Due to inclement weather, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will be closed on Wednesday, March 6, including both our ticket office and administrative offices.
The Wednesday, March 6 performance of Dead Man's Cell Phone has also been cancelled.
If you would like to attend another performance, please email us at tickets.claricesmith@umd.edu and provide the following information:
We're proud to announce our collaboration with Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE as part of The National Civil War Project.
This post is by Sisi Reid, a Junior Anthropology and Theatre Double Major.
The late activist Audre Lorde once said, “When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” The same courageous voices are weaved throughout Anu Yadav’s and Caroline Clay’s MFA in Performance thesis presentations, both part of the Festival of New Works at the Clarice Smith Center. At first glance you wouldn’t think Yadav’s Meena’s Dream and Clay’s Let it Flo are very similar. Knowing each artist personally, reading their scripts, and seeing their rehearsals, I understand how beautifully they both communicate the struggle we have to confront, accept and utilize our own inner strength.
The raw vulnerability of profound characters teaches us that we all have a power within ourselves to both love and demand truth.
Please note that the application deadline for the 2013 National Orchestral Institute has passed.
The UMD School of Music is accepting applications for the 2013 National Orchestral Institute (NOI), a four-week program of intensive study which will take place at the Clarice Smith Center late May through June 2013.
By Shachia Bryan (Excerpt from original piece)
You would think that a play with five performers, music and a spotlight would be very simple, but that was far from the case in The Better Half.
2012 is winding down. Here are some thoughts from Center staff on what their highlights were from the past year.
The Creative Dialogue entitled 'The Art of Adaptation' featured a choreographer, a poet, and two playwrights. The conversation was rich, edgy, informative and really fun. Not a single person left the room during the discussion.
The moderator, Kojo Nnamdi, wrote a note after it was over stating, 'This may have been the most Creative Dialogue yet. Your engagement with one another served both to engage the young audience and to make my job easy.'
JANE HIRSHBERG, Community Engagement Manager, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
2013 is just around the corner! Here's what some Center staff had to say about what they're looking forward to in the new year.
I am looking forward to eighth blackbird with great anticipation. I am always thrilled when visiting artists perform with School of Music students.
This performance includes Steve Reich’s Double Sextet, a piece I’ve never heard. I’m trying to decide whether to buy the music and listen to it before the concert or be completely surprised by it at the performance. Steve Reich was awarded a Pulitzer for this piece so it will be fun to hear what excited the Pulitzer judges heard that caused them to make the award.
— SUSIE FARR, Executive Director, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
UPDATE (Wednesday, November 21, 2012 . 2:38PM): The ticket office will close today, November 21, 2012, at 5PM.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will be closed from Thursday, November 22 through Sunday, November 25, 2012, including both our ticket office and administrative office. Tickets may still be purchased online during this time.
