1. “The Wild Party” at Iron Crow Theatre.
“Elias has orchestrated a larger than life production, bursting at the seams with inventive touches, great pacing, and a sharp eye for details.” – Timoth David Copney.
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Synopsis: Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party was an off-broadway gem that garnered an array of industry accolades, including Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, & Obie awards. Adapted from Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem of the same name, The Wild Party tells the story of Queenie and Burrs. In a relationship marked by vicious behavior and recklessness, they decide to throw a party to end all parties. In Iron Crow Theatre’s queering of the piece, The Wild Party exists in a dreamlike state, somewhere between sexual fantasy and nightmare. As guests arrive, we meet an assortment of characters who exemplify what it means to live beyond the binary and on the edge while Queenie ‘sets the stage’ for a brutal game of lust, jealousy and deception. One wild evening gives us a stark insight into the danger and risk inherent within the game some call love.
2. ‘Be Awesome: A Theatrical Mixtape of the 90s’ by Flying V at The Writer’s Center
“Packed with action, live music, and a delightfully raunchy sense of humor…” – Andrew White.
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Synopsis: An original, devised show in the spirit of The Best of Craigslist and the Flying V Fights series, Flying V Theatres world premiere of Be Awesome: A Theatrical Mixtape of the 90s explores memory, nostalgia, transition, and that moment where you choose what to keep and what to leave behind. Through a night of live action music videos set to the soundtrack of that totally Awesome decade the 90s, this devised show takes us back to a time of flannel, slap bracelets, and Saturday morning cartoons, while asking the question of who are we now? What if you were dying and had a child on the way? What is the mixtape you would leave behind to create a connection with someone you love but will never know? How do you encapsulate your life into 12 songs?
L to R, Bob Manzo, Clayton Pelham Jr., Daniel Mori, Madeline Key, Jon Jon Johnson. Photo by DJ Corey Photography.
3. “Jake’s Women” at Rockville Little Theatre.
“Rockville Little Theatre opened its season with the clever comedy “Jake’s Women”… – Elle Marie Sullivan.
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Synopsis: One of Neil Simon’s lesser-known plays, but a gem of a show. Jake, a writer with an overly vivid imagination faces a marital crisis by daydreaming about the women in his life. A love story as only Neil Simon can tell it.
Jake (Keith Cassidy) and Edith (Joy Gerst). Photo courtesy of Rockville Little Theatre. Photo by David Levin.
4. “Angels in America Part II Perestroika” at Round House Theatre.
“Kushner’s American epic is beautifully told in this co-production. – Elle Marie Sullivan.
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Synopsis: Just in time for election season, Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center present the 25th Anniversary production of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning masterpiece. Sexuality, religion, and politics collide at the beginning of the AIDS crisis in one of the most celebrated plays of the 20th century. Don’t miss Part I: Millennium Approaches & Part II: Perestroika, presented in rotating repertory.
Tom Story (Prior Walter), Dawn Ursula (The Angel), and the cast of Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center’s ‘Angels in America Part II: Perestroika.’ Photo by Danisha Crosby.
5. “The Call” at UMD School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies.
“…“The Call” is an intelligent piece with a strong call to action. – Elle Marie Sullivan.
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Synopsis: When Annie and Peter decide to adopt, they set their sights on a child from Africa. But just how much of Africa are they willing to bring into their home? Long-buried secrets surface, surprising new tensions with old friends arise, and their marriage is put to the test — all in the face of one startling choice. With keen acumen, this portrait of cultural divide casts global issues into the heart of an American home.
Photo by Geoff Sheil.
