World Premiere of Glitter and Spew by Alison Luterman—Friday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m. at Strand Theater Company, 1823 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD.

Fresh from a workshop production in the Strand Theater Company’s Friends & Neighbors Festival 2011 in June, California-based playwright Alison Luterman’s three short plays full of Glitter and Spew form a three-ring-circus meditation on media exposure, shame, and personal responsibility. In A Night in Jail, a newly incarcerated starlet is shocked to discover that her guard can’t be bribed and that her visitor is a dead French monarch. The bitter wife of a disgraced politician goes rogue—much to the dismay of her adult children—during an awkward satellite interview in The Toilet Stall. When the titular Freak tries some incognito pre-natal shopping, she can’t avoid the advice of a fellow shopper or the judgment of the sperm donor who made it possible for her to become “Dodecamom.”

Performance Schedule
Wednesdays at 7pm: December 7th
Thursdays at 8pm: December 1st (pay-what-you-can final dress) and 15th
Fridays at 8pm: December 2nd (opening night with reception and talk-back), 9th, and 16th
Saturdays at 8pm: December 3rd, 10th, and 17th
Sundays at 3pm: December 11th

Ticket Prices
Adult: $20, Senior: $15, Student: $10, Opening Night: $25.

African Explosion VIII: Beyond Words—Saturday, Dec. 3, 4-9 p.m. at Towson University. The African Diaspora Club of Towson University is at it again with the eighth installment of African Explosion: Beyond Words. Come experience African culture like never before with an assortment of talent through all avenues of entertainment. Witness cultural expression through spoken word, song, dance, drama and fashion. Dinner begins at 4p.m. in Potomac Lounge; show starts at 6 p.m. in Chesapeake Rooms. FREE.



In The Ramble—Dec. 2-10 at The Mobtown Theatre at Meadow Mill, Baltimore, MD.

The Mobtown Playwrights Group is proud to continue its 2011–2012 season with IN THE RAMBLE, a reading of a new play by Mardee Bennett.

What do you give the child who has everything? Chloe Chapman, a “trust fund kid,” returns home to the Upper East Side to visit her aging... parents. Not long after her arrival, Chloe's father has a tragic accident and the Chapman family is thrown into the tabloid world they never wanted to be a part of. IN THE RAMBLE asks powerful questions about privilege and how far we’ll go to hold on to the American dream.

Featuring:
Will Carson
Shirley Basfield Dunlap
Kathryn Falcone
Dave Gamble
Annelise Montone

Logistics:
December 2, 3, and 9 @ 8 p.m.

December 10 @ 2 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door or online through Brown Paper Tickets. One ticket grants access to all four performances.

An audience “talk back” session follows each reading. Attend as many times as you can to experience how the play changes as a result of the workshop process and your feedback.

Mardee Bennett is an actor and writer. His play Falling Debris was a finalist in the CENTERSTAGE Young Playwrights Festival, where it received a workshop. Other plays: A Pleasant Place To Be (workshop with Baltimore Playwrights Festival); Blue Is For Boys; When The Baby Comes. As an actor, his regional credits include: Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, The Studio Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, and Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. He is a member of Actors Equity and a reader for the Source Festival in Washington, DC.