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Tad Janes

Birth Place: Walkersville

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Tad is the Producing Artistic Director of Maryland Ensemble Theatre and the Program Manager for the Drama Department at Frederick Community College in Frederick, Md.
Tad grew up in Fairmont, WV, holds a BFA in Theatre from West Virginia University, an MA in Arts Administration from Goucher College and is currently working on a Phd at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK.

Janes lived in Chicago from 1988-1993 and worked at Baliwick Theatre, Arts Lane, Big Pig Productions, Musical Repertorie Theatre, with Second City offshoot They Must Know Somebody, and many self produced projects both as an actor and director.

Tad worked for the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in 1991 & 1992 and performed in the plays Shepard, Static, and The Baby Dance and was part of the comedy troupe The Less Than Professional Players.

Janes is a founder of Maryland Ensemble Theatre and The Comedy Pigs (the longest running sketch comedy/improv troupe in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Maryland Ensemble Theatre's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns To The Weinberg Center For The Arts

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol returns to Frederick's Weinberg Center for the Arts for one weekend only from December 13 - 15.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW to be Presented by Maryland Ensemble Theatre and Frederick Community College

Maryland Ensemble Theatre will present its upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Show, co-produced with Frederick Community College Theatre. The story follows Brad and Janet, a squeaky clean couple who encounter car trouble and seek refuge in the gothic castle of the eccentric Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Presents SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Maryland Ensemble Theatre brings Jane Austen's classic SENSE AND SENSIBILITY to the stage from September 20 to October 13.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Receives Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Maryland Ensemble Theatre receives NEA Our Town Grant to support First Gen, a program aimed at empowering first-generation Americans through community engagement and the arts.
Preview MET's 2024-2025 Season at a Special Event Next Month

Catch a sneak peak of Maryland Ensemble Theatre's upcoming season kicking off in September 2024! MET's 2024-2025 season will include hit titles, original works, and a “bit of the bold”.
THE SQUIRRELS Comes to Maryland Ensemble Theatre This Month

Maryland Ensemble Theatre has announced their upcoming production of The Squirrels by Robert Askins.  The Squirrels opens on Friday, March 29 and runs through Sunday, April 28
Maryland Ensemble Theatre's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Celebrates 20 Years

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production of Charles Dickens' classic “A Christmas Carol” returns to Frederick's Weinberg Center for the Arts for one weekend only from December 15 - 17, 2023!
Movie Night at Gambrill Park Presents SOUTH & SAINTS, November 4

Join Maryland Ensemble Theatre and the Friends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill State Parks in the theatrical viewing of South & Saints! South & Saints, which opened at Maryland Ensemble Theatre in May 2023 and ran through June 2023, brought together community storytelling and civic engagement, elevating the voices of Frederick's rich African American and Black community and their considerable contributions to the landscape of Frederick as we know it today. 
Maryland Ensemble Theatre to Present ANGELS IN AMERICA

This October, the City of Frederick, Maryland, is set to become a vibrant hub of artistic expression and cultural reflection as Maryland Ensemble Theatre will present Angels in America.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre to Present ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE AND TWO in Rep Beginning Next Month

Maryland Ensemble Theatre is set to kick off their 26th Mainstage season with the highly anticipated production of Angels in America Part II: Perestroika. Following the resounding success of Angels in America, Part I: MIllennium Approaches last spring, this theatrical masterpiece continues to captivate audiences with its poignant storytelling, powerful performances, and thought-provoking themes.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre to Host MUSICAL BINGO CABARET in August

MET's newest fundraiser, Musical Bingo Cabaret will be held on Friday, August 4 and Saturday, August 5 at 7:30PM in The Frank Greene Stage 2 at MET.
Maryland Ensemble Presents SOUTH & SAINTS

Since its inception in the summer of 1997 Maryland Ensemble Theatre has premiered over 60 new works and South & Saints is MET’s 20th mainstage world premiere! South & Saints brings together community storytelling and civic engagement, elevating the voices of Frederick’s rich African-American and Black community and their considerable contributions to the landscape of Frederick as we know it today. 
Katherine DuBois Joins Maryland Ensemble Theatre

Amid a celebratory 25th-anniversary MainStage season, Maryland Ensemble Theatre has announced Katherine DuBois as the theater's new Managing Director. DuBois is responsible for the stewardship of MET's continued growth through strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, community relations, operations, and organizational development.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Presents ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 1: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES

In the mid-1980s, amid the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. 
MET's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Returns At The Weinberg Center For The Arts

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production of Charles Dickens' classic “A Christmas Carol” returns to Frederick's Weinberg Center for the Arts. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, Future and Tiny Tim will transport audiences to Victorian England as the penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his miserly ways and embraces the true spirit of Christmas.  
Maryland Ensemble Theater Announces 2022 2023 Season

The first shows of MET 2022 - 2023 season will be Lifespan of a Fact kicking off the 25th anniversary of MainStage, the return of The Comedy Pigs for their 30th anniversary season, and FUN Company's production of Rainbow Fish the Musical.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Presents METEOR SHOWER By Steve Martin

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's 24th Mainstage season brings absurdist comedy to Downtown Frederick with Meteor Shower by Steve Martin. MET Producing Artistic Director Tad James directs this laugh-riot, leading an incredible cast of comedic actors. Running March 25 through April 24, audiences are sure to find themselves doubled over in laughter and wracked with absurdist unease throughout the course of this night at the theater.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Announces 24th Season

Maryland Ensemble Theatre will welcome back audiences as they raise the curtain on their 24th season.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Presents MIDSUMMER: A MOST RARE VISION

After a year of virtual shows, Maryland Ensemble Theatre will close out their 2020-2021 Season of Surprises with a brand new, in-person, outdoor production: Midsummer: A Most Rare Vision. 
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Presents Its First Feature Film SOMETHING BRILLIANT

Maryland Ensemble Theatre will present their first feature film: Something Brilliant: The Rise And Fall Of The IllumiNation Cult. Available to stream through MET's website starting Saturday March 20, this original mockumentary directed by MET's Artistic Director Tad Janes and Associate Artistic Director Gené Fouché takes a comedic look at what became of the members of the IllumiNation cult featured in MET's 2007 original stage production: Something Brilliant Will Come To Us. 

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