Category Archives: Drama

Kadara – The Stage Play at the Bowie CPA, Nov 1 & 2

Kadara – The Stage Play at the Bowie CPA, Nov 1 & 2

Milolaa Productions presents:
Kadara – The Stage Play
Written and Produced by Milolaa Productions
Directed by Joseph Ofili.

Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 1pm and 4:30pm
Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

KÁDÀRÁ – The Play is a powerful blend of theater and culture. Centered on an original stage play set in the old Yoruba Kingdom, it explores themes of love, resilience, and redemption. More than a show, KÁDÀRÁ is a celebration of heritage, storytelling, and community.

Tickets: $45; or $35 until September 15. Click here.

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Oct 25

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Oct 25

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents:
Experimental Performance Series #1
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 2pm and 7:30pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Experimental Performance Series presents a collection of self-produced works from undergraduate and graduate students in theatre and dance. This performance will feature three original works:

Caminhando e Canatando, by Beatriz Moreira Leite, is about a group of friends finding the power in community and art as an oppressive “big brother” like force attempts to restrict and censor their creative freedom.

bye I’m disconnecting and hard work doesn’t work: jumping through hoops, are two sections of a larger dance work by Jamie Chen in collaboration with dancers. The first, bye I’m disconnecting is about the unacceptable and the lingering of goodbyes. The second, hard work doesn’t work: jumping through hoops, investigates cultural narratives around work and value.

Lost in the World, choreographed by Lottie Owen, is a dance piece that moves through six sections, blending styles and emotions to explore themes of growth, nostalgia, and self-discovery. Through a wide range of music, it reflects the transition from childhood to adulthood, the pull between connection and isolation, and the search for meaning in an ever-changing world. Created as a culmination of Lottie’s college experience, the piece aims to resonate with fellow students by capturing the beauty and uncertainty of growing up.

Free, no tickets. Click here.

Cycles, A Stage Play at the Bowie CPA, Oct 18 & 19

Cycles, A Stage Play at the Bowie CPA, Oct 18 & 19

Stonefield Productions presents:
Cycles – A Stage Play

Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 1:30pm and 6pm
Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 5pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

This is a stage play about a family that needs to come to terms with past family mistakes and misunderstandings. It is a brilliant Dramedy about Pain, Forgiveness, and God’s Love. It delves into the complex human experience and the impacts of past traumas and ultimately, the value of “Family.” This is a faith-based dramedy.

Tickets: $40. Click here.

Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence at the Clarice, Oct 6

Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence at the Clarice, Oct 6

Clarice Presents: Suitland High School
ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 7pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence creates space for teens to confront gun violence by creating new works of theatre that will spark critical conversations and inspire meaningful action in communities across the country. Their mission is to promote playwriting as a tool for self-expression and social change, harnessing this generation’s spirit of activism and providing a platform for America’s playwrights of tomorrow to discover and develop their voices today.

On Mon, Oct 6 across the country, The Clarice will join theaters, schools and community groups for staged readings of six new 10-minute plays by teen writers confronting gun violence, selected by a committee of renowned playwrights out of plays received in a national call for submissions. The plays will be read by students from the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Suitland High School.

Free, tickets required. Click here.

Hot L Baltimore at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 3-18

Hot L Baltimore at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 3-18

The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Hot L Baltimore
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Seth Ghitelman

October 3 – 18, 2025

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Lanford Wilson’s The Hot L Baltimore introduces us to a memorable cast of characters residing in a crumbling Baltimore hotel, their lives as frayed as the lobby’s worn carpet. A young prostitute named “the Girl” plies her trade, while Mr. Morse, a bewildered old man, yearns for a visit from his estranged daughter. With the hotel’s demolition looming, they and the other residents grapple with an uncertain future. Wilson masterfully blends humor and pathos, as seen in the scene where the residents, facing eviction, share a makeshift meal, finding solace and fleeting joy in their shared predicament. This play feels especially relevant today, as America seems increasingly unwilling to address the needs of its most vulnerable citizens. The struggles of the residents of the Hot L Baltimore serve as a mirror to contemporary issues like homelessness, poverty, and the growing gap between the haves and have-nots.

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