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Cone Man Running Productions is back with is hit theatrical event - THE SPONANTEOUS SMATTERING - a 24 hour play festival.

Silver Spring Stage presents 2013 One-Act Festival, an exciting collection of one-act plays, all unpublished, many by local playwrights. Each weekend features different plays that showcase humor and passion. The festival producers are Pam Burks, Jacy D'Aiutolo and Bob Scott. The 2013 One-Act Festival will perform weekends August 8 to 25. 2013 One Act Festival Silver Spring Stage is located in the Woodmoor Shopping Center, lower level (next to the CVS) at Colesville Road and University Boulevard. Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and students. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased at www.ssstage.org. Information is also available by calling (301) 593-6036. The following is the schedule for the festival. AUGUST 8-11 Theater in the Red, by Joan Broadman [Comedy] The Widow of Tom's Hill, by Aleks Merilo [Drama] Kids in the Sky, by Kate Bell [Drama] How to Score, by Rich Orloff [Comedy] AUGUST 15-18 This weekend showcases all local playwrights. The Quiltbag, by Charlotte Raskovich [Comedy] Those Are Your Only Options, by Erica Smith [Drama] The Navigator, by Brian Doyle [Drama] Your Traffic Report Hurts My Feelings, by Kevin Kostic [Comedy] AUGUST 22-25 But Soft, by David Clow [Comedy] Green, by Kate Belden [Drama] Useless Information, by Frank Tangredi [Comedy] Momma Would Dance, by Michael W. Moon [Drama] St. Brendan's Last Voyage, by John Byrne [Comedy] Silver Spring Stage continues its 2013-2014 season with The Baltimore Waltz (Sept 20-Oct 12), Pillowman (Nov 1-23), A Christmas Carol (Dec 13-22), The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged (Jan 10-Feb 1), Superior Donuts (Feb 21-Mar 15), Other Desert Cities (Apr 4-27), Arabian Nights (May 16-Jun 7) and Good People* (Jun 27-July 20). *Pending rights availability. Silver Spring Stage has provided quality, affordable theatre for over 40 years. We are an all-volunteer, non- profit organization and appreciate any contribution to enable us to offer excellent and entertaining productions. Thank you for your interest and support of Silver Spring Stage. All programs at Silver Spring Stage are made possible in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.

CCCT is delighted to present William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT.....as you've never seen it before! Running 18-28 July, this is a classic tale of love, jealousy, cross-dressing, mistaken identity, fights and duels....and in this production, directed by Erica Smith, it is set on a beach! Don't miss this delightful introduction to an exciting 49th Season which includes 2 farces, 2 classic comedies, a Holiday gem, a time-travelling Murder Mystery and a scary drama:

CCCT is delighted to present William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT.....as you've never seen it before! Running 18-28 July, this is a classic tale of love, jealousy, cross-dressing, mistaken identity, fights and duels....and in this production, directed by Erica Smith, it is set on a beach! Don't miss this delightful introduction to an exciting 49th Season which includes 2 farces, 2 classic comedies, a Holiday gem, a time-travelling Murder Mystery and a scary drama:

Silver Spring Stage presents Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, directed by Kevin O'Connell and produced by Devon Seybert, the engrossing dramatization of how the then-washed up talk-show host David Frost convinced the disgraced Richard Nixon to be interviewed for television. Frost/Nixon will perform weekends April 5 to April 27. Silver Spring Stage is excited to announce that Jim Reston, one of the team members that prepared David Frost for the historic Frost/Nixon interviews, will participate in a post-performance discussion on Sunday April 21.

Scriptwriters/Houston and the Museum of Printing History are sponsoring their fifth annual collaborative theater festival.

For a dark heist play, like a dark heist movie, to work, you need to populate it with hard male actors. Those are the rules. You need reservoir dogs, not reservoir show dogs.

Vale's day just got complicated. As he deals with the aftermath of a heist gone wrong, he sees his plans-and his life-fall apart before his eyes. In the new comic thriller Come Out and Say It, forgiveness is never quite as simple as it seems.

Pipeline Theatre Company will present THE ASH GIRL by Tony Award nominee Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good). Jessika Doyel will direct this unconventional adaptation of Grimm's Cinderella tale. Previews begin April 18 at The Connelly Theater with opening slated for April 21.

Pipeline Theatre Company will present THE ASH GIRL by Tony Award nominee Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good). Jessika Doyel (Partial Comfort) directs this unconventional adaptation of Grimm's Cinderella tale. Perfo

Pipeline Theatre Company will present THE ASH GIRL by Tony Award nominee Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good). Jessika Doyel (Partial Comfort) directs this unconventional adaptation of Grimm's Cinderella tale. Perfo

Pipeline Theatre Company will present THE ASH GIRL by Tony Award nominee Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good). Jessika Doyel will direct this unconventional adaptation of Grimm's Cinderella tale. Previews begin April 18 at The Connelly Theater with opening slated for April 21.

Silver Spring Stage presents The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Guillaume Tourniaire and produced by Seth Ghitelman. Set in a darkly comic world between heaven and hell, a court case examines the plight and fate of the New Testament's most infamous and unexplained sinner. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot will perform weekends October 28 to November 19.

Over six weekends last season, the Mobtown Playwrights Group staged readings of three new plays by writers from Baltimore, Frederick, and the Eastern Shore, including Jessica McHugh, whose dark comedy Fools Call It Fate received a complete production at the Mobtown Theatre this summer.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel, MD., continues their presentation of Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel, MD., continues their presentation of Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel, MD., presents Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel. Directed by Ben Fisler and produced by Maureen Rogers, Dancing at Lughnasa opens April 15.