Laura Scott and David Allen-Johnson Rimer, “Serious Kidders”
Laura Scott and son David recall when kidding the way into a difficult conversation opened a new level in their relationship.
Maryland Day 2011, “Believers” (Video Booth)
Members of the Clarice Smith Center community agree: belief in something bigger than themselves lights up their worlds. They told us all about it on Maryland Day 2011.
Share Your Story
Are you an intrepid explorer? A serious kidder? An Art nut? Someone else? Tell us who you are and what makes you that way.
Maryland Day 2011, “Serious Kidders” (Video Booth)
Say what? Members of the Clarice Smith Center community testify that humor opens all kinds of doors and makes the universe a better place. Hear what some of our Serious Kidders had to say on Maryland Day 2011.
Share Your Story
Are you an intrepid explorer? A serious kidder? An Art nut? Someone else? Tell us who you are and what makes you that way.
David Harrington, “Provocateur”
As the Artistic Director of the Kronos Quartet, David Harrington keeps his eyes and ears open, in search of new, inspiring ways to push aside boundaries.
Margaret Jenkins, “Intrepid Explorer”
As the Artistic Director of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, choreographer Margaret Jenkins finds that making dance is a provocative journey requiring a special kind of vulnerability.
Interview with SITI Company’s Stephen Webber: Orson Welles and William Shakespeare via Macbeth
On February 4 and 5, 2011, SITI Company will present Radio Macbeth at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
In preparation for the performance, we talked with cast member Stephen Webber (who will play the part of Macbeth on stage) about the origins of this radio play and what audiences should expect.
Interview with Walter Dallas: Changing the World with Chekhovian Passion and Love
Last year, Walter Dallas, the Senior Artist-in-Residence for the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, directed his first play at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, an adaptation of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Now he prepares for his next production from February 25 to March 5, Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
The first of Chekhov’s four major plays, The Seagull was first staged in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1896.
Erica Philpot: Post-Show Blog for Am I Black Enough Yet?
I’m currently a sophomore theatre performance major here at UMD, and I didn’t hear about Am I Black Enough Yet? until last semester when I learned that the theatre department was doing the show. I wanted to learn more about it because it sounded interesting — but more so, after reading the script, I knew I wanted to audition for it, because it addressed many questions I’ve had in my own life.
The script addressed many questions I’ve had in my own life.
Interview with Leon Major: The Power of Art and the Power of Magic
The first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned by major United States opera houses, Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas premiered in 1996 and has been presented by less than a dozen companies.
Although it’s a rarely performed work, Maryland Opera Studio director Leon Major knew that the current class of singers in the Studio would be an outstanding fit for the roles and music in Florencia — and now it’s coming to the stage at the Center November 19–23, 2010.
Interview with Daniel Phoenix Singh: Touching Hearts, Tackling Issues and Inspiring Audiences
Daniel Phoenix Singh — who earned his BA and MFA in Dance from UMD — returns with his company, Dakshina, to remount four works by one of the most dynamic and uncompromising figures in American modern dance, Anna Sokolow.
Recently Singh shared his thoughts with us on returning to his alma mater, working with Lorry May and Sokolow’s influence on the modern dance world.
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