CAMP Rehoboth to host poetry jam Feb. 21-22

CAMP Rehoboth Theatre Company will kick off its 2025 season with its inaugural poetry jam at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 21, and 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Elkins-Archibald Atrium, 37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach.

Directed and produced by Kelly Sheridan, this event will feature 12 dynamic poets sharing their personal stories, powerful verses and distinctive voices. The jam will be a celebration of diversity, identity and the beauty of community, with a brief intermission to relax, enjoy light refreshments and connect with others. Performers include Debbie Bricker, Kari Ebert, Shelley Blue Grabel, Lavance John, Vanita Leatherwood, Syd Linders, Ellie Maher, Jane Miller, Gwen Osborne, Coco Silveira, Guillermo Silverira, Laura Unruh, Paul Unruh and Sherri Wright.

Then, back by popular demand, CAMP Rehoboth will present “Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche” by Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder from Friday to Sunday, March 7 to 9. The show first debuted at CAMP Rehoboth in fall 2022, and it will feature returning cast members Karen Laitman, Kelly Sheridan, Gwen Osborne, Darcy Vollero and Shelley Kingsbury, directed by Teri Seaton.The absurdist comedy follows the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein having their annual quiche breakfast in 1956. As the assembled “widows” await the announcement of the society's prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound. The tasty recipe includes hysterical laughs, sexual innuendoes, unsuccessful repressions and delicious discoveries.

Learn more at camprehoboth.org.