Round House Theatre's Silver Spring Series 2010

[Howard Hartman]

Silver Spring Series 2010 to launch Also coming to Round House Theatre Silver Spring Silver Spring Series 2010 to launch 2010 sees the return of Round House's dynamic, affordable Silver Spring Series. In this eclectic mix of theatre, music, and dance performances, Round House presents some of the DC area's dynamic groups and artists at our black box theatre in Silver Spring. Round House Theatre Silver Spring 8641 Colesville Road (next to AFI Silver Theatre) Metro: Silver Spring (approx. 3 blocks away) Silver Spring Series tickets: $15 - general admission $10 - Round House subscribers, patrons age 30 & under, senior citizens, groups of 10+ Click here to learn more about all our Silver Spring performances. House Blend Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Monday, January 25, 2010 at 8pm Choreography by Elizabeth Johnson, Liz Lerman, Cassie Meador, and Keith Thompson New and developing dances from the artists of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, featuring choreography by Elizabeth Johnson, Liz Lerman, Cassie Meador, and Keith Thompson. Includes some mature content. Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. Air Heart In-Flight Theatre Women's Theatre Showcase: Thursday, February 4 & Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8pm Written and Performed by Mara Neimanis; Directed by Bryce Butler; Plane Sculpture by Laura Shults & Tim Scofield; Lighting Design by Heather Sorensen Amelia Earhart disappeared in the midst of the most dangerous and ambitious flight of her career. Performing on a 12-foot spinning plane sculpture, aerial actor Mara Neimanis explores the whirlwind life of the legendary aviatrix in an athletic performance that is deeply introspective and dazzlingly expressive. Recommended for ages 9+. Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. Frida Vice Versa Marian Licha Women's Theatre Showcase: Saturday, February 6 at 8pm & Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2pm Written by Marian Licha and R. Dennis Green; Directed by Jessica Lefkow; Lighting Design by Frank Coleman Marian Licha's one-woman show flourishes on the conceit that the audience might be among Frida Kahlo's students at a master class exploring love, loss, and redemption. Her teaching unfolds as a personal story-packaged as ten "lessons." It reveals itself with the black humor of tragedy, accidents, opposites, and irony that ruled her memorable life. Recommended for ages 14+ Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. Cream Soda and Crème de Menthe By Caleen Sinnette Jennings Women's Theatre Showcase: Friday, February 12 & Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 8pm Directed by Kim Bey; Featuring Lynn Chavis This one-woman play chronicles the life of Jacqueline Butler, a black, middle-class, doctor's daughter growing up in Queens in 1962. When Jackie's parents decide to send her to a predominantly Jewish school in Greenwich Village, her world is turned upside down, and a whole new cast of characters and relationships emerge. Recommended for ages 18+. Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. I Believe/The Disorder of Things Contradiction Dance Friday, April 2 & Saturday, April 3 at 8pm, Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 2pm Contradiction Dance explores the beliefs we hold most dear and how they both unite and divide us as people. Recommended for ages 12+. Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. Strange Love: Familiar Songs of Bizarre Entanglements Will Gartshore Monday, May 3, 2010 at 8pm Helen Hayes Award winner Will Gartshore traces the odd angles of love's geometry with a genre-shifting collection of music. One of DC's favorite performers, Gartshore brings his signature voice and unconventional attitude back to our stage with an hour-long cabaret ranging from the classic to the contemporary, and from old school to new wave. Recommended for age+ 14+. Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. Prufbox Happenstance Theater Company, with Mark Jaster & Sabrina Mandell Friday, June 18 & Saturday, June 19 at 8pm, Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 2pm An original production loosely based on the TS Eliot poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and the shadow boxes of Joseph Cornell. It is the story of a woman who is a mermaid and a man who hesitates. Recommended for ages 12+ Click here to order tickets or call 240.644.1100. Air Heart and House Blend are supported in part by a grant from MSAC The Silver Spring Series is funded in part by a three-year grant from the Weissberg Foundation Also coming to Round House Theatre Silver Spring A photo from the first rehearsal of this year's Sarah Play, The Misanthrope. See below for more information. The rest of our Silver Spring lineup includes some Round House-produced performances as well as programs by our artistic and community partners. Ticket prices for these events may differ from prices for events in the Silver Spring Series as noted above. Maryland Community Theatre Festival Friday, January 15 & Saturday, January 16, 2010 Lumina Studio Theatre Winter Group presents What Ho. Jeeves! Friday, January 29 at 7pm, Saturday, January 30 at 2 & 7pm, Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 1pm Round House's Heyday Players present Shakespeare 2010 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7pm A fast paced, high energy re-envisioning of some of Shakespeare's best known plays by Round House's troupe of seniors. Free. Forum Theatre presents Amazons and Their Men By Jordan Harrison Directed by Michael Dove & Elissa Goetschius Saturday, February 27 - Sunday, March 21, 2010 The latest production from Forum Theatre, the company that brought their thrilling staging of Angels to America to Round House Silver Spring in Fall 2009. Watch for more info! Lumina Studio Theatre Spring Ensemble presents King John Friday, April 9 at 7pm, Saturday, April 10 at 2 & 7pm, Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 1pm ArtStream's Silver Spring Inclusive Company Friday, April 16 at 8pm, Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 3pm Round House Theatre presents The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play 2010 The Misanthrope By Moliere, a new version by Neil Bartlett Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1 at 8pm, Friday, May 7 & Saturday, May 8 at 8pm, Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 3pm The Sarah Play provides high schoolers from Montgomery County and the metro area the resources and guidance to mount a production under the mentorship of professional theatre artists and practitioners. Watch for more info! Lumina Studio Theatre presents Comedy of Errors...At Colonus? Friday, May 14 at 7pm, Saturday, May 15 at 2 & 7pm, Sunday, May 16 at 1pm, Friday, May 21 at 7pm, Saturday, May 22 at 2 & 7pm, Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 1pm The University of Maryland in partnership with Round House Theatre presents Hotel Cassiopeia By Charles Mee Directed by Blake Robison Saturday, June 5 at 8pm, Sunday, June 6 at 3pm, Wednesday, June 9 at 7:30pm, Thursday, June 10 & Friday, June 11 at 8pm, Saturday, June 12 at 3 & 8pm, Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 3pm Professional artists from Round House work with Maryland students on Charles Mee's play about the life and work of renowned artist Joseph Cornell. Watch for more info!