National Players is America’s longest-running touring theatre company and the signature outreach program of
Olney Theatre Center, a Helen Hayes Award-winner and one of two state-designated theatres in Maryland. This distinctive ensemble stimulates imagination and critical thinking by producing classic plays and literary adaptations in invigorating ways for audiences of all ages. National Players serves all corners of Maryland and the country, and the ensemble performs for a diversity of audiences from students to the general public, the elderly, and the incarcerated.
REVOLT: Black Joy Still Exists, It Always Will
"REVOLT: Black Joy Still Exists, It Always Will" is a virtual exhibit that I curated to showcase Black Joy, Black Love and Black Excellence. 2020 was a tough year to sit home and watch what was happening to Black people. And as a Black woman, I needed something other than the constant reminders of how cruel this country can be towards me and those who have my complexion.
This exhibit was created to bring joy and peace to those around me and to remind us that despite the forces that try to keep us in a constant state of despair, we are courageous, strong, spiritual, joyous, carefree, loving and so much more. This collection from poets, photographers and artists across the U.S., displays beauty and pride in being Black.
The featured photograph is by photographer Elijah Pittman from Maryland.
This exhibit was created to bring joy and peace to those around me and to remind us that despite the forces that try to keep us in a constant state of despair, we are courageous, strong, spiritual, joyous, carefree, loving and so much more. This collection from poets, photographers and artists across the U.S., displays beauty and pride in being Black.
The featured photograph is by photographer Elijah Pittman from Maryland.
Year: 2020
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Patricia (Patsy) is known for her imaginary intaglio pulled prints. She also paints in acrylics, watercolor and oil, depicting nature with human interaction into her canvas. Her recent projects are mixed media art using teabags and other paper that she finds interesting for it's texture and pattern. Planning a project is not what her art is about, just being "in the moment” to create art using intuition as her muse. She lets creative feelings flow to capture a pose or an idea. Using symbolism also helps in making a statement whether it’s noticeable or not.
Adele is a poet/teacher living in Silver Spring, MD. She received her BA & MFA in English Literature/Creative Writing at the University of Maryland. She's a professor at Montgomery College, Teaching evening classes for UMGC, and is a poet in at the Arts in Education Program with the Maryland State Arts Council. She's been published in Gargoyle, So to Speak, The Maryland Poetry Review, Smartish Pace, The Lucid Stone, Scribble, and more. Books: Refracted Love, Freshwater Pearls, The Moon Lighting, & Look Ma, "Hands" on Poetry (collection of creative writing workshops for students).
John Morogiello has been a teaching artist in Maryland since 1997, offering residencies in playwriting for students in grades 3 and above that integrate curricular subject matter with performance and dramatic story-telling. His plays (including Engaging Shaw, Blame It On Beckett, and The Consul, The Tramp, and America's Sweetheart) have been produced off-Broadway, in Europe, and at some of America's premier regional theaters. John is also the artistic director of Best Medicine Rep Theater Company in Gaithersburg.