Too Much Damn Theater

Too Much Damn Theater We provide ways for creative souls to enrich their lives and the lives of the community through the

Vision
We aim to create audience entrancing shows inspired and executed by women’s voices, participation (in every aspect of theater) and experiences that have been underproduced and watered down. We also aim to produce shows that push artists to incorporate who they are unapologetically. More about TMD

There really never is "enough" theater ;) Too Much Damn Theater’s mission is to create theater

opportunities for local artists in a climate where the arts are being threatened. We provide ways for creative souls, especially underrepresented artists, to enrich their lives and the lives of the community through the unique benefits of the arts. Nothing matches live theater and we are dedicated to overcoming impediments to live theater from “it’s too hard,” “who has the time?,” “there aren’t enough opportunities.” It is our habit and solemn duty to make dreams and artistic visions come true. Did you know that TMD Theater stands for the initials of our Fearless Leaders! T for Tuesday Barnes

M for Marketa Nicholson

D for Dara Gold

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The live Pass-along premiere was a success! Missed it? No problem -- the fun is not over yet! There's still time to watc...
12/10/2024

The live Pass-along premiere was a success! Missed it? No problem -- the fun is not over yet! There's still time to watch this year's play "Undecided" via video on demand (VOD)
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We hope you will tune in to the VOD and please spread the word, this is a show you'll want to share.

Tix are all donate what you can. 100% of all proceeds go to our performers and writers.

Here are some fun pics of our cast. Regardless of how you wanted the vote to go, this play is light, funny, witty, and still resonates.

Play synopsis:
What happens when one person’s vote determines the outcome of a Presidential election? Find out how one woman's voice could determine the trajectory of an entire nation in Undecided, Too Much Damn Theater’s latest Pass-Along Play. Marilyn—the lone holdout—can’t decide how to vote until she encounters strangers, tempting offers, and threats. Come follow Marilyn on a path to empowerment. There are many ways to use power and influence in this world. How will Marilyn use hers?


Our last Pass-along Play spotlight is Nikki Lust as this year's co-director! Fun fact - Nikki has been a Pass-along Play...
11/14/2024

Our last Pass-along Play spotlight is Nikki Lust as this year's co-director! Fun fact - Nikki has been a Pass-along Playwright in the past. See the play she co-directed live on Friday Nov. 15. Please email TMD Theater [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

Nicole (Nikki) Lust is currently a writer and performer based in the Baltimore-Washington area. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Maryland, College Park with three B.A. degrees in theatre, dance, and psychology, as well as a University Honors Citation. Since then, she has acted in myriad films, television productions, commercials and theatrical plays. Nikki has continued to write in multiple forms, and her plays have been featured in numerous festivals. As part of a writing trio, she created Who's in your bed . . . for Too Much Damn Theatre's 2023 Pass-Along Play Competition, which won three awards including the Audience Choice Prize. She also premiered A Good Day in Prince William Little Theatre's 2021 Original Works Festival, Quiet Cacophony at The Muses' 2020 Original Works Project, and Sweet Dreams in the 2019 UMD Fearless New Play Festival, among others. Some of her acting credits include The Importance of Being Earnest (Merriman), Prophets of Doom (Prince Bishop/Heidi), Tartuffe (Dorine u/s), The Lost World (Student/Dinosaur, Reporter/Apatosaurus u/s), What Really Happened (Jessica Hill), and many more.

Our last Pass-along Play spotlights are not done yet! Next is Raechel Patrese our director! Raechel has directed all our...
11/14/2024

Our last Pass-along Play spotlights are not done yet! Next is Raechel Patrese our director! Raechel has directed all our Pass-along Plays since 2021. Please email TMD Theater [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

Raechel Patrese had her live theater directorial debut at Anacostia Playhouse as a part of their participation in the Districts SYEP, co-directing The Me Nobody Knows. Raechel plans to grow her expertise in playwriting and stage directing while seeking opportunities in film directing as well. She made her very first directing debut in TMD Theater's 2022 summer reading series. Raechel is a graduate of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and has since been one of the co-leaders of Too Much Damn Theater (2018.) She has also collaborated with other theater companies such as ACT (African-American Collective Theater) and Pipeline Playwrights. She will continue to grow her experience in writing, directing and producing. Her highest ambitions are to own a film production company, highlighting the many talents from her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. Raechel would like to thank her grandmother for her unconditional love and support. She lives to make her grandmother proud.

Our final Pass-along Play performer spotlight is Sneha Verma! She is performing the role of Penny, the granddaughter of ...
11/14/2024

Our final Pass-along Play performer spotlight is Sneha Verma! She is performing the role of Penny, the granddaughter of Marilyn aka the Undecided Voter and a karaoke staffer. This will be her first play as a performer in D.C.! See her live on Friday Nov. 15. Please email TMD Theater [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

Sneha Verma always had an interest in theater as a kid. She and her sister would perform the Harry Potter books for fun. Sneha participated in elementary school plays. However, as time went on she started to lose touch with that side of herself. Once she heard about the Too Much Damn (TMD) Theater, she realized how much she missed acting and found the courage to audition again.

And TMD Theater is ecstatic to have her join us and immerse in all the wonders of theater! After all, there's never too much damn theater! ;)

All tix are donate what you can and 100% will go towards our writers and performers. We'll post how to get your live show tickets (live premiere tix are limited). Here's the link to get video on demand tix: https://cur8.com/19511/project/125704.

Our third performer spotlight is Jacqueline Youm! She is performing the role of Marilyn aka the Undecided Voter in the P...
11/14/2024

Our third performer spotlight is Jacqueline Youm! She is performing the role of Marilyn aka the Undecided Voter in the Pass-along Play "Undecided." See her live on Friday Nov. 15. Please email TMD Theater [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

Jacqueline Youm is a Senegalese American actor, lawyer, and French, English, Spanish, Mediation, Negotiation, and Acting teacher. She is passionate and insatiable when it comes to the arts. She is evermore grateful for the wondrous support of her family, friends, and her community! She gives her everything to her ancestors and maman. Past acting credits include: previous TMD Theater plays including the Pass-along Play Projects & Chupachocolata at the 2024 Atlas Theater Intersections Fest; Adenikeh in Nollywood Dreams (Round House Theater); Miss Evers in Miss Evers' Boys (Laurel Mill Playhouse); Ellen in The Actor's Nightmare (Laurel Mill Playhouse); Medea in MEDEA (JaYo Théâtre); Goneril in QUEEN LEAR (TQQ|ZommShakes); First Witch|Murderer|Apparition| Lady MacDuff in MACBETH (Theatre Mints); Archbishop of Canterbury| Lady in EDWARD II (The Show Must Go Online); Mephistopheles| Lechery|Duchess in DR FAUSTUS (The Rude Mechanicals), Nora in A DOLL’S HOUSE PART II (Silver Spring Stage), King Claudius in HAMLESS (The Rude Mechanicals), Miss Vida Levering in VOTES FOR WOMEN (Zenith Players & JaYo Théâtre), and Mary Stuart in MARY STUART (Zenith Players).

You can find many of her virtual productions on Youtube (Cestjackie): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvd4LWK9h1msuj9oeFXHtng | Instagram: | Facebook: Jacqueline Elisabeth

All tix are donate what you can and 100% will go towards our writers and performers. We'll post how to get your live show tickets (live premiere tix are limited). Here's the link to get video on demand tix: https://cur8.com/19511/project/125704.

It's actor power hour where we spotlight a Pass-along Performer every hour! Next up we have the one and only Marketa Sel...
11/14/2024

It's actor power hour where we spotlight a Pass-along Performer every hour! Next up we have the one and only Marketa Seliyah Nicholson! Not only is Marketa performing the role of Gina - the daughter of our undecided voter and the detective, she is also a co-leader of TMD Theater and recently returned to D.C. from living in Philly. See her live on Friday Nov. 15. Please email TMD Theater [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

Marketa Seliyah is a native Washingtonian, a foodie, content creator, and co-founder of TMD Theater. She has been in love with acting since a very young age. Marketa has performed in many plays and films in the D.C. area, including those featured at the Kennedy Center, Capital Fringe Fest, Katuson, and the 48 Hour Film Project. After high school she did the young actors conservatory at Studio Theatre under the direction of Cassie Tiegen. She took some "find yourself" time and could no longer deny her need for the stage and lights. Marketa reenergized her love and passion for theater at The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts (NCDA). While at NCDA she spent two years learning the ins and outs of the Craft she loves and further grew through the ART program (Actor Repertory Theatre) where she learned not only theater, but film making.

She is working to create her own wine line and enjoys designing signature drinks. She feels that food brings people together and that a good drink never hurts. Marketa Seliyah Nicholson is a native Washingtonian. She hopes to one day own her bar which she will affectionately name Sweet Aki, in honor of her late mother.
Besides the awesome world of acting Marketa is a true music lover and foodie.

Marketa has her own foodie webseries called "Munchies and Cocktails (www.instagram.com/munchiesandcocktails). Hoping to one day not only be a name in acting, but to also own a bar which she plans to name “Sweets Aki” (Sweet Fall).

All tix are donate what you can and 100% will go towards our writers and performers. We'll post how to get your live show tickets (live premiere tix are limited). Here's the link to get video on demand tix: https://cur8.com/19511/project/125704.

Our first performer spotlight is Cora N. Harris! She is performing the role of Eddie a canvasser trying to convince the ...
11/14/2024

Our first performer spotlight is Cora N. Harris! She is performing the role of Eddie a canvasser trying to convince the last undecided voter to vote. See her live on Friday Nov. 15. Please email TMD Theater [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

Cora N. Harris is a proud alum of The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, where she appeared in The Crucible/John Proctor; Medea/title character; Dr. Arlecchino, and the Imaginary Autopsy/Columbina and Isabella; The Taming of the Shrew/Petruchio; Theatre In A Nutshell-Best Thing Since Cheesesteak (grouped one-acts)/Mrs. Sorken, Susan, Sharon and Medea; Funny/Young Woman; Memory Lane/Isleen; and Unfit for Broadcast/Wilma Dickerson. Cora is returning to TMD Theater for another performance via the 2024 Pass-along Play. Cora has great appreciation for her teachers and ensemble for being patient and being her biggest motivation. Great love to her supportive family, friends, teachers and everyone ever worked with!

All tix are donate what you can and 100% will go towards our writers and performers. We'll post how to get your live show tickets (live premiere tix are limited). Here's the link to get video on demand tix: https://cur8.com/19511/project/125704.

For the Election Edition of our Pass-along Play Project, our playwrights wrote a script title "Undecided." Here is the p...
11/14/2024

For the Election Edition of our Pass-along Play Project, our playwrights wrote a script title "Undecided." Here is the play's poster. Email or text us to get a ticket to the live premiere on Nov. 15. Link to the video on demand is in the IG bio.

Play synopsis:
What happens when one person’s vote determines the outcome of a Presidential election? Find out how one woman's voice could determine the trajectory of an entire nation in Undecided, Too Much Damn Theater’s latest Pass-Along Play. Marilyn—the lone holdout—can’t decide how to vote until she encounters strangers, tempting offers, and threats. Come follow Marilyn on a path to empowerment. There are many ways to use power and influence in this world. How will Marilyn use hers?

All tix are donate what you can. 100% of all proceeds go to our performers and writers.

Presenting the stellar cast of the Pass-along Play Project 2024 - Election Edition Titled "Undecided." Tickets are limit...
11/14/2024

Presenting the stellar cast of the Pass-along Play Project 2024 - Election Edition Titled "Undecided." Tickets are limited, but you can still snag them! And we'll be in the Black Box this Friday at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Georgetown! Too see these amazing performers, email us at [email protected] or text us at 202-525-7365 to reserve your spot! Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm.

From top left to bottom right we have: Jacqueline Youm, Cora Harris, Sneha Verma, and Marketa Nicholson.

Tix are donate what you can and 100% goes to these performers and the writers

Synopsis
What happens when one person’s vote determines the outcome of a Presidential election? Find out how one woman's voice could determine the trajectory of an entire nation in Undecided, Too Much Damn Theater’s latest Pass-Along Play. Marilyn—the lone holdout—can’t decide how to vote until she encounters strangers, tempting offers, and threats. Come follow Marilyn on a path to empowerment. There are many ways to use power and influence in this world. How will Marilyn use hers?

Here's the link to get video on demand tix if you cannot make it to live in-person premiere: https://cur8.com/19511/project/125704.

As seen in D.C. today. Are you ready for the the results? And hopefully our Pass-along Play too to help process the real...
11/05/2024

As seen in D.C. today. Are you ready for the the results? And hopefully our Pass-along Play too to help process the real life dramas and with laughter and fun and the cathartic nature of theater.

The stage reading full length play will premiere live in D.C. on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 and be available via video on demand from Nov. 19, 2024 until Jan. 4, 2025! We posted how to get one of the limited tickets for the live stages reading.

All tix are donate what you can and 100% will go towards our writers and performers.

It’s Election Day 2024! Such a superb day to share how to see the in-person staged reading of our newest Pass-along Play...
11/05/2024

It’s Election Day 2024! Such a superb day to share how to see the in-person staged reading of our newest Pass-along Play - Election Edition! This is the first time we’re ever doing it live - especially since we started this project during COVID. You can also watch it video video on demand, link in bio.

The stage reading full length play will premiere live in D.C. on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 and be available via video on demand from Nov. 19, 2024 until Jan. 4, 2025!

All tix are donate what you can and 100% will go towards our writers and performers.

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