{"id":4167,"date":"2007-03-28T07:24:25","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T11:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:45:21","slug":"umes-presents-dinner-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-presents-dinner-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES Presents Dinner Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, March 28, 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, the woman responsible for directing the most highly regarded dinner theatre productions on the Shore, has written an original stage play for this year&#8217;s show at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00241.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4170\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Home to one of the most popular dinner theatre spots in the region, the University is proud to present &#8220;Motown and&nbsp;Mo'(More).&#8221; The show opens on Thursday, April 12, in the Richard A. Henson Center ballroom.&nbsp; Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and seating for dinner begins at 6 p.m.&nbsp; Tickets are $30 for Thursday&#8217;s show, $40 for Friday&#8217;s and $45 for Saturday&#8217;s show.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Motown and Mo'&#8221; develops as its main character, Tunes, seeks part-time help for his &#8220;Old School Tunes Record Shop.&#8221;&nbsp; An extravaganza ensues that leads diners on a journey through the music of Motown, with performances by &#8220;Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,&#8221; &#8220;The Temptations,&#8221; &#8220;Gladys Knight and the Pips,&#8221; &#8220;Ike and Tina Turner and the&nbsp;Ikettes,&#8221; &#8220;Peaches and Herb,&#8221; &#8220;Rick James,&#8221; &#8220;Marvin Gaye and&nbsp;Tammi&nbsp;Terrell&#8221; and more.&nbsp; Among the special treats for the night are a surprise appearance by a UMES administrator; a special performance by the youngest member of the Drama Society,&nbsp;Jon&#8217;Mel&nbsp;Davenport, who made her debut when she was three months old in the play &#8220;Fences&#8221; by August Wilson; and a special appearance by Marie Kenney of Princess Anne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back by popular demand, Kenney will perform songs by Aretha Franklin.&nbsp; A Drama Society veteran, she returns to the stage after taking a break following a ten-year stint with the various dinner theatre production crews over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For inspired performances and an elegant meal, call 410-651-6230 to purchase your tickets today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">####&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Suzanne Waters Street, director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-621-2355,<\/em><a href=\"mailto:sstreet@umes.edu\"><em>sstreet@umes.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, March 28, 2007 &nbsp;PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, the woman responsible for directing the most highly regarded dinner theatre productions on the Shore, has written an original stage play for this year&#8217;s show at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.&nbsp; Home to one of the most popular dinner theatre spots in the&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-presents-dinner-theatre\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES Presents Dinner Theatre<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4167"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}