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2001-2002 Season
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Unless otherwise noted, Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8:00pm, Sunday shows begin at 2:00pm and tickets are $10.00/$8.00 seniors and students. To make reservations, call 301-441-8770.
August 18-September 2
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare. Directed by Josh Engel. Produced by Michael
Cooney and Tom Jones.
Our third annual Shakespeare on the Green, this is a fun-filled free show performed in three
of Greenbelt's parks, and as part of the city's Labor Day Festival.
Saturday, August 18, 5pm: Schrom Hills Park
Saturday, August 25, 5pm: Buddy Attick Park
Sunday, August 26, 5pm: Springhill Lake Recreation Center
Sunday, September 2, 5pm: Greenbelt Arts Center during the Labor Day Festival at Roosevelt Center
September 21-29
Who Else Is There?
Inspired and Bad Stretch by Rose Ciccarelli
Hope Fell Orchard by Audrey Cefaly
Ghostwriters in Disguise by Mark Murray
Directed by Gretchen Jacobs. Four original one-acts ranging from drama to farce, all with a
character (or two) who believes the world revolves around them. One woman falls for a
self-centered actor, another's attempt to make amends for her past is almost unbearable. Kevin
believes he's being helpful by insisting on cooking dinner. And the most selfish one of all:
William Shakespeare passing off another's work as his own.
October 26-November 17
Belongings
A new play by Daniel Fenton. Directed by Nic DaPrato. Produced
by Ray Flynt.
A funny and poignant look at what three generations discover is important in their lives.
Fourteen-year-old Katy plots to keep her beloved grandmother's possessions from being sold at an
estate sale. Her mother and aunt deal with their own issues over their mother's death.
Friday & Saturday evenings, matinees November 4 & 11.
January 11-February 12
The Chalk Garden
by Enig Bagnold. Directed by Sheilah Crossley-Cox.
Produced by Steve Cox.
A household full of characters as only the British can do it! The head of the house is in
search of a governess for her young granddaughter who likes setting fires. She seems to have
found the perfect person for the job, but Miss Madrigal has secrets of her own. When Mrs. St.
Maugham's friend the judge arrives for lunch, will Miss Madrigal's past ruin everything?
Friday & Saturday evenings, matinees January 20 & 27.
Auditions September 24 and 25.
February 15-March 9
The Fifth Sun
by Nicholas A Patricca. Directed by Virginia Zanner.
Produced by Elizabeth A. Otero and Beatriz Mayoral.
Four of the sons in the Mayan cosmos represent cultivation, rain, life, and death. The
fifth sun is a man destined to save his people. Archbishop Romero of San Salvador was
assassinated in 1980 while saying mass. The Fifth Sun is the story of the forces that
transformed this ordinary man into the embodiment of the moral vision of his people.
Friday & Saturday evenings, matinees February 24 and March 3
Auditions November 5 and 6.
February 16-18
Buried Treasure
An original musical featuring young actors and puppets by Chris
Cherry.
Josh is as brave as a lion, Harriet is as wise as an owl, and Jessica is always as good as gold--or
so they think, until an adventure far below the world we know helps them exchange their surface
thinking for a deeper understanding of courage, wisdom, and goodness.
Performances each day at 2pm.
March 13-15
Ellipsis
Cavegirl Productions's premier play is a modern adaptation of
Jean-Paul Sartre's classic existentialist play No Exit, written by Kelley Slagle and Ernest
Leo III, and directed by Kelley Slagle.
Hell is a vast and Byzantine bureaucracy. In its infernal logic it gives no notice or quarter to
human perception. For every Stalin or Hitler we imagine tortured on bloodthirsty racks, the reality
of Hell is in fact much simpler.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 13-15.
April 19-May 4
Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare. Directed by Norma R. Ozur
Shakespeare dropped a hint or two
Exactly how to tame a shrew.
Things aren't always what they seem--
Could it all have been a dream?
Join us for some boisterous fun
In this lively three-week run!
Friday & Saturday evenings, matinee April 28.
Auditions January 14 and 15.
May 10-May 12
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare. Directed by Brett Estey and Jaki
Demarest
What would you sacrifice for love? And what can be said about Romeo and Juliet that hasn't been said
in the last four hundred years? Plenty. The Rude Mechanicals make Romeo and Juliet burn brilliantly
with the passions and frustrations of youth. "The Rude Mechanicals," to quote the
Washington Post's Michael Toscano, "are neither. [They] have set a high standard for making the
classics available to local audiences."
June 1-2
Annual Youth Production
Young people ages 8-18 are featured on stage as cast and production crew
in a work chosen by them.
June 7-29
Betty the Yeti
by Jon Klein. Directed by Steve Cox. Produced by Sheilah
Crossley-Cox.
Hilarious and disquieting, this satirical fantasy simultaneously skewers and emphathizes with both
loggers and environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest forests. An unemployed logger
encounteres and begins a bizarre relationship with a female sasquatch, whom he affectionately names
"Betty."
Auditions March 18 and 19.
