Round House: Theatre, Music & Dance Festival Comes to Silver Spring

[Howard Hartman]

Curated festival of MUSIC, THEATRE, and DANCE performances featuring Contradiction Dance, Clown Cabaret, dog & pony dc, Forum Theatre, Will Gartshore, Happenstance Theater, Emma Jaster, Brianna Letourneau, on the nOse productions, Jon Spelman and Tina Chancey, and Taffety Punk Theatre Company July 12 thru 29 Round House Theatre Silver Spring, 8641 Colesville Rd. (next to AFI, across from Fillmore) Metro: Silver Spring (3 blocks) Round House shakes things up in Silver Spring this summer with its inaugural Over The Line Festival. Some of the DC area’s finest music, dance, and theatre companies (including some of Round House’s best friends) bring nearly 50 performances over 3 weeks to our black box. There’s something for every age and interest – from families who want to bring their kids to a Saturday morning show to fans of cutting edge performances to late night cabaret goers. Tickets: $15 ($10 for RHT subscribers, senior citizens, patrons age 30 & under, and groups of 10 or more). Tickets to Taffety Punk performances are $10. For tickets, call 240.644.1100 or order online OTLF also has Pay-What-You-Can performances – see below for details. For show descriptions & performance schedule, visit www.overthelinefestival.com Forum Theatre presents Church By Young Jean Lee Directed by Michael Dove July 12 - 29 on the nOse productions with Happenstance Theater presents on the nOse Featuring the artists of Happenstance Theater Concept by Elena Day and Antony Bolante Head Writer and Video Editing by Antony Bolante July 12 - 29 Contradiction Dance presents The Gift July 14 & 15 – Family Performance Cinderella Confidential By Eric Coble With Brianna Letourneau and company Directed by Brandon McCoy July 14 - 29 – Family Performance Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s Generator presents The Golem Adapted from the novel of Gustav Meyrink by Daniel Flint Directed by Joel David Santner and Daniel Flint Music by Jupiter Rex July 14 & 21 Dressed Up and Stripped Down With Will Gartshore July 14, 26 & 27 Happenstance Theater presents Pinot & Augustine Featuring the artists of Happenstance Theater July 15 - 28 – Family Performance Forum Theatre presents The Best of Forum Re(Acts) July 16 – Pay-What-You-Can PWYC tickets go on sale in person at our Silver Spring box office 1 hour before curtain. Cash/exact change only. Subject to availability. Limit of 2 tickets per order. Clown Cabaret: A performance laboratory for Clowns on the cutting edge in the Nation's Capital July 18 4x2 Presented by Jon Spelman and Tina Chancey July 19 & 21 Contradiction Dance presents Objects of Hope July 19 - 28 Taffety Punk Theatre Company presents suicide.chat.room Directed by Marcus Kyd Choreographed by Paulina Guerrero Music by Beauty Pill July 20 - 28 The Suitcase Story By Emma Jaster Music by Matt Pearson July 22 & 28 – Family Performance Forum Theatre presents Forum Re(Acts) July 23 –Pay-What-You-Can PWYC tickets go on sale in person at our Silver Spring box office 1 hour before curtain. Cash/exact change only. Subject to availability. Limit of 2 tickets per order. Contradiction Dance presents Homemade July 24 – Pay-What-You-Can PWYC tickets go on sale in person at our Silver Spring box office 1 hour before curtain. Cash/exact change only. Subject to availability. Limit of 2 tickets per order. dog & pony dc presents Beertown Devised by dog & pony dc Directed by Rachel Grossman Music Arranged by Wyckham Avery, Kate Langsdorf, J. Argyl Plath, Mitch Mattson & Jon Reynolds July 28 Sponsored by DoubleTree by Hilton Washington, DC – Silver Spring Follow Over The Line Festival on Twitter at @OTLFest and “like” it on Facebook Banner photos courtesy of Contradiction Dance, Taffety Punk Theatre Company, and on the nOse productions.