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Friday, Sept 5, 2008

Puny humans. here are your free and moderately priced offerings:

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!! BOGO (those clever folks at Olney’s new acro for Buy One Get One) - Fri, Sat, Sept 5 & 6 at 8, Sat, Sun, Sept 6 & 7 at 2)
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Adair. “.. a play about survival, moving on, connecting anew after a tragedy, and the bravery, passion, and beauty in people needing each other.” Olney Performing Arts Center, Olney, MD.  To get this 2-for-1 offer, call 301 924-3400 and mention code: DCT-102

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  • Deep Discount - Thurs. Sept. 11, 18 - $10 Discount Tickets (normally $18): 8 p.m.
  • Rounding Third, by Richard Dresser
  • Two mismatched little league coaches lead their benighted charges to the league championship.
  • Produced by Accokeekcreek Theatre Co. at the Black Box Theatre . Indian Head Center for the Arts, 4185 Indian Head Highway (Route 210), Indian Head, MD.  Get tickets here.

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PWYC Sat. Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 21 at 2.00
Peace, by Callie Kimball
In this world premiere, a Tennessee landowner rides a hot air balloon to Mt. Olympus only to find the place trashed by War, who has declared Peace an enemy combatant. Once rescued, Peace returns to earth. At a price.  Washington Shakespeare Company at Clark Street Playhouse, Crystal City, VA

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PWYC Preview - Wed., Sept. 10 and Thurs., Sept. 11, 7.30 P.M.
1984, adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall, Jr. and William A. Miles, Jr., from a novel by George Orwell.
Watch Big Brother watch you - a mesmerizing account of an all-seeing, all-knowing, all-snooping state. If this reminds you of anyone you know, Zoltar not responsible.
National Players at Olney Theatre Center   Olney-Sandy Spring Rd. in Olney, MD.
Tickets available one hour before the play begins.

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PWYC Preview - Mon., Sept. 15 and Thurs., Sept. 18, at 7.30 p.m.
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
An all-woman version of the Shakespearian classic of doomed love, to match the all-male version going on at the Shakespeare Theatre.
Presented by Taffety Punk: Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street SE.  Call 202.261.6612 or write to tix@taffertypunk.com

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PWYC Preview - Wed. Sept. 17 and Thurs., Sept. 18, 7.30 P.M.
As You Like It, by William Shakespeare
Wach the odd and wonderful forest of Arden come to life as young Rosalind launches the strangest seduction in literary history: convincing her suitor Orlando that she is really a boy, and that love is nothing but a canard.
National Players at Olney Theatre Center, Olney-Sandy Spring Rd. in Olney, MD.
Tickets available one hour before the play begins.

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  • PWYC - Wed., Sept. 17 at 7.30 PM and Sat., Sept. 20 at 3 PM.
  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, adapted by Karen Zacarias from a novel by Julie Alvarez
  • The four Garcia girls had it easy in the Dominican Republic…but things in 1960 New York are a great deal different, you bet! A story of assimilation, family, and America from a Hispanic viewpoint. Nudity, adult situations.
  • Round House Theatre Bethesda, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD
  • Tickets go on sale an hour before performance and might be sold out if you’re late.

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Free Reading - Sun., Oct. 5, 7.30 p.m.
24, 7, 365, by Jennifer Nelson
Joanne and Beau Tyler, two siblings in a megasuccessful African-American family, go off on a camping trip to celebrate a birthday - and reach some surprising conclusions on the question of what will make them happy. African Continuum Theatre at Atlas, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC

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  • PWYC - Wed & Thur. Oct. 8 & 9 , 7.30 P.M.
  • Intelligence, by Kenneth M. Cameron
  • A popular, leftist leader returns to Central America - and an idealistic writer challenges the head of national security here.
  • Rep Stage, Howard Community College, 1001 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD.

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  • Deep Discounts — $25-$35 (normally $34 - $42) tickets: Wed-Thur, 7.30; Fri.-Sat 8, and-Sun at 7, Oct. 8-12
  • Henry IV, Part One, by Williams Shakespeare
  • In a time when political chaos threatens, young Prince Hal must decide between carousing with Falstaff and defending his father’s throne.
  • Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC

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Free Reading - Sun. Oct. 12 , 7.30 p.m.
A Soft Escape, by Sherry Shepard-Massat
Six generations separate a young escaped slave and her seventy-year-old granddaughter, but one thing unites them: the power of love.  African Continuum Theatre at Atlas, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC

Free Reading - Sun. Oct. 19. 7.30 p.m.
Holly Down in Heaven, by Kara Corthron
Holly is an outspoken, spoiled, tyrannical, pregnant, born-again Christian who refuses to leave her basement and who relies on her collection of dolls for advice. How is she going to find maturity with life barreling down on her like a freight train?  African Continuum Theatre at Atlas, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC

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  • PWYC - Wed. Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12  at 7.30 p.m.
  • As American As, by Ken Prestininizi
  • Two CIA guys, both named Frank, are interrogating a hooded man - in your basement.
  • Journeyman Theater at the Church Street Theater, 1701 Church Street, Washington, D.C.

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PWYC Previews Mon., Nov. 3, and Tues. Nov. 4; Discount Previews (Tickets $26-$36, normally $38-$48) - Wed., Nov. 5, Thur., Nov. 6, and Sat., Nov. 8 at 8.00
Boom, by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
So, this grad student studies fish sleep cycles for signs of the apocalypse. And he decides to take out a personal ad. And this randy journalism student responds, and comes over to his lab. And then, well…boom. Does this set off the end of the world? Woolly Mammoth Theater Company - 641 D Street NW, Washington, DC. Go to www.woollymammoth.net to buy discount tickets. For PWYCs, show up 90 minutes before the show and pay cash or by check (two tickets to a customer only).

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  • PWYC - Wed. Nov. 26 at 7.30 P.M. and Sat. Nov. 29 at 3 P.M.
  • Alice, adapted by Mary Hall Surface from a novel by Lewis Carroll
  • The beloved children’s story with all the adult implications, given a treatment by the adapter of The Second Shepard’s Play.
  • Round House Theatre Bethesda, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD
  • Tickets go on sale an hour before performance and might be sold out if you’re late.

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Annihilate You Later!

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Zoltar, Destroyer of Planets (Retired)