Category Archives: Drama

African Folklore Family Campfire at Marietta House Museum, Jul 15

African Folklore Family Campfire at Marietta House Museum, Jul 15

M-NCPPC presents:
Marietta House Museum
African Folklore Family Campfire
at the Marietta House Museum

Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 6:30pm.

Gather ’round the campfire to listen to folktales from the Southern Ashanti region and the Gold Coast of West Africa. Enjoy these stories handed down through the ages, by storyteller and re-enactor Shemika Renee. Fee includes light snacks. Limit of 30 registrants; please register early. All ages (children must be accompanied by an adult.)

Tickets: $5 (Resident) and $7 (Non-Resident). For more information and to register, email: mariettahouse@pgparks.com.

Gidion’s Knot at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jul 14-16

Gidion’s Knot at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Jul 14-16

Laurel Mill Playhouse presents
Gidion’s Knot
By Johnna Adams
Directed by Rachel Kilgallon and Larry Simmons
Produced by Maureen Rogers

July 14 – 16, 2023
Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Over the course of a 90-minute parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother’s son, the teacher’s student, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely– or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion’s act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

Ticket prices: $20 general, $15 students/military/seniors

LMP strongly urges that all patrons that come to LMP be vaccinated and wear masks. At this time, we will not require vaccination cards and masks in LMP but reserve the right to change the guidelines should the positivity rate rise significantly.

Buy tickets here.

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

Upstage Artists presents A View from the Bridge, Jun 2-11

Upstage Artists presents A View from the Bridge, Jun 2-11

Upstage Artists presents:
A View From The Bridge
by Arthur Miller
Directed By John Cusumano
Assistant Directed By Michael and Megan Safko

Show dates: June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 2023

Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

Audience warning: adult language and themes.

Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife Beatrice and his niece Catherine. When Beatrice’s cousins Marco and Rodolpho enter the US illegally, desperate to find work having fled the poverty of Sicily, the pair is welcomed into the Carbone home. But as Rodolpho and Catherine fall in love, Eddie’s adoration of his niece is no longer touching, but terrifying. Simmering with jealousy and obsession, Italian-American immigrant life of 1950s Brooklyn colours Miller’s searing drama of tragic proportions. The universal story of family, immigration and justice cuts deeply.

Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.

The Children’s Hour at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 19-Jun 3

The Children’s Hour at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 19-Jun 3

The Greenbelt Arts Center Presents:
The Children’s Hour
By Lillian Hellman
Directed by Pauline Griller-Mitchell and John Bartkowiak

May 19 – June 3, 2023

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

The play, which premiered in 1934, was a professional success for the playwright, Lillian Hellman. Set in a private school for girls, the play explores how lying, bullying, and the insidious effect of slanderous innuendo can upend plans and lives.

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

Anansi the Spider at the Bowie CPA, Apr 25

Anansi the Spider at the Bowie CPA, Apr 25

Arts on Stage presents:
Anansi the Spider
Written by Jeremy Kisling, Based on the traditional Anansi Tales

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 10:15AM and 12:00 noon

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

The winds blow, the fireflies glow, and a trickster spider knows just how to get what he wants. But will Anansi stick to his embellished stories of adventure and danger or will he discover that the truth may serve him better? YOU get to help the African savanna come to life in this interactive tale adapted for the stage by LCT’s Jeremy Kisling.

Tickets: $9. Click here.