Category Archives: Comedy

Christmas with Santa at the Publick Playhouse, Dec 5

Christmas with Santa at the Publick Playhouse, Dec 5

Christmas with Santa

Tuesday, December 5, 10:15 am & 12 noon

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

The spirit of the most wonderful time of year is overflowing in this hysterical Christmas-wrapped comedy packed with sing-along holiday songs. Two zany and lovable elves, Scrunchie and Bangles, have accidentally misplaced some of Santa’s presents. When Santa finds out, he teaches the well-meaning elves that the real gift of the season are the people and friends we celebrate it with.

Recommended for grades Pre-K-3

Curriculum Connections: Language Arts (Foundational Skills, Informational Text, Literature, Reading, Speaking & Listening, Writing)

Tickets: $8/person; $6/person in groups of 20 or more

It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Dec 1-17

It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Dec 1-17

It’s A Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play
by Joe Landry
Directed by John D’Amato
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Friday December 1, 2017 through Sunday December 17, 2017
Matinee performances on December 3, 10 and 17 at 2:00 P.M.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

Performances run weekends from Friday December 1, 2017 through Sunday December 17, 2017 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the link below. For further information, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

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The Man Who Came to Dinner by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Dec 1-16

The Man Who Came to Dinner by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Dec 1-16

The Man Who Came to Dinner
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Keith Brown
December 1 – 16, 2017

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Description: Sheridan Whiteside, critic, lecturer, wit, radio orator, intimate friend of the great and near great, met his Waterloo in the shape of a small piece of ice on the doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley, of Mesalia, Ohio, while trekking across the country on his annual lecture tours. Result: the idol of the air waves rests until further notice in the home of the surprised Mr. and Mrs, Stanley. Possibility: Christmas may be postponed this year. So runs the lead article in the Christmas 1939 issue of Time magazine. Whiteside turns the Stanley household upside down, forcing everyone in town to cater to his egotistical demands. Meanwhile, his beloved secretary has given her notice after falling in love with a local reporter, and Whiteside must engage every weapon in his considerable arsenal of guile and manipulation to keep her in his employ—including blackmail, deceit, and the intervention of a femme fatale actress Lorraine Sheldon and the elegant British wit of playwright Beverly Carlton. A three-ring circus of machinations and celebrity appearances ensues.

Tickets for all shows: $22 Adults, $17 Seniors/18 & Under

Love and Information at Clarice Smith, Nov 10-18

Love and Information at Clarice Smith, Nov 10-18

Love and Information
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson

November 10 – 18, 2017

Fri, Nov 10, 2017 . 7:30PM
Sun, Nov 12, 2017 . 2:00PM
Sun, Nov 12, 2017 . 7:30PM
Wed, Nov 15, 2017 . 7:30PM
Thu, Nov 16, 2017 . 7:30PM
Fri, Nov 17, 2017 . 7:30PM
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 . 2:00PM
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kogod Theatre

Someone can’t get a signal. Friends debate the existence of God. A man has a secret. A scientist dissects a brain. A person is in love and that love can’t be reciprocated. Experiencing this kaleidoscope of vignettes is like watching a stranger’s Snapchats – the characters may be unfamiliar and unrelated to each other, but the emotions are instantly recognizable. In this relentlessly paced serio-comedy, celebrated British playwright Caryl Churchill ask show our infinite access to inspiring, mundane, crucial, insignificant information affects how we connect to each other – and ourselves.

Tickets: General Admission: Regular $25+, Student/Youth: $10

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Tags: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland, Love and Information, Caryl Churchill, Jennifer L Nelson

A Tuna Christmas by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Nov 3-19

A Tuna Christmas by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Nov 3-19

A Tuna Christmas
By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard.
Directed by: Ken Kienas

November 3-19, 2017
Week 1: November 3rd and 4th at 8 pm, November 5th at 2 pm
Week 2: Novemer 10th at 8 pm, November 11th at 2pm and 8 pm, November 12th at 2 pm
Week 3: November 17th and 18th at 8pm, November 19th at 2pm

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

It’s Christmas in Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies! Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities. It’s 24 hours before Christmas and the delightfully eccentric characters of Tuna attempt to cope with seasonal traumas such as the disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard-decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom.

General Admission – $22.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $17.00.
Group Rates(10 or more people): General Admission, Seniors (62+), Students – $15.00.

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