Friends And Neighbors Festival at the Strand, May 22-July 5th

The Strand Theater presents its first annual Friends and Neighbors Festival, featuring a variety of performers, playwrights, and comedians. Every week, for seven weeks, a new artist will take the stage for one weekend to showcase a new performance. Every show in the festival is only $5. Artistic Director, Jayme Kilburn is "very excited about this festival. Every new work we present is a new adventure." 

The Friends and Neighbors Festival includes Baltimore playwright, Michael Leroy Harding, who examines the life of a family during the 1968 riots. Playwright, Deborah Blank, tells the story of a scheming temptress who tears one man's life apart. The Strand's own Alex Hewett performs a self written piece about the struggle of divorce and living in the wake of a new beginning. Kerra Holtgren performs as Penelope, an old star making her comeback. Playwright Warren Holleman turns Shakespeare on its head, while Ashley Straw kicks off the festival with a glimpse into society's obsession with celebrity.

Friends and Neighbors Festival runs Friday, May 22^nd thru Sunday, July 5^th. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8PM, Sunday performances begin at 3PM. Each performance is $5. For a list of complete plays and dates, please visit www.strandtheatercompany.org. The Strand is located at 1823 N. Charles Street in downtown Baltimore City.

May 22-24
Onlything East
By Ashley Straw
A contemporary drama about the American obsession with celebrity and with recognition and the universal need to be loved for that which we are recognized.

June 5-7
Comity of Eros
By Warren Holleman
Directed by Andrew Syropulous
One fool, two lovers, three kisses, foreplay, and five acts in thirty minutes

June 12-14
THE SIX OF US
By Michael Leroy Harding
Directed by Sherrie Webb
A Story about you........ (and 5 others)

June 19-21
The Manipulator
By Deborah C. Blank
Directed by Jerry Gietka
Will a scheming woman succeed in luring back her former lover?

June 26-28
Graveyard Bride
By Alex Hewett
A woman searches for a creative way to celebrate the day of her divorce and finds herself in a graveyard one freezing night in her wedding dress for a very unconventional photo-shoot.  

July 3-5
Call Me Penelope
By Kerra Holtgren and Paul Weinberg
Directed by Paul Weinberg
Prepare yourself for a night of Jazz, Laughs, and Pleasant Livin'!

Production dates: Friday, May 22^nd, June 5^th, June 12^th, June 19^th, June 26^th, and July 3^rd at 8pm

Saturday, May 23^rd, June 6^th, June 13^th, June 20^th, June 27^th, and July 4^th at 8pm

Sunday, May 24^th, June 7^th, June 14^th, June 21^st, June 28^th, and July 5^th at 3pm

Tickets are $5. Tickets can be reserved by calling 443-874-4917.

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