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Round House Theatre’s meteoric rise continues in 2019 as we get ready to reopen our dramatically transformed theatre with a full six-play lineup that’s brimming with heart, soul, and a whole lot of humor.
Our “homecoming” launches with the Off-Broadway hit comedy, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh. Next, we’ll spark joy during the holidays with a run of Simon Stephens’ Tony Award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2020 kicks off with another Tony-winning sensation—the powerful and poignant musical Spring Awakening—followed by last year’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Cost of Living by Martyna Majok, whose award-winning Ironbound made its world premiere at Round House in 2015. We’ll close the season with THE LOVE/HATE REP, a bespoke juxtaposition of two electrifying comedies in rotating repertory—Big Love, Charles Mee’s contemporary take on a rollicking classic, alongside Hatef*ck, a fiery, new romantic comedy that just premiered Off-Broadway!
January 3 – February 2, 2020
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 11, 2 – 4pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, February 1, 2 – 4pm
GALLERY A
Touchstone Gallery Member Show
GALLERY B
Contemporary Still Life: Candy and Mementos by Anna Katalkina
Through the meticulous techniques rooted in those of the Dutch Old Masters, Anna Katalkina creates small, realistic, jewel-like oil paintings of candy and souvenirs inhabiting people’s shelves
GALLERY C
It’s Something About Color by Joan Bixler
Series of vibrant and invigorating paintings, reflecting artist’s love of color, explore interactions between light, shadows and shapes.
901 New York Avenue NW
Washington DC 20001
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Journalist and documentary photographer Frank Van Riper has spent decades traveling across the country, and many parts of the world, telling stories: first in words and now in words and photographs. Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda will host a retrospective solo show for this award-winning artist: ‘A Tale of Four Cities’ featuring his images and text from the past 50 years of New York, Paris, Venice as well as Washington, DC.
For child and caregiver. To experience music through listening, bouncing, clapping, moving, singing, and rhythm instruments helps the child to develop musical and sensory skills during the early years. Fun, energetic age-appropriate exposure to the joy of music enhances emotional, mental, and physical development. Students are encouraged to repeat the class consecutively for maximum musical benefit. Info: 301.320.2770; info@washingtonconservatory.org. 10 sessions.
For child and caregiver. Discover the wonderful world of music through fun musical building blocks. Reinforce and expand on the fundamentals of music with singing, rhythm instruments, and dance. Research shows that music enhances learning and fine motor skills, and continues to develop the senses, vocabulary, literacy, and math. Prior Conservatory Kids classes not required. These classes can be taken individually, but are designed to be taken consecutively for maximum musical benefit. Info: 301.320.2770; info@washingtonconservatory.org. 10 sessions.
On exhibit January 9 – March 1, 2020
Action and Reaction by Mark Goldman is an exhibit centered on the two most important parts of sports photojournalism: action and reaction. It captures the instantaneous intensity, athleticism, and success created through highlighting game action of area professional and collegiate level sports teams, while also revealing the competitiveness, heart and emotion behind each player’s reaction. An accomplished photographer Mark utilizes his skills in photography, to reveal the in depth knowledge of sports it takes to photograph picture-perfect moments in such a fast-paced, competitive environment. He demonstrates his knowledge of a variety of sports by being one step ahead of the game action by carefully selecting proper placement, studying each sport, and watching the important interactions between players and coaches. The exhibit draws parallels and displays the equal level of importance between action and reaction to convey the complete story of the game.
Mark will share more about his experience in sports journalism at History Happy Hour: Wire Guys and Shooters on January 17th.
On exhibit January 9 – March 1, 2020
Reception: Sunday, January 12, 1 pm – 3 pm
This exhibit features the work of students enrolled in doll making classes at Montgomery College taught by Wendelin Daniels. The students explore mixed media art and the human form through the design and creation of original art dolls. The technique taught in the class generally involves making the head, hands, and feet out of air dried clay. The body of the doll is soft-sculpted over a wire armature. The dolls span a wide range of persona, from portrait dolls of historical figures to fantasy dolls, and everything in between. Adorned with their distinctive costumes, accessories, and props, art dolls convey their own individual personality and story. Unlike dolls that are manufactured as children’s toys, art dolls are unique, one-of-a-kind figurative sculptures.
In this show, artists Jessica Beels, Ellen Kennedy, and Saaraliisa Ylitalo display the myriad ways to manipulate paper. Their distinctive styles and techniques tell the stories of their individual explorations and artistic processes. The thoughtful details and conceptual designs in their works are meditative, inviting viewers to experience the complexities of paper transformation. Each work evokes a deeper meaning; our interaction with paper has cross-cultural differences and significances, and this show meets at the intersection of acknowledging this everyday material and the limitless ways in which paper can be manipulated, transformed, and reimagined.
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 11, 4-6pm.
Event Dates:
January 11 – February 16, 2020
Time:
Saturdays & Sundays, 11am – 6pm
For child and caregiver. To experience music through listening, bouncing, clapping, moving, singing, and rhythm instruments helps the child to develop musical and sensory skills during the early years. Fun, energetic age-appropriate exposure to the joy of music enhances emotional, mental, and physical development. Students are encouraged to repeat the class consecutively for maximum musical benefit. Info: 301.320.2770; info@washingtonconservatory.org. 10 sessions.
Learn songs from popular films and other genres while having fun learning to breathe and care for the young voice and reinforce the elements of music. Performance for families and friends at last class. Info: 301.320.2770; washingtonconservatory.org. 10 sessions.
