Eugene Wolf Presents: The Book of Mamaw
Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 3:00PM
Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.
The Book of Mamaw is a storytelling concert of love, memory, and legacy. Join us for an unforgettable evening of stories and songs about family, memory, and the people who shape our lives.
Tickets: $21.40. Click here.
Clarice presents:
A World Without Them
Thu, Sep. 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Fri, Sep. 18, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
What do we lose when someone disappears—a species, a culture, a language, a voice?
A World Without Them is a visually stunning and emotionally powerful exploration of extinction in all its forms—natural, cultural, and personal. Co-created by Deaf artist Landon Krentz and Ghost River Theatre’s Eric Rose, this groundbreaking work blends physical theatre with visual vernacular, a unique storytelling technique rooted in Deaf expression.
This production transcends language and cultural barriers, where gesture replaces dialogue, and movement becomes meaning. At its core, it is a bold celebration of Deaf artistry, a tribute to those who came before, and a call to imagine a future where no story is left behind.
Tickets: Free. Click here.
The Rude Mechanicals, in residence at The Greenbelt Arts Center present:
The Lion in Winter
by James Goldman
directed by Stephen Cox
September 4 – 19, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays September 6 & 13 at 2 PM
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
Join the Rudes for A Very Special Plantagenet Christmas – hosted by that premier dysfunctional family of the 12th century. Henry II of England has reprieved his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine from prison to join their scheming sons to decide who will succeed him. Joining them is Phillip II, the young King of France, to discuss whether his sister will marry one of the sons or remain Henry’s mistress. Alliances shift, betrayals abound, and no one leaves unscathed in this wickedly funny and fiercely intelligent battle for love, power, and the English crown.
Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
Pipeline Playwrights Presents
Around the Snake Turn
A new play by Patricia Connelly
Directed by Rikki Howie Lacewell
June 19 – 28, 2026
Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.
When Baaba’s son is accused of a crime, the local fetish priest curses the extended family—a curse that can only be lifted when a young virgin becomes a trokosi or wife to the gods, in reality, a slave to the priest. With her young daughter at risk, Baaba pits herself against family, religion, and tradition to keep her daughter safe.
Pipeline Playwrights
Pipeline Playwrights is the only theater collaborative in the Washington, DC area dedicated to producing new plays by women playwrights. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation founded by women playwrights, Pipeline seeks to close the theatre gender gap one play, one reading, one production at a time. The members of Pipeline Playwrights are Crystal Adaway, Nicole Burton, Patricia Connelly, Jean Koppen, and Ann Timmons. Find out more at https://www.pipelineplaywrights.org
Tickets $33 General; $23 Students, Industry, Essential Workers. Click here.
Upstage Artists presents:
American Son
by Christopher Demos-Brown
directed by Rick Bergmann
Show Dates: June 5-7 and 12-14, 2026
Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705
The award-winning play about an estranged biracial couple who must confront their feelings about race and bias after their son is detained by the local police following a traffic stop incident. Their disparate histories and backgrounds inform their assumptions as they try to find out what happened to their son.
Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.
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