Active Culture Theatre Presents Sportaculture 2010, 4/30-5/2

 

On Friday April 30, and Sunday, May 2, Active Cultures Theatre presents Sportaculture 2010 - an event where theatre meets sports. Six new, short plays about local sports will be performed including: OPENING DAY by Brent Englar, SO HUNGRY by Gwydion Suilebhan, ICE by Michael John Garces, HORSEPLAY WITH MJTA by Ben Kingsland, OFF THE BLOCK by April Brassard, and BOCCE OPERETTA by Mary Resing and Jessica Burgess.

 

ABOUT THE PLAYS

OPENING DAY (by 2010 Sportaculture Playwriting Award winner Brent Englar, directed by Jason Schlafstein of Woolly Mammoth)  A comedy about two hapless Nats/Orioles fans on Opening Day 2050.

BOCCE OPERETTA (by active cultures Artistic Director Mary Resing and Inkwell Artistic Director Jessica Burgess, directed by Resing)  Nancy Pelosi learns how to play bocce and score in politics at the knee of her father, “Big Tommy,” in this short comedy set in Baltimore’s Little Italy in 1963.

HORSEPLAY WITH THE MJTA (by actor/playwright Ben Kingsland, directed by Howard University Professor Angelisa Gillyard) Politics, doping scandals and negative media attention fuel an intense rivalry in this comic look at jousting, Maryland’s Official State Sport.

OFF THE BLOCK (by George Mason University student April E. Brassard, directed by Emily Jablonski of Imagination Stage) Virginia teens vie for a spot on Langley High School’s 50 meter freestyle relay team the day before a meet against arch rival McLean.  Meanwhile, their moms vie for another type of dominance.

SO HUNGRY (by acclaimed local playwright Gwydion Suilebhan, directed by Colin Grube of Adventure Theatre) When three young Marylanders head off for a day betting on the ponies at Pimlico, the snack they’ve packed turns out to be more grisly than expected.

ICE (by Cornerstone Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael John Garces, directed by active cultures Artistic Director Mary Resing) Sometimes in basketball, you just can’t get your game on. But then the competition arrives and you gotta step up.  A story of DC public courts, identity politics and the game of basketball.

SPORTACULTURE is part of The Riverdale Park ArtsFest--Sunday, May 2rd from 11am - 6pm, Queensbury Rd. @ the MARC Station  in Riverdale Park, Maryland. The Festival will feature arts & crafts, exhibits/sales, live musical  entertainment by Whammy winners, food, children's workshops, and, of course, productions of SPORTACULTURE.

 

PWYC Friday, April 30th at 7:30 pm and FREE  Sunday, May 2nd at 11 am & 2:30pm, 2010 at the Riverdale Park ArtsFest-- 4650 Queensbury Road at Rhode Island Ave, Riverdale Park, Maryland 20737. Suitable for All Ages. For information call 301-526-9921 or go to http://sportaculture.blogspot.com

 

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