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Women Playing Hamlet by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Mar 6-29

Women Playing Hamlet by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Mar 6-29

The Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Women Playing Hamlet
by William Missouri Downs

Performance Dates: March 6 – 29, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Struggling TV soap actress Jessica is offered a role she’s not sure she wants – Hamlet. As she copes with the insane idea (and the occasional threatening text from Sir Patrick Stewart), she encounters a wide-ranging ensemble of challenging characters – including an abusive acting coach, a bratty hacker niece, a cougar mom, a worldwise bartender, a sexist creep professor and a Shakespearean gravedigger – all played by women. Jessica’s journey to find herself in the role is a humorous and insightful exploration of gender, identity, and the challenges of acting.

Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.

Upstage Artists presents The Importance of Being Earnest, Mar 6-15

Upstage Artists presents The Importance of Being Earnest, Mar 6-15

Upstage Artists presents:
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Anna Fitzmaurice

Show Dates: March 6-8 and 13-15, 2026

Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

The classic comedy about two friends, each pretending to be a man named “Earnest” to win over women who insist they can only love someone with that name. Chaos and comedy ensue in this sharp, witty satire packed with lies, tangled plots, and mistaken identities.

Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.

A View From the Bridge at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 6-21

A View From the Bridge at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 6-21

The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
A View From the Bridge
by Arthur Miller
directed by Stephen Cox

March 6 – 21, 2026

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

The tragedy of a good, simple man ( a Brooklyn longshoreman) whose subconscious sexual attraction to the seventeen year old niece that he has raised as a daughter, collides with her attraction to one of his wife’s illegal immigrant cousins whom he has taken into his home out of his own generosity and love of his wife. Extremely moving tragedy with scattered humorous moments displaying both the air of 1950’s Brooklyn and a timeless, universal sense of the human condition. Contains subthemes relevant to current topics of controvery: such as the treatment of illegal aliens and anyone who seems “different” from the norm. Script published by Dramatists Play Service.

Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

Macbeth at the Clarice, Mar 6-10

Macbeth at the Clarice, Mar 6-10

Clarice presents:
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare

Fri, Mar. 6, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Sat, Mar. 7, 2026 | 2:00 pm
Sat, Mar. 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Tue, Mar. 10, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Wed, Mar. 11, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Thu, Mar. 12, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

In this bold retelling of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Lord Macbeth and his wife will stop at nothing to fulfill a prophecy and ascend to power but the consequences of their ambition threaten everything.

Tickets: $35, Students/Youth: $15. Click here.