ABOUT THE EVENT

Experience a showcase of dance work choreographed, designed and performed by undergraduate and graduate students from the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies!

Director: Patrik Widrig
Stage Managers: Margaret Warner and Allison Bailey
Lighting Designer: Malory Hartman

PROGRAM

William Nash: Internal Warfare
Costume Designer: Stephanie Parks
Sound Designer: Nekko Sanders
Performer: William Nash
Music Credits: Feel by Kendrick Lamar, Creep by Kimberley Nichole (The Voice cover)

Avital Dresin & Isabella Grady: NEFESH
Costume Designer: Stephanie Parks
Arranger: Gavriel Eagle
Sound Designer: Rachel Heney
Performers: Avital Dresin, Isabella Grady
Music Credit: Nafshi covered on the cello by Gavriel Eagle, originally composed by Shmuel Yefet and sung by Ishay Ribo and Mottie Steinmetz

Peter Pattengill: I am Painfully Aware of The Tongue in My Mouth
Performer: Peter Pattengill
Costume Designer: Peter Pattengill
Sound Designer: Peter Pattengill

Kaela Lawrence: Discography Vol. 1: Clean Up Woman
Performer: Kaela Lawrence
Music Credit: "Blue In Green" by Miles Davis

Debanshi Chowdhury: Milana
Costume Designer: Stephanie Parks
Sound Designer: Evan Thanicatt
Performers: Debanshi Chowdhury, Shree Bhattacharya
Music Credit: The Flute Song by Remo Fernandes

Caroline Bailey: I Miss You And You're Right Here
Costume Designer: Stephanie Parks
Sound Designer: Nekko Sanders
Performers: Julianne Garnett, Charlotte “C” Macko, Alondra Torres Negron, Layla Nordrum, Meredith Sorensen, Julie Zalalutdinov
Music Credits: American Girl by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Reprise by The Jezabels, For Emma by Bon Iver, Fine Line by Harry Styles

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ABOUT NEXTNOW FEST

Started in 2014, Clarice Presents’ annual NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. In addition to the core festival nights at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, we’re thrilled to continue partnerships with student-led groups, academic departments and university-based arts venues to hold festival events throughout campus.

NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time.

FUNDING

NextNOW Fest is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Additional support is provided by Terps After Dark and the University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative. NextNOW Fest's Silent Disc-Glo event is supported by UMD's Student Entertainment Events; and the Vital Signs Mini-Grants Showcase is supported by the Venable Foundation and Pepsi.