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THEATER
DICKENS WITH A
SHAKESPEARE MEETS JAPANESE CULTURE IN SILVER SPRING
KABUKI
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TWIST
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Audience joins in ‘A Wake for Jacob Marley’ n
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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
Readers learn a lot about the mean and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” but not much is known about Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s deceased business partner. Marley is the guy in Dickens’ story who died seven years before he appears to Scrooge as a spectre in chains to introduce the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. “It’s my favorite novel ever written, and I wanted to pay homage to it without doing another ‘Christmas Carol,’” said Christopher Goodrich, who has tapped his imagination to also create a life for Marley.
See DICKENS, Page B-9 Dominic Massimino as Aufidius in “Kabuki Coriolanus,” now playing at Lumina Studio Theatre in Silver Spring. RON MURPHY
KABUKI CORIOLANUS n When: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday n Where: Round House Theatre, 8641, Colesville Road, Silver Spring n Tickets: $8-$15 n For information: 301-565-2282, luminastudio. org
DAVID LEWIS
BY CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER
Lumina Studio Theatre’s “Kabuki Coriolanus,” now playing at the Round House Theatre in Silver Spring, is what director David Minton calls “one of the most visual shows Lumina has ever done.” The show is coming up on its second weekend with four shows between Saturday and Sunday. “[Kabuki] is really in your face and the colorful makeup and the exaggerated facial expressions and the costuming in particular,” Minton said. “The costumes are extremely
Baakari Wilder plays Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Wake for Jacob Marley,” an imagined wake for Ebenezer Scrooge’s departed business partner, on Saturday at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda.
decorative and colorful.” Kabuki is a classical style of Japanese theater known for its stylized approach to drama and the elaborate makeup worn by its actors. Minton was first introduced to Kabuki while studying abroad during his junior year of college. “I lived with Japanese parents who sort of adopted me during my time there,” Minton said. “They asked me what I wanted to do and I said I wanted to see as much Japanese theater as I could ... I went to my first Kabuki performance and that blew my mind.”
See KABUKI, Page B-9
A WAKE FOR JACOB MARLEY: AN UNEXPECTED FUNDRAISER n When: 7 p.m. Saturday n Where: The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda n Tickets: $55 at the door; $45 ($25 tax deductible) in advance ($25 additional to participate with scripted lines, or sponsor a character — included in program, photo with character; $10 additional for a photo with Jacob Marley. Cocktail attire is encouraged) n For information: 301-337-8290, unexpectedstage.org
DIANNE DUMAIS
Actor Heather deMocker as Virgilia.
A Capital Christmas Capital Hearings hope to delight Montgomery fans
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CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER
The Capital Hearings will perform at the BlackRock Center for the Arts on Sunday.
BRITT OLSEN-ECKER
“It’s not just about the performance, it’s about the connections,” said singer John Hazangeles. “We’re all about making connections.” Hazangeles is the business manager for the Capital Hearings — or
Caps as they call themselves — a Washington, D.C.-based a cappella group comprised of 12 classically trained singers. The group will perform at BlackRock Center for the Arts for the first time on Sunday. “When you say a cappella, it can mean 10 different things to 10 different people,” Hazangeles said. For Hazangeles and the Caps, a cappella means connecting with an
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