The Hound of the Baskervilles at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 30 – Nov 15

The Hound of the Baskervilles at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Oct 30 – Nov 15

Laurel Mill Playhouse presents:
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Adapted and Dramatized by Tim Kelly
Director: Larry Simmons
Producer: Maureen Rogers

Performances October 30 – November 15, 2026.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Holmes’ most spine-chilling mystery is placed in a modern setting in this version – with suspense, humor, and terror. Sir Henry is heir to the vast Baskerville fortune, a legacy that comes with a family curse: death at the fangs of a horror that prowls the moor.

Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: $20, Children 18 and under, Seniors 65 and over, and active duty military: $18.

For further information, please call 301-617-9906, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Crossing a Deep River I at Montpelier Arts Center, Nov 1

Crossing a Deep River I at Montpelier Arts Center, Nov 1

M-NCPPC presents:
Crossing a Deep River: A Ritual Drama in Three Movements (Staged Reading I)
at the Montpelier Arts Center

Sunday, November 1, 2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience a powerful fusion of history, ritual, and storytelling in this staged reading of Crossing a Deep River: A Ritual Drama in Three Movements. Presented in conjunction with The African Odyssey exhibition, this transformative performance ushers its audience through a collective ritual healing of ancestral wounds while engaging directly with Montpelier’s history as a former site of enslavement. Join us for a thought-provoking encounter between place and memory.

Following the performance, participate in a structured talkback in the form of a Braxton Institute Dialogue on Resistance and Thriving. Featuring: Mélisande Short-Colomb (storyteller, performer, and playwright); Omiyẹmi Artisia Green (Chair, Howard University Department of Theatre Arts); Rev. Dr. Joanne “Jodi” Braxton (playwright; co-founder, Braxton Institute); and Ìyá Ìfánìkẹ Batts (director; Co-coordinator of Musical Theatre, Howard University).

For the full experience, begin your visit at the Montpelier Historic Site & Museum to explore The African Odyssey exhibition on its final day. Featuring photographs from Dr. Braxton’s research journey to West Africa, the exhibit provides powerful context for the staged reading and the histories that inspired it.

Age 11 and up.

Tickets: $20 (Resident) and $26 (Non-Resident). Click here.

Bowie High School presents Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at the Bowie CPA, Oct 29 & Nov 1

Bowie High School presents Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at the Bowie CPA, Oct 29 & Nov 1

Bulldog Theatre at Bowie High School presents
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Thursday, October 29 at 7pm
Sunday, November 1 at 2pm

Presented by: Bowie High School
Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Auditions for Frost/Nixon by Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 29 & 31

Auditions for Frost/Nixon by Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 29 & 31

The Greenbelt Arts Center announces auditions for:
Frost/Nixon
By Peter Morgan
Directed by Rocky Nunzio

Audition Dates: Thursday, October 29, 2026 (7pm – 10 pm) and Saturday, October 31 (12pm – 3pm).

Performance Dates: February 26 through March 13, 2027

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

British talk-show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughingstock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an apology from Nixon. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation’s eyes. In the television age, image is king, and both men are desperate to out-talk and upstage each other as the cameras roll. The result is the interview that sealed a president’s legacy.

For more information including roles to be cast, click here.

Little Women at MAD, Oct 23-Nov 22

Little Women at MAD, Oct 23-Nov 22

MAD presents:
Little Women, the Broadway Musical
Book by Allan Knee
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Directed by James Pildis
Produced by Emily Letchworth
Music Director: Susan Breon

Performances: October 23 – November 22, 2026
Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 2pm (no show on Halloween)

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Little Women is a coming-of-age musical based on the 1869 Louisa May Alcott novel by the same name. It follows the lives of the four March sisters in Concord, Massachusetts during the American Civil War. Jo March, an up-and-coming author, brings her stories of mythical beings and sword fights to life on stage. The audience will experience as the family navigates poverty, love, loss, family bonds, and journey into adulthood.

Tickets: $26 adult; $24 senior/military; $14 student. Click here.