Category Archives: Drama

Are We At War Yet at Clarice Smith, Apr 19-26

Are We At War Yet at Clarice Smith, Apr 19-26

Are We At War Yet
By Mikhail Durnenkov

April 19-26, 2024
Fri, Apr 19, 2024 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 20, 2024 . 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 21, 2024 . 2:00PM
Wed, Apr 24, 2024 . 7:30PM
Thu, Apr 25, 2024 . 7:30PM
Fri, Apr 26, 2024 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

With an air of wit and a twinge of anxiety, Mikhail Durnenkov’s Are We At War Yet is a distinctly Russian narrative exploring everyday issues like the threat of war and the psychological effects of propaganda. His dark comedy shows audience members that the fabric that holds society and family together is nothing more than gossamer, and it’s close to tearing.

Tickets: $25 General, or $10 Students. Click here.

Shadow Hour by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Apr 5-28

Shadow Hour by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Apr 5-28

Shadow Hour
by Ralph Tropf
directed by: Nicole Mullens-Teasley

April 5 – 28, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

General Admission – $25.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $20.00.

Shadow Hour is an exciting courtroom drama for the stage. A jury is given the task of assigning guilt or innocence to a United States Senator accused of sexual assault. As the jury debates the testimony, flashbacks to the trial show how the members of the panel interpret the evidence through their own bias. Flashbacks to the actual events of the “crime” show how the witnesses themselves also add bias to the evidence. The truth is lost in shadows.

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Softly Softly The Myth of the Strong Black Woman at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mar 28

Softly Softly The Myth of the Strong Black Woman at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mar 28

Joe’s Movement Emporium presents:
Softly Softly The Myth of the Strong Black Woman
Created by Maria Fenton

Thursday March 28, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

Softly, Softly Expressions is a powerful conglomerate of artistic mediums:film, ballet production, art exhibition, readings, and fashion collection centering Black women’s humanity. It illuminates Black women’s costly, treacherous & seemingly mythic composure as they navigate life. Created by multi-hyphenate artist and Howard University professor, Maria Fenton, it touches on race, gender, suicide prevention, domestic violence, mental health, politics, and more. Softly, Softly is a both a battle cry and love story about the grace, reality, & magic of Black women and their often invisible embattled journey.

Tickets $10. Click here.

Not the Man I Married at the Bowie CPA, Mar 17

Not the Man I Married at the Bowie CPA, Mar 17

CMR Impact Productions Presents:
Not the Man I Married Stage Play
by C. Michelle Lee
directed by Debbie Arnold-Franklin

Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 6:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

NOT THE MAN I MARRIED is a play written and Produced By C. Michelle Lee. This playwright has been on the rise for over ten years or more with plays like He’s Not Your Soul Mate and The TEA. Her comedic viewpoint is done with style and grace, bringing comedy to reality with real-life experiences. Not the Man I Married is being presented on Sunday, March 17, 2024, by CMR Impact Productions at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

This play has been touring from the South now to the North, it was seen here in DC at the DC Arts Festival with wonderful reviews in 2022 and now is back by popular demand. Not the Man I Married is based on a dysfunctional family that has endured years of domestic violence. Aunt Robin is not only funny but she is suffering from ”CMS”—“Can’t Member Smack” disorder, living in the house with her brother who goes to strip clubs with a bag of quarters to make it rain.

Mrs. Lee the Producer of the play along with Debbie Arnold-Franklin as her director, her Daughter TayJuana Lee as her Production Manager, and Crystal Allen as her Assistant Production Manager. These four ladies have brought together a strong play that features a star-studded cast. The play features C. Michelle Lee (Aunt Robin), Mario Booker (Uncle Buck), Annisa Hargrove (Shawn), Tee “Sylk” Harris (Kevin), and many more. The cast of this production will be using comedy and laughter to address the traumas of domestic violence — “The play is serious, but it’s like a rollercoaster. You can just go up, up, up, but the humor softens the downs. Give people something to smile about, to laugh through the pain, hurt, and misunderstandings.” Come out to see the play; you will not regret it! You will cry, laugh, relate, dance, and sing. We have traveled through the South; now we are bringing this cast to the DMV.

Tickets: $25 to $45. Click here.

Harriet Tubman at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 12

Harriet Tubman at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 12

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Harriet Tubman

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 10am & 11:15am

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

This stirring drama with music is a classic tribute to the great American who freed herself and hundreds of others from the bonds of slavery. Share her adventurous life with your students in this accurate and deeply moving musical history lesson.

$6. Click here.