partners. Round House Theatre Silver Spring 8641 Colesville Road (next to AFI) Metro: Silver Spring (3 blocks away) Forum Theatre's Scorched opens this week Forum Theatre presents Scorched By Wajdi Mouawad, and translated by Linda Gaboriau Directed by Forum's Artistic Director, Michael Dove Round House Theatre Silver Spring September 30 - October 23, 2010 Pay-What-You-Can previews Sept. 30 at 8pm and Oct. 1 at 8pm. Tickets available 1 hour before the show at the box office in Silver Spring. Cash/exact change only. 2 per person. Montgomery County Nights at Scorched: $10 tickets for Montgomery County residents at the Oct. 10 matinee and Oct. 14 evening shows. ID proving Montgomery County residence required. Call 240.644.1100 and mention this discount for tickets. The peculiar dying wishes of their mother sends twins Simon and Janine on a journey to the war-torn Middle East to unravel their origins and unearth the source of their mother's years-long silence. A theatrical tour-de-force, Scorched has captivated audiences from around the globe with its poetic mystery, having been translated into a dozen languages in over 200 productions worldwide. Forum proudly presents the DC premiere of Scorched from acclaimed Lebanese-born playwright Wajdi Mouawad. Featuring Forum Company Member Alexander Strain* (seen at Round House Bethesda earlier this year in My Name is Asher Lev), Rachel Beauregard, Rena Cherry Brown, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Tina Ghandchilar, Dana Levanovsky, Scott McCormick, Amy McWilliams*, Joe Thornhill *Member of Actors' Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Scorched is recommended for age 16 and above. Tickets $25: click here or call 240.644.1100 Round House's Silver Spring Series Round House's Silver Spring Series presents Cabaret Macabre By Happenstance Theater With Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell Round House Theatre Silver Spring October 29 & 30 at 8pm, October 31 at 2pm, November 4 - 6 at 8pm, November 7, 2010 at 2pm Pay-What-You-Can performance Nov. 4. PWYC tickets available 1 hour before the show at the box office in Silver Spring. Cash/exact change only. 2 per person. Inspired by AmphiGorey, this dark little Cabaret will bring out the Victorian Gothic in us all. A Dickensian romp through the damp cobbled alleys of poetry, variety, and song. Welcome the dark part of the year and rock this All-Hallows-Eve with Happenstance. Featuring Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Emma Jaster, Graham Pilato, and Karen Hansen. Tickets $15 general admission, $10 RHT subscribers, patrons age 30 & under, senior citizens, groups of 10+: click here or call 240.644.1100. Round House's Silver Spring Series presents Living, Breathing, Human Organism? By Contradiction Dance Round House Theatre Silver Spring November 19 & 20, 2010 at 8pm Living, Breathing, Human Organism? explores how we have lost touch. Our preoccupation with our thoughts leads us to detach from both our physical self and that self within the environment. Despite this, our daily lives play out in a menagerie of animalistic tendencies that are telling in both dark and humorous ways. Tickets $15 general admission, $10 RHT subscribers, patrons age 30 & under, senior citizens, groups of 10+: click here or call 240.644.1100. Round House's Silver Spring Series presents Lyme Park By theHegira Round House Theatre Silver Spring January 7 & 8 at 8pm, January 9 at 2pm, January 13 - 15 at 8pm, January 16, 2011 at 2pm Pay-What-You-Can performance Jan. 7. PWYC tickets available 1 hour before the show at the box office in Silver Spring. Cash/exact change only. 2 per person. Lyme Park, written by playwright, actress, and choreographer Nandita Shenoy, is an Austonian Romance of an Indian nature inspired by Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey". Tickets $15 general admission, $10 RHT subscribers, patrons age 30 & under, senior citizens, groups of 10+: click here or call 240.644.1100. Round House's Silver Spring Series presents Embracing the "AND" By ClancyWorks Dance Company Round House Theatre Silver Spring April 15 & 16, 2011 at 8pm ClancyWorks Dance Company, one of Maryland's most uniquely innovative modern dance companies, premieres Embracing the "AND" at RHT Silver Spring. In a world where we are often asked to choose or define things between this Or that (body or mind, black or white, cooperation or competition, self or other, liberal or conservative); Clancy's choreography probes the nature of polar dichotomies in an attempt to seek a reconciliatory AND. Tickets $15 general admission, $10 RHT subscribers, patrons age 30 & under, senior citizens, groups of 10+: click here or call 240.644.1100. Round House's Silver Spring Series presents The Disorder of Things By Contradiction Dance Round House Theatre Silver Spring April 22 & 23, 2011 at 8pm In the black and white world of cultural, medical, and religious institutions, there is little room for individuality. Through dance, theatre, spoken word, and live music, The Disorder of Things celebrates the shades of grey. Tickets $15 general admission, $10 RHT subscribers, patrons age 30 & under, senior citizens, groups of 10+: click here or call 240.644.1100. Other Round House performances Round House presents The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play 2011 Androcles and the Lion By Aurand Harris Round House Theatre Silver Spring March 25 at 7:30pm, March 26 at 3pm, April 1 & 2 at 7:30pm, April 3, 2011 at 3pm Androcles and the Lion is a prize-winning, popular play the whole family will enjoy. In Commedia tradition, a group of strolling players set up their stage and give a performance. Using authentic staging and stock characters of Commedia - the miserly Pantalone, the bragging Captain, the romantic Lovers, the trickster Arlinquin, plus an endearing Lion - Aesop's fable becomes a colorful theatrical experience. The Sarah Play provides high school students from Montgomery County and the DC area the resources and guidance to mount a production at Round House under the mentorship of professional theatre artists and practitioners. Tickets to go on sale soon. Watch for more info. Round House presents Heyday Players Performance Round House Theatre Silver Spring April 11, 2011 - Free The Heyday Players, our performance troupe of senior actors, are dedicated to enriching the lives of senior citizens by channeling their tremendous spirit, talent, and life experience into theatrical performance and community engagement. More from Forum Theatre Interested in a behind-the-scenes pass to Forum's 7th Season? Plus the freedom to see every show an unlimited number of times? Check out the new Forum Membership program. Think of it is as a flexible, all-access subscription. Forum Theatre presents One Flea Spare By Naomi Wallace Round House Theatre Silver Spring February 17 - March 12, 2011 Pay-What-You-Can previews Feb. 17 & 18 at 8pm. Tickets available 1 hour before the show at the box office in Silver Spring. Cash/exact change only. 2 per person. As the streets of 1665 London pile up with bodies, a rough-spoken sailor and a precocious young girl steal indoors, only to discover themselves quarantined for a month with the wealthy master and mistress of the house. One Flea Spare is a searing and bawdy Black Plague comedy that explores the limits of compassion in a tale about sex, class and disease. Winner of the 1997 Obie Award for Best Play. Tickets to go on sale soon. Watch for more info. Forum Theatre presents bobrauschenbergamerica By Charles Mee Directed by Derek Goldman Round House Theatre Silver Spring June 2 - 25, 2011 Pay-What-You-Can previews June 2 & 3 at 8pm. Tickets available 1 hour before the show at the box office in Silver Spring. Cash/exact change only. 2 per person. A fantastical road trip through the American landscape, written as Robert Rauschenberg might conceive it had he been a playwright instead of a painter. Inspired by one of America's greatest visual artists, Charles Mee creates a Rauschenberg-esque collage of images, music, and dance that paints a distinct history of a nation and culture as well as a glimpse into its future. Whimsical and nostalgic, bobrauschenbergamerica is a joyous celebration of life and art. Tickets to go on sale soon. Watch for more info. Programs by our artistic & community partners Performances at Round House Theatre Silver Spring. For tickets & info, contact these organizations directly. Lumina Studio Theatre presents The Winter's Tale December 4 - 12, 2010 Lumina Studio Theatre presents The Canterbury Tales January 22 - 30, 2011 Lumina Studio Theatre April 9 & 10, 2011 ArtStream's Silver Spring Inclusive Company April 29 - May 7, 2011 Lumina Studio Theatre presents Henry VI, Parts 2, 3, 4 May 14 - 22, 2011