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Woodmoor Shopping Center
Silver Spring Stage
10145 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901

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Box Office phone: (301) 593-6036
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Circle Mirror Transformation

Circle Mirror Transformation
by Annie Baker

Directed by Rob Gorman

September 16 – October 8, 2022 

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An eclectic group of people come together for an Adult Creative Drama class at a local community center in small-town Vermont. Through the artificial intimacy of their theater exercises, they form increasingly intense connections in ways that are both heartbreaking and humorous. We watch as they try to figure out their lives together in unvarnished ways that lead to small and sometimes disarming moments of discovery. At the end of the play, audiences are left with the desire to compare notes about what happened and what the future has in store for them all.

Content Advisory: “Circle Mirror Transformation” includes occasional use of moderate coarse language, mentions of violence or abuse and mentions of sex or sexual references, several kissing scenes, and brief discussion of an ethnic stereotype.

Co-produced by Bill Hurlbut and Tristan Poje

Cast:
Marty – Mara Rosenberg
James – David Samuels
Schultz – David Dieudonne
Theresa – Diana Valle
Lauren – Davis Leonard
Lauren (US) – Ray Sparks

Production Team:
Stage Manager – Christine Hurst
Intimacy Director – Helen Aberger
Artistic Liaison – Matt Bannister
Set Designer – Joy Wyne
Master Carpenter – Douglas Becker
Lighting Designer – Steve Deming
Sound Designer – Adam Parker
Properties Designer, Set Dressing – Mary Ghitelman
Costume Designer – Jennifer Morrissey

An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf

An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf
by Michael Hollinger

Directed by Karen Fleming

November 4 – 20, 2022

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What to do when the owner and sole patron of the greatest restaurant in Paris returns from the bullfights in Madrid having decided to die of starvation while sitting at one of his own tables? This “comic tragedy in seven courses” is the story of the frantic staff and their attempts to keep “Monsieur” – and the restaurant on which their livelihoods depend – alive. With a pinch of the absurd and a dash of the existential, audiences will delight in this story that celebrates the joys of cooking, the search for life’s meaning, and the collected works of Ernest Hemingway.

Content Advisory: “An Empty Plate in the Café Du Grand Boeuf” includes mentions of sexual encounters, anatomy, death, suicide, and animal abuse.

Due to unforeseen but necessary repairs to the Woodmore Shopping Center and our facility, Silver Spring Stage is being forced to make a schedule change. “An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf” will open on Friday, November 4–one week later than originally scheduled.

If you have tickets for the first weekend, you should have received an email from our box office regarding this change. The show will run three weeks rather than four and will include an additional Sunday matinee on November 20 at 2pm.

The construction will also affect the use of the lobby bathroom. And moreover, as long as the outside front sidewalk is closed, patrons will need to enter through our rear entrance and there will be no elevator access.

Please read ticket confirmation emails and pre-show emails carefully for any updates to the situation.

Produced by Jackie Williams

Cast:
Victor – Brian Lyons-Burke
Claude – Alejandro Diaz-Ferguson
Mimi – Stephanie Yee
Gaston – Brendan Murray
Antoine – Fletcher Lowe
Miss Berger – Jenny Gleason

 

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
by Jamie Gorski

Directed by Seth Ghitelman

December 9 – 18, 2022

“A wonderful production” – DC Theater Arts

 

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This play is a thoughtful retelling of the story of a young girl who wrote a letter to The New York Sun more than 100 years ago asking if Santa Claus exists and the newspaper’s response to her. Virginia’s desire to get answers to her question is what moves this story along as it joyfully reminds the grown-ups in the audience that we might learn a thing or two if we listen to the young voices questioning the world around us more. Keeping the sprit of giving connected to this holiday at its center, this play will touch us all through its focus on our shared humanity.

Cast:
Virginia O’Hanlon – Maya Emily Hassenplug
Mother O’Hanlon – Julie Zito
Father O’Hanlon – Andy Greenleaf
Samantha O’Hanlon -Talia Brin
Francis Church – Zachary Singer
Wallie Gibson – Mikéla Cuffy
Mary Lou Parker -Harper Ruszkowski
Wendy Parker – Mackenzie Ruszkowski
Hannah Parker – Rachel Brightbill
Martha/Old Christmas Prologue A -Tracye Brewer
Mail Person/Old Christmas Prologue B – Helen Cheng Mao
Old Christmas Prologue C – Lark Jeffers
Old Christmas Prologue D – Emilyn Greenleaf

Men on Boats

Men on Boats
by Jaclyn Backhaus

Directed by Erin Bone Steele

February 3 – 26, 2023

Due to illness among our cast members, performances of “Men on Boats” for February 17, 18, and 19 have been postponed to February 24, 25, and 26. Those who already have tickets will receive an email explaining their options.

“Buoyant” – DC Theater Arts

“A Wonderful Adventure” – MD Theatre Guide

 

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This account of a geological expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869 is based on the journals of John Wesley Powell and his crew of pioneers. These historical figures were all cisgender white males; the cast portraying them will be made up entirely of people who are not. In this bold and refreshing approach, the play bridges the gap between then and now in ways that highlight the ludicrous arrogance of the Western colonizers while recognizing their bravery and fearlessness. The theatrical dissonance between the performer and the role allows for comedy, commentary, and satire, offering the audience a chance to reconsider a moment in history without being beholden to the men whose voices have traditionally dominated our understanding of it.

Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice
by Jane Austen, adapted by Christina Calvit

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Directed by Madeleine Smith

Postponed

A delightful adaptation of the story surrounding the Bennet sisters and their attempts to make their way in a society that deems them unsuitable. Our heroine, Lizzy, takes us along with her as she narrates the story while a chorus of townspeople help to create the atmosphere of gossip in which Lizzy and her family are attempting to hold their own. With a large cast and some intentional doubling of roles, this production promises to enchant Jane Austen lovers both on stage and off.

The Revolutionists

The Revolutionists
by Lauren Gunderson

Directed by Jen Katz

July 14 – 23, 2023

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Produced in partnership with the City of Gaithersburg.

To be presented at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, 31 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg.

During the extremist insanity of the French Revolution, four women – the playwright Olympe de Gouges and her muses Charlotte Corday, Marie Antoinette, and Marianne Angelle – try to make sense of their world. Together they champion their own right to rebel, to doubt and flout the revolution that wants to consume them. They challenge false narratives and political unrest, as well as the difficulty of finding their place in a world turned against them. The play explores such themes as heeding the call to action, bravery in the face of certain death, and standing for what’s right despite the challenges and dangers of doing so. As women in our own time fight for their reproductive rights, for their rights to compete, to take part in the process, the fears, desires, and sacrifices of these women become relevant again.

Produced by Tristan Poje and Jasmine Gates

Cast:
Olympe – Mary Wakefield
Charlotte – Emma Wesslund
Marie – Alex Greenberg
Marianne – Rachel Johnson

Production Team:
Assistant Director – Kirk Patton
Stage Manager – Jerry Callistein
Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager – Hamza Elnaggar
Lighting Designer – Steve Deming
Soud Designer – Lucien Reubens
Properties Designer – Karen Fleming
Costume Designer – Mary Wakefield
Dramaturgy – Jennifer Georgia
Stage Combat/Intimacy Coordinator – Julia Harris
Set Painting – McKenna Kelly
Set Building – Spencer Knoll
Hair/Make-up – Lauren Agresti

 

Blue Stockings

Blue Stockings
by Jessica Swale

Directed by Eleanor Tapscott

March 10 – April 1, 2023

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Set in Girton College, Cambridge in 1896, this story follows the efforts of four exceptional female undergraduates as they petition for the right to obtain a formal degree from the university following the completion of their studies. You know, the kind their male counterparts all get. With a title that underscores the context in which these women found themselves – “blue stockings” is a derogatory term used to denote female intellectuals – this play explores issues that were central tenets of feminism in the late nineteenth century, including sexual autonomy, equal rights to education, political enfranchisement, and female bicycle-riding. Issues that are almost all still relevant today.

Pride & Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen, adapted by Christina Calvit

Directed by Madeleine Smith

April 28 – May 14, 2023

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A delightful adaptation of the story surrounding the Bennet sisters and their attempts to make their way in a society that deems them unsuitable. Our heroine, Lizzy, takes us along with her as she narrates the story while a chorus of townspeople help to create the atmosphere of gossip in which Lizzy and her family are attempting to hold their own. With a large cast and some intentional doubling of roles, this production promises to enchant Jane Austen lovers both on stage and off.

Produced by Maura Suilebhan

Cast:
Mr. Bennet – Tom Howley
Mrs. Bennet – Andrea Spitz
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Bennet – Katherine Leiden
Jane Bennet – Stephanie Dorius
Mary Bennet – Olivia SE Mitsos
Kitty Bennet, Miss Anne de Bourgh – Imaan Khan
Lydia Bennet – Amanda Dullin-Jones
Miss Caroline Bingley, Housekeeper – Annie McCrone
Mrs Louisa Bingley Hurst, Townsperson – Katie Anthony
Lady Catherine de Bourgh – Declan Cashman
Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy – Nicholas Temple
Mr. Charles Bingley – Judah Hoobler
Charlotte Lucas – Sarah Walsh
Mr. Collins, Mr. Hurst – Hart Wood
Mr. Wickham – Peter Moses
Mr. Denny, Townsperson – Patrick Cochran
Colonel Fitzwilliam, Colonel Forster, Townsperson – Doug Richesson
Mrs. Gardiner – Julie Zito
Mr. Gardiner, Sir William Lucas – Stewart Hickman
Townsperson – Amanda Jones
Townsperson – Cali Izzi

Production Team:
Stage Manager – Jen Katz
Choreographer – Stefan Sittig
Set Designer – Bridgid Kelly Burge
Master Carpenter – Douglas Becker
Set Painter – Gabrielle Hasenstab
Lighting Designer – Don Slater
Properties Designer – Johanna Arredondo
Assistant Properties Designer – Sydney Harris
Costume Designer – James Hoobler
Costume Designer – Nathaniel Cavin
Costume Builder – Nora Galil
Hair & Makeup Designer – Maureen Roult
Dramaturg – Maureen Roult
Dialect Coach – Gary Sullivan

Scissoring

Scissoring
by Christina Quintana

Directed by Atticus Cooper Boidy

January 27 – February 18, 2023

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Abigail Bauer is a New Orleans native. She lives with her long-term girlfriend, Josie Hernandez, a Nuyorican artist who is the furthest thing from a wallflower. When Abigail chooses to accept a job teaching U.S. History and Government at a conservative Catholic high school, she must also choose to step back into the closet, despite her girlfriend’s wishes and her own conflicted desires. Her professional ambitions and religious beliefs run a crash course against her personal relationships and internalized shame. Humor is found through anguish, thanks to the guidance Abigail receives from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Eleanor’s friend and lover of many years, Lorena Hickok. Together with these remarkable apparitions, the PA System in the school also steps in to shake her up and help her find the courage to embrace who she is and what she wants out of life. With the intersection of religion and sexuality along with an explicitly diverse cast of characters, this new play promises to become part of the canon of LGBTQ theater.

Native Gardens

Native Gardens
by Karen Zacarías

Directed by Matt Ripa

June 24-July 16, 2022

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In a story that playwright Zacarías has called “a love letter to our city in a sense,” Native Gardens both makes an audience from the DMV feel right at home while also challenging us with an intimate look at how border disputes are happening in our own backyards. Issues of race, class, privilege, gender, and age intersect as we spend time with Pablo & Tania, the young couple who have just moved into the neighborhood, and Virginia (Ginny) and Frank, the nearly retired couple who have lived there for decades. Good intentions come head-to-head with deeply entrenched beliefs in this brilliant comedy in which everything isn’t coming up roses.

Produced by Maura Suilebhan

Cast:
Sarah Holt – Virginia Butley
Scott Holden – Frank Butley
Chris Galindo – Pablo Del Valle
Alexandra Bailey – Tania Del Valle
Layla Nabavi – Gardner/Ensemble
Diana Valle – Gardner/Ensemble

Production Team:
Stage Manager – Dana Maksymova
Asst. Stage Manager – Hamza Elnaggar
Set Designer – Leigh K. Rawls
Master Carpenter – Douglas Becker
Lighting Designer – Don Slater
Sound Designer – Matthew Datcher
Costume Designer – Stephanie Yee
Properties Designer – Katherine Offutt