LUNCH WITH SONIA
By LOCO 7
Written & Co-Directed by Federico Restrepo & Denise Greber
November 21 – 24
LUNCH WITH SONIA is a dance puppet theatre piece, inspired by Restrepo’s true-life experience with his Aunt Sonia, who decided to end her life with dignity after a long illness at the age of 72. The show uses puppets, live actors, music, video and physical theatre to deal with the themes of life, love, and loss.
Conversations about assisted dying bring up controversial and emotionally fraught issues: morality, religion, politics, and faith. With this piece, Loco7 hopes to acknowledge the incredible intimacy and the very personal nature of dying as the final event of living a self-actualized, individual human life and to move the dialogue from the philosophical arena to the realm of personal experience and stories related to the topic of Death with Dignity.
Generously supported in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, The Jim Henson Foundation and Individual Donors.
LUNCH WITH SONIA was in a process residency at The Eugene O’Neill Arts Center, September 2021. The Jim Henson Foundation Puppetry Residency is an annual residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, which in addition to rehearsal space, room and board offers dramaturgical support.
Written & Co-Directed by Federico Restrepo & Denise Greber
Choreography, Light, Set & Puppet Design: Federico Restrepo
Sound Design & Composition: Leonie Bell
Costume Design: Becky Hubbert
Research & Selected Writings: Diana Jaramillo & Catalina Restrepo
Production Manager: Raine Bode
Voice of Sonia: Luz Beatriz Pizano
Final Song Arrangement & Vocals: Chris Ignacio; Guitar: Yuto Kanazawa
LUNCH WITH SONIA is sponsored in part by the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
Showtimes:
November 21 @ 8pm
November 22 @ 8pm
November 23 @ 3pm
November 23 @ 8pm
November 24 @ 4pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Seniors/Artists/Military: $20
Students: $15
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MON AMI
By Alex and Olmsted
December 5 – 8
Class, cultures, and expectations clash when Jacques’ American cousin Sam visits him in Paris for a birthday celebration.
Winner of a 2024 Jim Henson Foundation grant award, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MON AMI combines glove puppetry, live music, and audience participation to create a delightful hour of fun for the whole family.
This production of HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MON AMI is made possible in part by a Touring Grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.
**Parking Alert**
The parking garage across the street from Theatre Project has been closed. If street parking is not available, we recommend the Fitzgerald Parking Garage, at the corner of Mt. Royal and Oliver Streets. It is about two blocks from the theatre and is adjacent to the Lyric. Click here for map & directions.
Other available garages within a two block walk are the Maryland Avenue garage, located at 1120 Maryland Ave, and the Symphony Center garage, located at 1030 Park Ave.
If using Google Maps to locate the theatre, please type in the address, 45 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD for accurate directions.
Showtimes:
December 5 @ 8pm
December 6 @ 8pm
December 7 @ 3pm
December 7 @ 8pm
December 8 @ 4pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $20
Students/Seniors/Artists/Military: $15
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From IN Series
RIGOLETTO
by G. Verdi
new English text by Bari Biern
December 10 & 11
Voted as audience choice for IN Series’ 2019-20 season, this circus version of RIGOLETTO, complete with a circus band and bawdy new text by Bari Biern, became a victim of COVID-19, but before that, victim to 19th-century censors that found its exploration of the misdeeds of the powerful too dangerous for the public eye.
At once darkly devilish, toe-tappingly infectious, and horrifically funny, Verdi’s masterpiece is made intimate, in-your-face, and inescapably enjoyable under the big top, with a cast of fan favorites returning from IN Series’ 2023 production THE PROMISED END, and led once more by Emily Baltzer.
Showtimes:
December 11 @ 7:30pm
December 12 @ 7:30pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $30
Students: $20
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Bah Humbug
A Christmas Carol (Mostly) Improvised!
Produced by Michael Harris
December 13 – 22
It’s the Holiday Season again, and that can mean only one thing: Every Theater in America is Contractually Obligated to Mount a Production of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
BUT, what if you want a Scrooge that is both familiar and new? Simple.
YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN!
In Bah Humbug, Michael Harris and a team of Baltimore’s best improvisers turn your suggestions into a Never Seen Before, Never to Be Seen again reboot of the Dickens’ Classic. Hilarious, unpredictable and full of audience participation, Bah Humbug is everything you remember, AND everything you never knew, from the Story of Scrooge.
If you love A Christmas Carol, if you hate A Christmas Carol, then Bah Humbug is for you.
**Parking Alert**
The parking garage across the street from Theatre Project has been closed. If street parking is not available, we recommend the Fitzgerald Parking Garage, at the corner of Mt. Royal and Oliver Streets. It is about two blocks from the theatre and is adjacent to the Lyric. Click here for map & directions.
Other available garages within a two block walk are the Maryland Avenue garage, located at 1120 Maryland Ave, and the Symphony Center garage, located at 1030 Park Ave.
If using Google Maps to locate the theatre, please type in the address, 45 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD for accurate directions.
Showtimes:
Friday, December 13 @ 8pm
Sunday, December 15 @ 4pm
Friday, December 20 @ 8pm
Sunday, December 22 @ 4pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $20
Students & Seniors: $15
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AN ACT OF GOD
By David Javerbaum
Iron Crow Theatre
January 10 – 26
God is coming, and he/she/they are pissed! Get ready for a night of celestial comedy as David Javerbaum’s delightfully sassy, 90-minute romp brings the Almighty — accompanied by two fabulous angels — to Baltimore for a divine intervention of epic proportions!
The Almighty is on a mission to set things straight, and you’re invited to join the cosmic party in this outrageous and fabulous theatrical experience. The New York Times raves it’s ‘deliriously funny’ and ‘comedy genius,’ making this the must-see comedy event of the year! Don’t miss your chance to experience the laughter and light of this outrageous, glittering theatrical celebration. Grab your tickets now and prepare for an unforgettable night of divine hilarity!
Showtimes:
January 10 @ 8pm
January 11 @ 8pm
January 12 @ 4pm
January 17 @ 8pm
January 18 @ 8pm
January 19 @ 4pm
January 24 @ 8pm
January 25 @ 2pm
January 25 @ 8pm
January 26 @ 4pm
Tickets:
$25.00 – $65.00
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BELOW THE SURFACE: Percussion & Light Art Performance
BELOW THE SURFACE is an immersive, hour-long performance of percussion music and responsive light art combining the creativity of visual artist, Farida Hughes, with percussionist, Matt Keown. Their signature project represents the true spirit of collaboration as the two artists bring their respective disciplines together to create a dialogue between art and music. Drawing inspiration from each other, the artists create an experience greater than the sum of the parts, suggesting that the boldness to act on creative impulse is necessary and reinvigorating in our post-pandemic world. Inspired by the unknowable power of creative volcanic activity, and other natural forces on earth, Hughes’ abstract art, animated by illumination, and Keown’s multi-movement percussion solo together present a multimedia experience reflecting on the ideas of nature, art, and collaboration.
Supported in part with funds from a 2023 Creativity Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. BELOW THE SURFACE premiered in 2023 in Baltimore.
**Parking Alert**
The parking garage across the street from Theatre Project has been closed. If street parking is not available, we recommend the Fitzgerald Parking Garage, at the corner of Mt. Royal and Oliver Streets. It is about two blocks from the theatre and is adjacent to the Lyric. Click here for map & directions.
Other available garages within a two block walk are the Maryland Avenue garage, located at 1120 Maryland Ave, and the Symphony Center garage, located at 1030 Park Ave.
If using Google Maps to locate the theatre, please type in the address, 45 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD for accurate directions.
Showtimes:
February 1 @ 7:30pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $30
Students: $20
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LA CALISTO
From Peabody Chamber Opera
February 13 – 16
The Peabody Chamber Opera returns to the Theatre Project with LA CALISTO, a comic 17th-century adaption of Greek myth. Jupiter falls for the nymph Calisto, who rejects the older man creeping on her, causing Jupiter to disguise himself as Diana, the goddess Calisto adores. Diana happens to carry a torch for shepherd Endymion, and with the addition of some mythological magic, a comic string of risqué meetings involving mistaken identities ensues.
This colorful production is a collaboration between Peabody Opera and Peabody’s Historical Performance department, providing the Baroque instrumentation under the direction of faculty artist Adam Pearl and guest directed by Luther Lewis, a multidisciplinary freelance artist who was the inaugural Ryan Opera Center Stage Director for the 2023-2024 season at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
**Parking Alert**
The parking garage across the street from Theatre Project has been closed. If street parking is not available, we recommend the Fitzgerald Parking Garage, at the corner of Mt. Royal and Oliver Streets. It is about two blocks from the theatre and is adjacent to the Lyric. Click here for map & directions.
Other available garages within a two block walk are the Maryland Avenue garage, located at 1120 Maryland Ave, and the Symphony Center garage, located at 1030 Park Ave.
If using Google Maps to locate the theatre, please type in the address, 45 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD for accurate directions.
Showtimes:
February 13 @ 7:30pm
February 14 @ 7:30pm
February 15 @ 7:30pm
February 16 @ 4:00pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Seniors: $15
Students: $10
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QUITTING TIME
By Jack L.B. Gohn
Theatrical Mining Company
February 21 – March 2
Retirement holds no allure for Robert, a senior science professor at the center of Jack L.B. Gohn’s new play QUITTING TIME. Though Robert is aging in mind and body, and it’s been awhile since he’s been able to win a research grant, his career still gives Robert’s life meaning. But Kim, his younger department chair, believes Robert is “past it,” and she wants him gone to make room for younger researchers who can bring more of the prestige and the grants that are the department’s lifeblood. However, when she tries to force Robert out by reducing his pay and confiscating his equipment, he refuses to go quietly. In the ensuing battle, there are no prisoners taken.
Where does a society torn between the needs of the old and those of the young strike a balance? What are the prospects and the choices for those nearing the endings of their careers and their lives? This literate and witty but also incisive and at times devastating play lets no one off easily as it raises these questions, which come with no easy answers.
In QUITTING TIME, Jack Gohn, who provoked and excited Baltimore audiences in 2023 with WHAT WAS DONE, his dramatic exploration of Maryland’s troubled racial history, returns, once again under the aegis of veteran director Barry Feinstein.
**Parking Alert**
The parking garage across the street from Theatre Project has been closed. If street parking is not available, we recommend the Fitzgerald Parking Garage, at the corner of Mt. Royal and Oliver Streets. It is about two blocks from the theatre and is adjacent to the Lyric. Click here for map & directions.
Other available garages within a two block walk are the Maryland Avenue garage, located at 1120 Maryland Ave, and the Symphony Center garage, located at 1030 Park Ave.
If using Google Maps to locate the theatre, please type in the address, 45 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD for accurate directions.
Showtimes:
February 21 @ 8pm
February 22 @ 8pm
February 23 @ 4pm
February 28 @ 8pm
March 1 @ 8pm
March 2 @ 4pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $20
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From Industrial-Strength Theater
THE BALTIMORE BAZAAR OF THE BIZARRE
Written and Directed by Tony Tsendeas and Mark Redfield
Original Music by Jennifer Rouse
March 6 – 15
Industrial-Strength Theatre presents five weird and strange tales of Mobtown in THE BALTIMORE BAZAAR OF THE BIZARRE! Five radio plays performed and recorded LIVE, with live sound effects and original music!
Travel back to the golden age of live radio drama, and back in time through Baltimore’s strange and fantastic history!
Our plays, performed live for you by a company of diverse actors taking multiple roles, are Frank, The Body Snatcher by Tony Tsendeas, Edgar Alien Poe by Mark Redfield, Now That’s Funny by Tsendeas, One Night At the Grindhouse by Redfield, and Every Theatre Has A Ghost by Redfield.
The performances include one intermission.
Showtimes:
March 6 @ 8pm
March 7 @ 8pm
March 8 @ 8pm
March 13 @ 8pm
March 14 @ 8pm
March 15 @ 8pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Student/Senior/Artist/Military: $20
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From IN Series
POPPEA
by Claudio Monteverdi
March 21 – 23
The final part of IN Series’ Monteverdi trilogy, POPPEA brings the composer’s most famous and audacious final opera of love, power, sex, and betrayal to life inspired by the performance tradition of South India, and specifically Bharatanatyam dance. This landmark production is of one of opera’s undisputed masterpieces.
IN Series’ production will be a collaboration with Indian-Canadian choreographer Hari Krishnan, whose work brilliantly combines the aesthetics of this traditional dance form with contemporary movement and questions of gender norms. The work will be directed and conducted by IN Series Artistic Director Timothy Nelson and feature a cast of local favorites and international artists known for their interpretations of opera of the Baroque. The INnovātiō Orchestra, IN Series’ own period baroque band, will blend music of South India in an evening of whirling passion, music, poetry, and dance.
Showtimes:
March 21 @ 7:30pm
March 22 @ 7:30pm
March 23 @ 4:00pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $30
Students: $20
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HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE
By Sarah Ruhl
Iron Crow Theatre
April 11 – 27
Overflowing with subversive enchantment, Sarah Ruhl’s HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE takes you on a wild ride through the uncharted territories of love and desire, polyamory, throuples, and matrimony. This provocative play combines absurd domestic comedy with erotic magical realism, unraveling the blurred lines between strangers, friends, and lovers.
At a dinner party deep in the wilds of New Jersey, George, and her husband talk with a fellow married couple and find themselves captivated by stories of a younger polyamorous woman who hunts her own meat. Intrigued, they invite the mysterious woman and her two live-in boyfriends to a New Year’s Eve party—setting off a chain of events, including an unexpected orgy, that will forever change their lives.
Sarah Ruhl’s exploration of human connection, desire, and love challenges and delights in equal measure. Don’t miss this unforgettable voyage into the complexities of modern relationships and the magic of Ruhl’s unique storytelling.
Showtimes:
April 11 @ 8pm
April 12 @ 8pm
April 13 @ 4pm
April 18 @ 8pm
April 19 @ 8pm
April 20 @ 4pm
April 25 @ 8pm
April 26 @ 2pm
April 26 @ 8pm
April 27 @ 4pm
Tickets:
$25.00 – $65.00
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From Industrial-Strength Theater
KING UBU
Written by Tony Tsendeas
Inspired by the works of Alfred Jarry
Directed by Mark Redfield
Original Music and Lyrics by Jennifer Rouse and Tony Tsendeas
May 14
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
A special public play reading of a work in development from Industrial-Strength Theater!
Industrial-Strength Theater presents KING UBU by Tony Tsendeas. Please join us for this public reading of a wholly new play, inspired by the works of Alfred Jarry, and his UBU ROI, which invigorated the absurdist playwrights of the 20th century.
Tsendeas take is wilder, woolier, and weirder, as the horrific and repulsive Ubu rises to power -from nasty narcissistic TV show personality to flatulent, flamed-out fallen fascist!
Music and lyrics by Jennifer Rouse and Tony Tsendeas.
Directed by Mark Redfield.
And please stay and join us for a Q&A after the reading! We’d love your feedback as we look forward to mounting a full production at Theatre Project in the future!
Showtimes:
May 14 @ 8pm
Tickets:
Suggested Donation: $10
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From Industrial-Strength Theater
DON JUAN IN HELL
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Tony Tsendeas
Original Music by Jennifer Rouse
May 8 – 17
Industrial-Strength Theater presents Shaw’s brilliant DON JUAN IN HELL, directed by Tony Tsendeas with music by Jennifer Rouse.
Mark Redfield (as The Devil) leads a quartet of actors through Shaw’s witty and philosophical minefield of satire and comedy.
DON JUAN IN HELL is taken from the third act of Shaw’s MAN AND SUPERMAN, and is a surreal dream episode unto itself, traditionally performed as an operatic stand-alone spoken theatre piece for four actors, satirizing the relationship between the sexes.
Showtimes:
May 8 @ 8pm
May 9 @ 8pm
May 10 @ 8pm
May 15 @ 8pm
May 16 @ 8pm
May 17 @ 8pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $25
Student/Senior/Artist/Military: $20
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From IN Series
ETHIOPIA
living newspaper by Arthur Arent
new text by Sybil R. Williams
music by Janelle Gill
May 30 – June 1
The long-awaited world premiere of the first “living newspaper,” ETHIOPIA concludes IN Series’ 2024-25 season. The work was banned by the Roosevelt administration and never performed, until now. Written in 1937, this production fuses theater and music to tell the hot-off-the-press story of Italy’s colonialist attack on Haile Selassie’s Ethiopia while the world stayed silent.
This reconstruction, with vivid new texts, is the brainchild of DC writer Sybil R. Williams (STORMY WEATHER, ALCESTE) who has teamed up with DC composer and pianist Janelle Gill (DESDEMONA, CHUCK & EVA) to imagine a new musical realization inspired by the music of Emahoy Tsege, an Ethiopian luminary artist known as “the honky tonk nun.” Williams and Gill expand the vision of the original work to explore how America’s Black and Brown communities responded to Europe’s aggression, and particularly the story of Mayme Richardson, a leading black soprano that became an activist for the Ethiopian causes. Jazz, classical, and African music blend and soar in this history-making musical moment.
Showtimes:
May 30 @ 7:30pm
May 31 @ 7:30pm
June 1 @ 4:00pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $30
Students: $20
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THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: PRIDE 2025
By Richard O’Brien
Iron Crow Theatre
June 13 – 29
Iron Crow Theatre’s annual fundraiser and Baltimore’s favorite LIVE tradition returns in a new raucous celebratory pride event!
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
Every ticket holder gets an audience participation script and prop bag complete with cascading toilet paper, water guns, and an array of other gadgets and goodies! This deliberately kitschy rock ‘n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical is Baltimore’s favorite yearly tradition, and this year it’s queerer than ever!
Showtimes:
June 13 @ 8pm
June 14 @ 8pm
June 15 @ 4pm
June 20 @ 8pm
June 21 @ 8pm
June 22@ 4pm
June 27 @ 8pm
June 28 @ 2pm
June 28 @ 8pm
June 29 @ 4pm
Tickets:
$30.00 – $75.00
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