Category Archives: Drama

The Color Purple: A Fundraising Experience, at the Bowie CPA, Feb 1

The Color Purple: A Fundraising Experience, at the Bowie CPA, Feb 1

CenterStage Arts Alliance presents:
“The Color Purple” A Fundraising Experience
Director: Sherion Cosby
Choreographer: Shawn Cosby
Music Director: Juliet Lowery

Sunday, February 1, 2026, 3:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

ONE NIGHT ONLY – Experience The Color Purple with BCPA and CSAA! A powerful fundraising event supporting community, arts, and impact. Help Us Reach Our $25,000 Goal and Transform Lives Through the Power of the Arts

Come join us for a mesmerizing performance of THE COLOR PURPLE at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts! Get ready to be swept away by the powerful story, incredible music, and talented cast. This in-person event promises to be a night to remember. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable experience!

An inspiring story of hope and resilience, The Color Purple follows Celie, a young woman in the American South, as she overcomes hardship, finds her voice, and discovers the power of love and sisterhood. With a soul-stirring score of gospel, blues, and jazz, this Tony Award-winning musical is a celebration of triumph over adversity and the beauty of the human spirit.

Tickets: $45. Click here.

Save My Black Soul at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 16-Feb 1

Save My Black Soul at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jan 16-Feb 1

Laurel Mill Playhouse presents:
Save My Black Soul
by Evan Carrington
Director – Jeremy Keith Hunter
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Performances January 16 – February 1, 2026
Performances Fri. at 8 PM; Sat at 8 PM; Sun. at 2 PM.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

“Save My Black Soul” is a period drama that takes place during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and follows a young, struggling African-American actor named Edward Foster. Edward, being fed up with the roles that are being offered to him in Hollywood, decides to move to New York City to create a theatre space where he can mold the next generation of up-and-coming actors of color. While his aspirations may be pure, the journey to get there will be anything but flawless.

Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: $20, Children 18 and under, Seniors 65 and over, and active duty military: $15

For further information, please call 301-617-9906, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Broken Chains … She Earned Them, at the Bowie CPA, Jan 10

Broken Chains … She Earned Them, at the Bowie CPA, Jan 10

Neeci Hinton Bazemore presents:
Broken Chains … She Earned Them!

Saturday, January 10, 2026, at 5pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

During a much anticipated audition, dancers share testimonies of storms experienced and overcome… and left with Broken Chains. Chains that weren’t fragmented from rust and deterioration, but from tests they had suffered through. And as a result, strongholds were released and they are now healed!

Tickets: $65. Click here.

A Christmas Carol at the Bowie CPA, Dec 6-21

A Christmas Carol at the Bowie CPA, Dec 6-21

The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts presents:
A Christmas Carol
Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens
Directed by Christopher Dwyer

December 6 – 15, 2024
Saturday, December 6 at 3pm and 7pm
Sunday, December 14 at 1pm and 4pm
Sunday, December 21 at 4pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

For families and patrons of all ages!

Celebrate the holidays at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts with our original production of Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adapted and directed by Christopher Dwyer.

Step back in time to Victorian London for one of the world’s most beloved stories, told with music, magic, humor, and heart in this acclaimed adaptation at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts. Follow London’s most notorious miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, as he journeys through time with a host of spirits to re-discover his own humanity — and the spirit of the holidays.

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Dec 5-21

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Dec 5-21

Laurel Mill Playhouse presents:
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley Auditions
by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by Ilene Chalmers
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Performances December 5 – 21, 2025
Performances Fri. at 8 PM; Sat at 8 PM; Sun. at 2 PM.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

THE STORY: A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love.

Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: $20, Children 18 and under, Seniors 65 and over, and active duty military: $15

For further information, please call 301-617-9906, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.