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Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA ) to Host Five Performances of Dan Rodricks’ Baltimore, You Have No Idea in December

BALTIMORE, MD – Award-winning journalist Dan Rodricks brings his popular Baltimore, You Have No Idea play back to the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) for five performances in December 2024. The production includes a full company of actors who bring Rodricks’ poignant and amusing stories to life, plus an original song about Baltimore and two new scenes. Performances are held in the BMA’s Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Auditorium Wednesday through Sunday, December 11–15, and tickets are available at YouHaveNoIdea.org beginning September 15. Ticket prices are $35 per person; BMA Members receive $5 off with discount code.

Baltimore, You Have No Idea is a 90-minute multimedia production that brings to life Rodricks’ one-of-a-kind stories from more than four decades as a columnist for the Baltimore Sun, as well as his many years as a local radio and television host. Baltimore characters are portrayed with a blend of emotion, insight, respect, and humor, and their stories are accompanied by live music and audio clips, as well as projected images and video. Audiences will experience stories like Rodricks’ very first column on the ex-wife of a local burglary fence and her bemusing legal predicament, his award-winning “Dear Drug Dealers” columns as a desperate gambit to reduce criminal violence, plus his many funny observations and touching interactions with people around Baltimore every day.

Baltimore, You Have No Idea was written by Dan Rodricks, directed by Will Schwarz, and features original music by Mat Lane. It debuted at the BMA in December 2022, and returned in December 2023. In both runs, every performance sold out.

More information: https://artbma.org

Dan Rodricks in Baltimore, You Have No Idea. Photo by Todd Douglas.