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Our Work: August 2009
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Cecilia Lapp Stolzfuss; Leayne C. Freeman; Manasi Pukazhenthi; and Ali Miller. A festival of five short plays about sports. Produced May 2 - 3, 2009 as part of the Riverdale Park ArtsFest. Commissioned, developed and produced under the Maryland In-Focus initiative. Production team: Ian Armstrong (Sound Design) and Marie-Audrey Desy (Set Design), James Hesla (Producer), Alli Lidie (Costume Design), and Karen Mixon (ASM). Setting: Bladensburg. Spring 1862. Playwright: Jennifer L. Nelson. Sportaculture: Whe...
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Our Work: Petri Dish Circus
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Mike Wong, David Berkenbilt, Gregory Burgess and Jake Koenig in PETRI DISH CIRCUS. PETRI DISH CIRCUS- the history of microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song. The history of microbiology as you have never seen it before. Rabies! Song and dance acts! Produced November 9 - December 2, 2007 at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier, MD. Commissioned, developed and produced by Active Cultures Theatre under the Maryland Initiative for Theatre and Science. Directed by Jessica Burgess.
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Our Work: March 2009
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Kristen Egermeier, Danny Gavigan, Zachary Fernebok, Anastasia Wilson and Lee Liebiskind in MAD BREED. On the even of their parents' wedding, the teenaged siblings of John Wilkes Booth decide to put on a play. But when Adah Francois, an African American freewoman with Shakespearean dreams, arrives the complications begin. A historical and romantic comedy about a teenaged John Wilkes Booth, an African American actress on the run, and a whole barnyard full of Shakespeare. Written by Jacqeline E. Lawton.
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Open Circle Theatre: Performances
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Performance at the Kennedy Center online! For a performance of the music from. A musical about the battle for control of deaf communication. Lyrics by Mary Resing, music by Andy Welchel. Directed by Suzanne Richard and W. Thompson Prewitt. Featuring: David Berkenbilt, Katy Carkuff, Rob McQuay, Patti Papworth,. Richard Pelzman, Scott Sedar, Erica Siegel, Jaclyn Young. Be part of the creative process! Monday, August 3rd at 6pm. On the Millennium Stage at. 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566.
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Theatre and Local Culture: October 2008
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Theatre and Local Culture. A blog on local theatre and culture in an international age. By the artistic director of Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Maryland. Monday, October 27, 2008. When theatre is untranslatable. Teenagers out for the evening with their grandparents, what a thought. Furthermore, at the end of every performance, audience members rush the stage with bouquets of flowers as the actors take multiple bows. I was baffled. Armenian plays are old fashioned, talky, and have often...
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Theatre and Local Culture: An Audience Shout Out for Locally Specific Theatre
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Theatre and Local Culture. A blog on local theatre and culture in an international age. By the artistic director of Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Maryland. Friday, March 12, 2010. An Audience Shout Out for Locally Specific Theatre. Photo below by C. Stanley). During Active Cultures' recent run of The Constellation. Here are some of the topics that were suggested during the discussions. 3 Karen Mixon, our stage manager and queen of the active cultures volunteers, suggested we do a play about ...
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Theatre and Local Culture: Cruzando--a new film about local culture
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Theatre and Local Culture. A blog on local theatre and culture in an international age. By the artistic director of Active Cultures, the vernacular theatre of Maryland. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Cruzando- a new film about local culture. Last night, I went to see the amazing film, Cruzando. And the Coen Brother's Raising Arizona,. O is a road film, tracing one young man's semi-comic journey north from Mexico in order to find his long absent father. Captures a world specific to its time and place. Thi...
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Our Work: Photograph 51
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Jewel Greenberg and Christopher Buchanan in Photograph 51. A compelling drama about Dr. Rosalind Franklin and the cutthroat race to discover the secret of DNA. What does a woman have to do to succeed in the world of science? Produced at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier, MD February 8- March 2, 2008. Commissioned, developed, and produced by Active Cultures Theatre under the Maryland Initiative for Theatre and Science. Written by Anna Ziegler. Directed by Mary Resing. Cast (in alphabetical order).
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Our Work: MAD BREED
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Kristen Egermeier, Danny Gavigan, Zachary Fernebok, Anastasia Wilson and Lee Liebiskind in MAD BREED. On the even of their parents' wedding, the teenaged siblings of John Wilkes Booth decide to put on a play. But when Adah Francois, an African American freewoman with Shakespearean dreams, arrives the complications begin. A historical and romantic comedy about a teenaged John Wilkes Booth, an African American actress on the run, and a whole barnyard full of Shakespeare. Written by Jacqeline E. Lawton.
