Category Archives: Drama

Drama Kids of Bowie at the Bowie CPA, May 18

Drama Kids of Bowie at the Bowie CPA, May 18

Drama Kids of Bowie presents its 14th annual Spring production

Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 1pm, and 4:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Sunday, May 18, 2025 — 1:00 pm

Paradesia
Come with us to the beautiful island of Paradesia, where peaceful serenity is disrupted by sudden danger. Discover hidden treasures, explore the sandy beaches, and collect magical seashells as you dive into this tropical escape full of surprises and excitement. Enjoy sun, sand, and mysterious shells on this delightful tropical excursion.
*Performed by Robert Goddard Montessori School Location

The Bold Buccaneers
Ahoy, Mateys! It’s a pirate’s life for them, but what happens when sailors from Her Majesty’s Service get picked up by the pirates? Put a group of rough and tumble personalities on one ship, and SOMEBODY may have to walk the plank…!
*Performed by Robert Goddard Montessori School Location

Jason & The Golden Fleece
Drop into the comical final dress-rehearsal of this high school play. Cast members are challenged to play two roles at once, alternating between a stereotypical high school student and a formal Greek character in this retelling of the classic Greek Tragedy. *Performed by DKI Acting Academy; Samuel Ogle MS Location

Sunday, May 18, 2025 — 4:30 pm

Pirate Joe
Feared by everyone across the sea…ARGH!!! Their dream pirating adventure turns out to be a NIGHTMARE! Join us aboard Captain Joe’s Pirate Ship where this swarthy crew of pirates is about to stage a mutiny! Will Pirate Joe be able to keep them in line or will the crew take over? You’ll just have to watch and find out!
*Performed by Yorktown ES Location

The Bold Buccaneers
Ahoy, Mateys! It’s a pirate’s life for them, but what happens when sailors from Her Majesty’s Service get picked up by the pirates? Put a group of rough and tumble personalities on one ship, and SOMEBODY may have to walk the plank…!
*Performed by Tulip Grove ES Location

Jason & The Golden Fleece
Drop into the comical final dress-rehearsal of this high school play. Cast members are challenged to play two roles at once, alternating between a stereotypical high school student and a formal Greek character in this retelling of the classic Greek Tragedy.
*Performed by DKI Acting Academy; Samuel Ogle MS Location

Tickets: $20 each or $30 for both performances. Click here.

Juxtapose: A Theatrical Shadow Box at Joe’s Movement Emporium, May 15-25

Juxtapose: A Theatrical Shadow Box at Joe’s Movement Emporium, May 15-25

Joe’s Movement Emporium presents:
JUXTAPOSE | A Theatrical Shadow Box

Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Friday, May 16, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 2 pm
Monday, May 19, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Friday, May 23, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 2 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

JUXTAPOSE is a theatrical assemblage set in a magical-realist tenement building. Five eccentric characters are trying to co-exist during the sixth mass extinction. The show is inspired in part by the shadow boxes of Joseph Cornell, in which isolated objects are brought together within a frame to create poetic possibilities. As humanity teeters on the edge of the frame, JUXTAPOSE offers audiences a reminder that our shared mortality, our common humanity, the ability to laugh at fear and the limitless hope of imagination might save us from the despair of ending.

Tickets $25 general, $15 Senior/Child. Click here.

Alarm Will Sound: Paper Pianos at the Clarice, May 10

Alarm Will Sound: Paper Pianos at the Clarice, May 10

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Alarm Will Sound: Paper Pianos
Saturday, May 10, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

This evening-length multimedia work theatrically explores displacement, longing and the optimism of refugees. Paper Pianos, composed by Mary Kouyoumdjian, combines narratives from four refugees and resettlement workers with intricate hand-drawn animations by artist Kervork Mourad that dramatically depict emotions experienced around the world.

Tickets: $20-$50 Public, $10 Students, click here.

Help is on the Way at the Bowie CPA, May 3

Help is on the Way at the Bowie CPA, May 3

MDJ Productions presents:
Help is on the Way
A Stage Play
By Marissa D. Jackson
Inspired by: Smiley J. @smileyjartistzone

Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 4pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Confronting the silent legacy of generational stress and mental health wellness in the Black Community. As we take a deeper dive into life situations that are most times just not talked about enough, which in turn can cause a Mental Health crisis.

Tickets: $35-$55. Click here.

Upstage Artists presents Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Apr 25-May 4

Upstage Artists presents Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Apr 25-May 4

Upstage Artists presents:
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
by Todd Kreidler
directed by John Cusumano

Show Dates: April 25-27 and May 2-4, 2025

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

A progressive white couple’s proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fiance home to meet them in this fresh and relevant stage adaptation of the iconic film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Blindsided by their daughter’s whirlwind romance and fearful for her future, Matt and Christina Drayton quickly come to realize the difference between supporting a mixed-race couple in your newspaper and welcoming one into your family — especially in 1967. But they’re surprised to find they aren’t the only ones with concerns about the match, and it’s not long before a multi-family clash of racial and generational difference sweeps across the Draytons’ idyllic San Francisco terrace. At the end of the day, will the love between young Joanna and John prevail? With humor and insight, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner begins a conversation sure to continue at dinner tables long after the curtain comes down.

Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.