Category Archives: Comedy

The Waiting Room at Clarice Smith, Feb 14-22

The Waiting Room at Clarice Smith, Feb 14-22

by Lisa Loomer

February 14-22, 2014

Director Kris Messer

Presented By:
University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. General Admission.

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Fri, Feb 14, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 15, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sun, Feb 16, 2014 . 2:00PM
Wed, Feb 19, 2014 . 7:30PM
Thu, Feb 20, 2014 . 7:30PM
Fri, Feb 21, 2014 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 22, 2014 . 2:00PM
Sat, Feb 22, 2014 . 7:30PM

Description:

Lisa Loomer’s 1994 play is a dark comedy about the timeless quest for beauty — and its cost. Three women from different centuries meet in a modern doctor’s waiting room.

Forgiveness From Heaven is an 18th-century Chinese woman whose bound feet are causing her to lose her toes. Victoria is a 19th-century English woman suffering from what is commonly known as “hysteria.” Then there is Wanda, a modern gal from New Jersey who is having problems with her silicone breasts.

Husbands, doctors, Freud, the drug industry and the FDA all come under examination in this wild ride through medical and sexual politics.

The playwright — who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Girl, Interrupted — often deals with the experiences of Latinos and Hispanic Americans and with various aspects of contemporary family life. For her work on The Waiting Room, she won the 1994 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award and the 1995 American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award.

Funny Money by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Jan 31 – Feb 16

Funny Money by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Jan 31 – Feb 16

Comedy by Ray Cooney
Directed by Fred Nelson

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

January 31 – February 16, 2014

Henry, a mild mannered British CPA, accidentally picks up a briefcase full of someone else’s ill-gotten gains. He decides to keep it and fly to Barcelona to start a new life, but his wife has other plans, and before they can leave, there’s an unexpected knock at the door. The circumstances that prevent Henry from working his way out of this problem are the kinds that only a master of farce like Britain’s Ray Cooney (author of Run for Your Wife and It Runs in the Family) could create. You’ll love this hilarious comedy of errors.

January 31 through
February 16, 2014
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM
Sundays at 3 PM

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General Admission – $22
Seniors (60+) and Full Time Students – $19
Discount available for prepaid groups

Cheaper by the Dozen by Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Feb 19-21

Cheaper by the Dozen by Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Feb 19-21

This show has been postponed to February 19, 20 and 21

Adapted by Christopher Sergel from the book by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Director Darrin Stewart
Assistant Director Julieann McCasslin

Location: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt room 007.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 19, 20 and 21 at 7:00pm

Description: Cheaper by the Dozen is the story of a rather large family of twelve run by one of the pioneers of industrial efficiency. His children want nothing but to be normal, popular kids, but their plans don’t exactly work out when their father decides to use his efficiency methods to run his house like a factory and word gets out to the whole school.

Three Little Birds at Bowie State University, Jan 29-31

Three Little Birds at Bowie State University, Jan 29-31

Adventure Theatre MTC presents “Three Little Birds”

January 29-31 at 11am and 1pm.

Description: Bowie State University’s theater program is partnering with Adventure Theater Musical Theater Center (MTC) to present “Three Little Birds,” a tribute to Bob Marley’s musical style. Adapted from Cedella Marley’s children’s book, it tells the story of a young reluctant bird and his friends on their jungle adventures. The play will be choreographed by Michael J. Bobbitt and produced a part of Adventure Theater’s road show, theater-for-young-audiences (TYA), that will head to Broadway in late January/early February.

Location: Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University.

More information contact Bob Bartlett, bbartlett@bowiestate.edu, 301-860-3769.

45 Seconds from Broadway at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 17-Feb 8

45 Seconds from Broadway at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 17-Feb 8

45 Seconds from Broadway
by Neil Simon
Directed by Mark Allen
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Friday January 17, 2014 through Saturday February 8, 2014

From America’s master of Contemporary Broadway Comedy, here is another revealing comedy behind the scenes in the entertainment world, this time near the heart of the theatre district. 45 Seconds from Broadway takes place in the legendary “Polish Tea Room” on New York’s 47th Street. Here Broadway theatre personalities washed-up and on-the-rise, gather to schmooz even as they lose. This touching valentine to New York offers great acting roles as Neil Simon continues his exploration of the foibles and funny in the human comedy.

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French. Performances run weekends from Friday January 17, 2014 through Saturday February 8, 2014 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission. Admission for students (18 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $12. For reservations, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2. For further information visit the web site at http://www.laurelmillplayhouse.org or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.