Category Archives: Comedy

Almost, Maine at MAD, Mar 7 – 22

Almost, Maine at MAD, Mar 7 – 22

MAD presents the 2025 Winter Show:
Almost, Maine
by John Cariani
directed by Aly Bayens and James Pildis
produced by Jon Gardner

March 7 – 22, 2025, at the Goddard Recreation Center

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

Almost, Maine is a play about love, loss, and a bit of magic in a fictional town in Maine. The play is made up of nine short stories about the residents of Almost, Maine who find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected ways.

For tickets click here.

Clue on Stage, High School Edition at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 7-9

Clue on Stage, High School Edition at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 7-9

Bishop McNamara High School presents
Clue on Stage, High School Edition

March 7 – 9, 2025
Friday, March 7 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 8 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

Get ready for a night of mystery and laughs! Clue is a hilarious murder-mystery based on the classic board game—you won’t want to miss it!

Tickets are $15. Click here or here.

No Laughing Matter at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 21-Mar 9

No Laughing Matter at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 21-Mar 9

Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
No Laughing Matter
by Jeff Dunne
directed by Jeff Dunne

February 21 – March 9, 2025
Fri. & Sat. at 8pm; Sun. at 2pm

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

A comedian leaves his home in Russia to start anew. In his way to getting a job as a busboy in a local diner, the FBI mistake him for a spy. Ultimately it is the diner staff who find the true spy.

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

Jaha Koo: Cuckoo at the Clarice, Feb 12 & 13

Jaha Koo: Cuckoo at the Clarice, Feb 12 & 13

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Jaha Koo: Cuckoo
February 12 & 13, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Employing bittersweet and humorous dialogues, theatermaker Jaha Koo and his clever rice cookers take you on a journey through the last 20 years of Korean history, combining personal experience with political events and reflections on happiness, economic crises and death.

The play will be performed in Korean and English, with English subtitles.

압력사회, 증발되는 밥. 구자하의 연극 ‘쿠쿠’ 작품은 해킹된 밥솥들과의 대화를 통해, 아시아 금융 위기와 관련한 정치적 사건, 경제 위기 그리고 행복과 죽음에 대해 성찰하며 한국의 지난 이십여 년의 역사를 돌아본다.

본 연극은 한국어와 영어로 공연되고, 영문자막이 제공됩니다.

Tickets: $25 Public, $10 Students, click here.

PREPOSTEROUS! A Happenstance Clown Circus at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

PREPOSTEROUS! A Happenstance Clown Circus at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 9

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
PREPOSTEROUS! A Happenstance Clown Circus

Sunday, February 9, 2025, 2:00pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Don’t miss this sophisticated-yet-ridiculous, family-friendly, clown circus from Happenstance Theater! A quintet of charming vintage clowns become circus animals, transform into a human calliope, do the classic circus mirror routine with a twist, perform a several preposterous “entrees”, make live music and sound effects, and execute a very satisfying slow-motion number involving a pie! This show is recommended for children ages 3-12. Please note everyone must have a ticket to enter, regardless of age.

Tickets: $6. Click here.