Category Archives: Comedy

A Visit from Scarface at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 20-Feb 11

A Visit from Scarface at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 20-Feb 11

A Visit from Scarface
By V. Cate and Duke Ernsberger
Directed by Keith Brown

January 20 – February 11, 2017
January 20, 21, 27, 28, February 3, 4, 10, 11 at 8PM
January 29 and February 5 at 2PM

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

It’s 1932, and the famous Hollywood writer Ben Hecht has just finished his screenplay for a movie produced by Howard Hughes called SCARFACE, loosely based on the real life story of Al Capone. Hecht’s agent shows up at his Hollywood apartment to get the script, but it’s missing! Capone has sent a couple of his associates to have a little “talk” about the script with Ben. The action and dialog flies faster than bullets as Hecht tries to get the script back while dodging the gangsters, his agent, a blond starlet, a woman form the movie censor board, a drunk neighbor, and the house detective.

Ticket prices: $22 General Admission, $20 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult). Buy tickets here.

Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 13-Feb 5

Loves and Hours at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 13-Feb 5

Loves and Hours
by Stephen Metcalfe
Directed by Daniel Douek
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Friday January 13, 2017 through Sunday February 5, 2017
Sunday matinee performances on January 29th and February 5th at 2:00 P.M.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Love. Age. Perspective. The wisdom learned of experience. The innocence and impatience of youth. Thrills. Romance. Movies, wine, antiques and rock and roll. Loves & Hours is the story of Dan Tilney; newly divorced, empty nester, and a man now totally at a loss as to what to do with the rest of his life. His friends know. Dan needs a girl. But will it be Charlotte, beautiful, bursting with life and twenty years his junior? Or will it be Julia; his lifelong friend and confidant. And what about his teenage son who is having an affair with a neighbor? And his ex-wife who has announced she’s gay? What about his best friend, Harold, who is going through a mid-life crisis and his daughter, Rebecca, who is seemingly furious with everything and everyone. In this gentle comedy, life and love are complicated for young and not so young alike.

Performances run weekends from Friday January 13, 2017 through Sunday February 5, 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. For further information, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Buy tickets here.

Break a Leg at Elizabeth Seton High School, Dec 9 & 10

Break a Leg at Elizabeth Seton High School, Dec 9 & 10

Elizabeth Seton High School presents:
Seton Theatre Company production, “Break a Leg”
December 9 & 10, 2016
Location: Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg.

http://www.setonhs.org/arts/dramatic-arts, https://www.setonhs.org/about-us/upcoming-events

Seton Theatre Company proudly presents it’s fall production, “Break a Leg”. A play within a play, “Break a Leg” is a comedy about the shenanigans that go on behind the scenes when a group of students put on a show at their school. Come out and support the Seton Theatre Company! Tickets are $5 for students/$10.

Happy Hollandaise at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Dec 2-18

Happy Hollandaise at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Dec 2-18

Happy Hollandaise
By Tim Koenig
Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Friday December 2, 2016 through Sunday December 18, 2016

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

All Claire Finley wants is the perfect Christmas. She’s hired the celebrated gourmet chef Vilma Hasenpfeffer to prepare her famous Hasenpfeffer Hollandaise Sauce for her dinner guests, the new vicar and his very pregnant wife, Mary. Unfortunately, however, the chef is late, the guests are early and there are burglars loose in the neighborhood. To top it all off, Claire’s father has been hit on the head (with the creche, no less!) and thinks he’s the leading man in all of the West End theatre productions of the last 30 years! With the help of her quirky brother George, Claire tries to keep everything together as it continues to unravel in this sidesplitting British farce reminiscent of Arsenic and Old Lace. But once the mayhem dies down and the mixed-up identities unscramble, the true Christmas spirit shines bright in a surprise ending, which involves transformation, forgiveness, and a beautiful new beginning.

Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service. Performances run weekends from Friday December 2, 2016 through Sunday December 18, 2016 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.

Babes in Toyland… Really by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Dec 2-11

Babes in Toyland… Really by Tantallon at Harmony Hall, Dec 2-11

Babes in Toyland… Really –
By Charla Rowe
Directed by Valerie Holt
December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 2016

Location: Tantallon Community Players at Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington, Maryland.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
Sundays at 3:00

A little boy unwillingly exiting childhood wishes he could live in Toyland instead of the real world, and he gets his wish! But living with nursery rhymes come to life, from Little Bo Peep to Humpty Dumpty, isn’t as much fun as it sounds…

Tickets: Adults: $20, Students and Seniors (age 60+): $15, Groups of 10 or more: $15 per person (if ordered in advance). Buy tickets here.