Get cultured this weekend!

Don't let schoolwork, boredom, or the many fascinations of the Twitterverse and the Facebook Nation prevent you from experiencing the multitude of theatre playing in Baltimore right now.

No money? No problem! Most professional theatre companies have a student rush program, which provides discounts to students an hour before the show on any tickets that didn't sell.

For all you locals, head on over to the Baltimore Theatre Alliance website to see what's playing and when, and go do something different with your Friday and Saturday night. And don't worry, most shows will be over around 10:30, which will leave you plenty of time to get your weekend party on.

--DQ

Calling all theatre people or bloggers, or both!

Overheard on Twitter:

The Baltimore Theatre Alliance is accepting applications for bloggers, either to write reviews of BTA productions or to blog about personal Baltimore theatre experiences. Granted, the applications are due tomorrow, so I apologize for not posting it here sooner, but I just discovered this yesterday.

I followed the link from @balttheatre to the blog. Although the Baltimore Theatre Alliance is a prominent promoter of theatre in the region, the blog is a new endeavor for them. Upon viewing the ad, I contemplated sending in an application, but then decided against it, knowing that soon after graduation (just 41 days now!) I'm moving to Central Florida and will therefore a) not have time to blog much anymore due to the hours I'm going to be working and b) will no longer be living in Baltimore and therefore will not be seeing much of its theatre.

I do regret not having this opportunity sooner, especially with the recent development of All the World's A Stage. But if you or anyone you know is interested, they are still accepting applications until April 12th. It's a great way to promote yourself in online media and to break your way into the Baltimore theatre community.

I remain your Drama Queen.

What's the story, morning glory? What's the word, hummingbird?

Overheard on Twitter:

Single Carrot Theatre, one of Baltimore's newest theatre companies, has found recent success with a play by none other than Tracy Letts, author of Bug and August: Osage County.

"Last performance of Killer Joe is on right now," @SingleCarrot tweeted yesterday afternoon. "A sell out weekend, standing room only--our most attended show ever. Thanks to all who came!"

For a company trying to gain its ground and compete with Baltimore's already-thriving theatre community, Single Carrot is well on its way! They were voted the Best New Theatre Company by City Paper's Best of Baltimore 2008 issue. According to their website, they strive to produce socially relevant shows to educate the community through a variety of diverse works, a feat which I'd say they are accomplishing at an astonishing rate right now.

I suppose, then, that their motto is true:

"The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution." --Paul Cezanne

Now there's some food for thought.

--DQ

What's the buzz? Tell me what's happenin'

As I now have two blogs, a thriving Facebook page and a neglected and pretty-much-useless LiveJournal, I'm in the process of expanding my online social media network. Good thing, too. I stumbled upon one of Ryan Goff's Twitter updates today, telling me that Baltimore professional theater company CENTERSTAGE now has a Twitter handle: @CENTERSTAGE_MD. Through CENTERSTAGE's list of handles it's following, I found the handle for another favorite of mine, Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.: @arenastage.

I think I'm starting to understand Twitter's usefulness a little bit more these days.

Through Twitter and some contacts I know, I'm going to check out some things happening at these local professional theaters and get back to you.

--DQ