A selection of cutting edge theatre, music and dance - some of the best Theatre Project has offered in local, national and international performance.
Lost & Clown'd
March 20-24, 2007
Quest: arts for everyone
This gem of a show proved that you don't need big fancy sets, lots of props or even dialogue to create a compelling evening of theater. With thoughtful and imaginative performances from Eric Beatty, Willy Conley and Mark Jaster, it's the perfect example of what Quest: arts for everyone does best --- providing innovative visual work for hearing and deaf audiences. After its run at Theatre Project, Lost & Clown'd made its European debut in Austria.
Acis + Galatea
January 19-27, 2007
American Opera Theater
Acis + Galatea is a classic story. Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl. Jealous cyclops kills boy. Boy turns into a fountain.
American Opera Theater's big-top version of Handel's classic opera performed to sold-out crowds who were amazed by Rebecca Duren's strong silky soprano. Duren even got to show off some acrobatic skills as she sang upside down and suspended from a harness 15 feet in the air. The Baltimore Sun named the show as one the best of the 2006-07 classical music season, and we couldn't agree more.
Bonhoeffer
September 21-October 1, 2006
Written and Performed by Peter Krummeck
Directed by Christopher Weare
When City Paper named Theatre Project as 2007's Best Theater, they noted Peter Krummeck "stellar" performance in this show as one of the many reasons why. Bonhoeffer is Krummeck's one-man-show about the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was executed by the Nazis for his involvement in the plot to kill Hitler. Hailed as "an involving piece of theater" by the Baltimore Sun, the show left audiences eager to participate in the thought-provoking discussions presented after each performance.
Expedition 6
July 28 & 29, 2006
Written and Directed By Bill Pullman
Expedition 6, an “epic story
of space with trapeze and toy tanks,” was written and directed by
Pullman
(Independence Day and While You Were Sleeping) 
and co-directed by Jennifer McCray Rincon. Employing aerial trapeze techniques
with compelling visual and musical elements, Expedition 6 tells
of the emergency rescue of two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut
from the International Space Station shortly after the Columbia Shuttle
disaster of Feb. 1, 2003, an event largely overshadowed by the impending
invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The uniquely precarious predicament of the
space travelers creates a charged atmosphere for emotional, spiritual and
technical debates that shaped the rescue and its times. The play’s
narrative is taken entirely from documented transcripts and places the events
in a larger context of global politics and diplomacy.
Julius X
February 9-19, 2006
By Al Letson Jr., Directed by Troy Burton
Julius
X combines classical undertones with contemporary impact as Troy Burton’s
local cast moves fluidly between Shakespeare’s poetry and Al Letson’s
spoken-word inspired tempos. Julius X re-imagines Shakespeare’s
Portia and Brutus, Calphurnia and Ceasar as citizens caught up in a whirlwind
of sudden political power within a civil rights era political organization.
Seance
March 25-April 3, 2005
MumPuppetTheatre
Fantastic discoveries of the late 19th century suggested an unseen world
of energies like electro-magnetism and x-rays. At a crossroads of faith
and facts, some people hoped for a direct c
onnection
to the spirit world. Robert Smythe (of last season's acclaimed Measuring
Man) wrote this Barrymore Award-winning, wordless play. Masks, life-sized
puppetry and aerial gymnastics are just some of the techniques that propel
this beautifully mysterious narrative. A gloriously etheral original score
and an actual seance help complete the atmosphere through which a young
woman reaches towards healing.
Babel: How It Was Done in Odessa
November 4-14, 2004
Stanislavsky Theatre Studio
An original production based on the short stories of early Soviet era Jewish-Russian
author Isaac Babel , this show was conceived and performed by Andrei Malaev-Babel,
STS Artistic Director and grandson of Isaac Babel. Meet characters like
colorful Odessa gangsters and brutal Cossacks of the Red Cavalry. It's STS
in their signature synthesis - transforming great works of literature into
innovative new theatre. Adaptations by Roland Reed; directed by Sarah Kane.
The Nov. 7 afternoon and Nov. 11 evening shows were performed in Russian,
the first-ever Russian language performances in this piece. They both played
to sold-out houses.
Cul-de-Sac
May 5-9, 2004
From Toronto, Canada - Daniel MacIvor and da da kamera
It's 2:02 am on a rainy Saturday night. A strange kind of low sound, not
a familiar sound, but a very human sound, makes its way through the homes
of a suburban cul-de-sac. A murder has been committed, and the mystery unravels
as Leonard leads us through the story of his last moments on earth.
This solo play that centered on the tour de force performance of Daniel
MacIvor , who portrayed all eight characters. Cul-de-sac "unites
drama's oldest trick, the storyteller, with a hip sensibility and, of course,
MacIvor's protean acting talent," says The Gazette of Montreal . Subversive
and sly, this clever drama from da da kamera , one of Canada's most renowned
theater companies, overturned old notions of theatrical expression.
The Modified Monogamy Project
March 11-21, 2004
Written & Performed by Karen Gray
Karen Gray, author of 2002's laugh-out-loud comedy hit 11 Ex-Boyfriends
Defend Their Actions, returned with her latest work - a dark one-woman
comedy that explored the limits of one family's American dreams and delusions.
Blending history, headlines, cultural commentary and general silliness,
performance artist Gray told the tale of an unapologetic philandering politician,
the three women who love him, and the frustrated documentary filmmaker swept
into their dysfunction.
Griot: He who brings the sweet word
February 19 - 29, 2004
Written & Performed by Al Letson, Larry Knight, & David Pugh
Theatre Project fans will remember Letson's critically acclaimed 2003 performance
in Essential Personnel. He returned in 2004 for the premiere of
a new three-man work, commissioned by Theatre Project, that wove the story
of the griot from Western Africa to the urban streets of America.
During his two-week residency, Letson also worked with students from the
Baltimore School for the Arts workshopping his new play Chalk,
written especially for the student theater ensemble. The students performed
the play at the school in spring of 2004 under the direction of Donald Hicken.
Romeo And Juliet
October 17-26, 2003
Bond Street Theatre
A non-verbal Romeo & Juliet that is a delight to the eye. Bond
Street Artistic Director Joanna Sherman spent the last five years working
with Bulgaria's Tsvete Yaneva and Theatre Tsvete on this production, which
toured in areas afflicted by suffering and war (including the former Yugoslavian
provinces). Taking this timeless tale and infusing it with shadow puppets
and movement-based theatre techniques, the companies illustrated how theatre
can be used to bring people together in areas torn apart by conflict. This
production won City Paper's Best of Baltimore Award.
Lectures and demonstrations on creating theatre in areas of conflict were
presented at Towson University and Goucher College.