Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET)
is dedicated to the creation and production of extraordinary
theatre art through the combined voices of a diverse ensemble
of professional resident artists who are influential leaders
in the community and visionaries in the art of theatre.
MET creates a positive environment where artists and audience
share an exciting, emotional, thought provoking theatre experience
for our times and our community. MET features an eclectic season
of plays that are accessible; yet, challenge audiences and
pique the interest of a national audience. Through open
communication and Œlife long learning,‚ the MET
ensemble brings an unparalleled commitment to excellence that
helps shape our region by initiating creative dialogue between
artists and audience; providing outreach to under served communities;
and training, education, and professional development opportunities
to students of theatre that will propagate MET artistic values
into the American Theatre.
Our ensemble of 25 actors, directors, writers, musicians,
technicians, and designers assist in all areas of production
and administration. Our facility is a 100 seat black
box theatre, a classroom/rehearsal space that can house a production
with 60+ audience members, a 16 person dressing room, costume
shop, scene shop, and box office.
MET first produced main-stage theatre in 1997, however, the
group first performed together with the creation of The Comedy
Pigs sketch comedy/improve troupe that first performed in April
of 1993. Our group began teaching classes in Acting and
Improvisation in 1995, piloted our main-stage program with
the Ensemble creation “Finally Heard! Heroines of an
Uncivil War” in the summer of 1997, and opened our first
theatre space and a full season of plays in June of 1998.
Since 1997, MET has created four full length plays (Finally
Heard, Skin Deep, Democracy a Work in Progress, and the musical
Planet Claire), a number of children‚s theatre plays
(including The Rainforest Adventure, Cyranosa- the Story of
a Girl and her Nose, and Mother Goose on the Loose), and countless
comedy sketches and original songs (including the Comedy Pigs
parody song “Weiner Dog” which was seen on the
national cable channel Comedy Central). |
