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This post is by Matt DeCaro, a Senior Business major.
Sarah Ruhl’s play Dead Man’s Cell Phone, which UMD’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies recently brought to life at the Clarice Smith Center, is a fascinating portrayal of relationships in the technological era. Ruhl explores love and death in a peculiar fashion, often reaching into the absurd. The play may have taken some wild plot turns, but its exploration of technology’s role in love was pretty interesting.
The play didn’t cause me to reevaluate the amount of time that I spend on my phone or Facebook, but it did push me to think about how I maintain my relationships.
Bankers, dancers and projection design – it’s not your everyday entertainment. But at a recent Connect4Climate conference held at the World Bank Headquarters in DC, that combination of talent was a perfect fit.
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It’s every teacher’s goal – and every parent’s dream. Finding a way to get students more engaged in their schoolwork can be one of the most fundamental challenges of education, but recent studies are beginning to show the arts can be one of the most effective catalysts to achieve that end.
Alvin Mayes brings dance to life in his own choreography as well as the works of other choreographers. He has been called on to rehearse dances of Anna Sokolow, Erika Thimey and Eric Hampton for area dance companies.
Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, artistic directors of PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER since 1987, have gained an international following for work that transforms the familiar into the “mysterious, the subversive, and the intimate”. The dance partners, known for their contemporary, site-specific projects and community dance/theater/video installations are also an academic team at the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, where they are associate professors of dance.
Our ticket office will be closed from Saturday, March 16 to Sunday, March 24 for spring break. We will reopen at 11AM on Monday, March 25 and resume our normal operating hours of 11AM to 9PM, seven days a week.
Additionally, our administrative offices will be closed from Monday, March 18 to Wednesday, March 20.
Susie Farr, our Executive Director, has been awarded the Sue Hess Arts Advocate of the Year Award by Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA). The award was presented in person by its namesake, Sue Hess, at Maryland Arts Day in Annapolis on Wednesday, February 20.
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:
To University of Maryland students, Scot Reese is known as an outgoing and well-loved professor from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. But to a national audience, he is better known as a prominent actor and director of Black Theatre, appearing in theatres from LA to New York, and locally at the Kennedy Center and Arena Stage.
We're proud to announce our collaboration with Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE as part of The National Civil War Project.