Category Archives: Comedy

The Learned Ladies at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 8-10

The Learned Ladies at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 8-10

Bishop McNamara High School presents
The Learned Ladies
by Moliere
translated by Richard Wilbur

March 8 – 10, 2024
Friday, March 8 & Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

The Learned Ladies is a romantic comedy originally written during the French Baroque period by Moliere. This translation is by Richard Wilbur, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry. Henriette and Clitandre are in love and want to get married. However, her mother objects and wants Henriette to marry the poet, Trissotin, who leads the women in the family in academic pursuits. Henriette’s father tries to plead for his daughter to marry the person she loves, but his strong-willed wife resists. Which will prevail – the heart or the mind?

Tickets are TBD. Click here.

Funny Southern Girls Comedy at the Bowie CPA, Feb 16

Funny Southern Girls Comedy at the Bowie CPA, Feb 16

Platinum for Laughs & SouthernGal Productions Presents:
Funny Southern Gals Comedy

Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Join Platinum for Laughs and SouthernGal Productions for clean, comedic entertainment at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts! The show is hosted by Marilyn “Platinum” Franklin and features Felicia “FeFe” Frazier, Wendy “Quiet Storm” Lee, Christina “Ella the Spella” Wilson, and Theresa “TERECKA” Melton. They’re not famous, but they’re funny!

Tickets: $30 to $65. Click here.

Queens of Sheba at Clarice Smith, Feb 2-4

Queens of Sheba at Clarice Smith, Feb 2-4

Queens of Sheba
by Jessica L. Hagan
In partnership with the Under the Radar Festival

Fri, Feb 2, 2024 . 8:00PM
Sat, Feb 3, 2024 . 8:00PM
Sun, Feb 4, 2024 . 3:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Presented by Nouveau Riche and Soho Theatre
Written by Jessica L. Hagan
Adapted by Ryan Calais Cameron
Directed by Jessica Kaliisa
Cast: Paisley Billings, Déja J Bowens, Jadesola Odunjo, Muki Zubis
Producer for Nouveau Riche: Sarah Verghese
Producers for Soho Theatre: David Luff and Maddie Wilson
Communications & Marketing: Yasmin Mehboob-Khan
Stage Manager: Marie Angelique St Hill
Vocal Coach: Theo Llewellyn

The four powerful Black women that form the beating heart of Jessica L. Hagan’s knowingly sharp and riotously funny choreopoem Queens of Sheba demand respect and, with every story told, they earn it. A spiritual successor to Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, Queens incisively calls out and lances the constellation of racist, sexist and colorist micro- and macro-aggressions that its characters encounter: the music and the misogyny, the dancing and the drinking, the women and, of course, the (white) men. Turned away from a nightclub for being “too Black”, the Queens navigate the minefields of misogynoir, seeking power among the songs of Tina Turner and Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin, finding elevation in sisterhood, sweet relief in the riot of laughter and the shedding of tears. Playful, intellectually rigorous, packed with righteous fury and genuine soul, Queens of Sheba is a unique meditation on Black Women’s identity, suffering and joy.

Tickets: $30, or $10 Students. Click here.

Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Jan 27

Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Jan 27

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy

Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 7pm & 9:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy Series, this month featuring special guests Brooklyn Mike, Timmy Hall, and Cool Bubba Ice! Plus, there will be live music by Sound of the City, featuring Precious Joubert and DJ Two Tone Jones, and delicious food from Ruby’s Southern Comfort Kitchen!

Tickets: $35 to $45. Click here.

Tig Notaro at Clarice Smith, Jan 26

Tig Notaro at Clarice Smith, Jan 26

Tig Notaro

Fri, Jan 26, 2024 . 8:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor and actor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and “Ellen.” Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.” Notaro appears in Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead” and “Star Trek: Discovery.” She wrote and starred in the groundbreaking TV show “One Mississippi” and just released her second HBO special “Tig Notaro: Drawn.” In 2021, Tig co-directed the feature film “Am I OK?” with wife Stephanie Allynne, which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will be available on HBO Max later this year. She hosts the critically acclaimed advice podcast, “Don’t Ask Tig,” as well as co-hosts the ridiculous documentary film podcast “Tig and Cheryl: True Story.”

Tickets: $30 to $60 or $10 Students Click here.