Category Archives: Drama

The Diviners at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 16-18

The Diviners at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 16-18

Bishop McNamara High School presents
The Diviners
By Jim Leonard Jr.

March 16 – 18, 2018
Friday – March 16th – 7:30 pm
Saturday – March 17th – 7:30 pm
Sunday – March 18th – 2:00 pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma, and the loss of his mother in the same accident, has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy’s father. The town doesn’t have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach – while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns.

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased here.

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Frankenstein by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Mar 9-25

Frankenstein by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Mar 9-25

Frankenstein
By Victor Gialanella
Adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley.
Directed by: Brian Douglas

NOTICE: This production contains scenes which simulate intense violence and death, with victims that include women, a young boy, and a dog. Please give due consideration to this before purchasing any tickets.

March 9-25, 2018
Week 1: March 9th and 10th at 8 pm, March 11th at 2 pm
Week 2: March 16th at 8 pm, March 17th at 2pm and 8 pm, March 18th at 2 pm
Week 3: March 23rd and 24th at 8pm, March 25th at 2pm

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Set in nineteenth-century Switzerland, this classic tale of horror and suspense details the ill-fated experiments of young Dr. Frankenstein as he attempts to fathom the secrets of life and death. Purchasing cadavers from two unsavory grave robbers, he gives life to a creature both hideous and touching—and so physically powerful and mentally twisted that he soon brings death or destruction to all who stand in his way. Adhering more closely to the original novel than did the famous motion picture versions, the play blends moments of brooding terror and sudden shock with questions of morality and the dangers of unrestrained scientific inquiry.

General Admission – $22.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $17.00.
Group Rates(10 or more people): General Admission, Seniors (62+), Students – $15.00.

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We Can Do It! American Women in History at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 7

We Can Do It! American Women in History at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 7

Midweek Matinee
We Can Do It! American Women in History

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 10:15 am & 12 noon

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

We Can Do It! American Women in History When two students explore the attic of a museum, they meet some amazing women from history face to face. “We Can Do It!” celebrates the courageous, confident women who have helped shape our country, from Amelia Earhart and Laura Ingalls Wilder to Sacajawea and Susan B. Anthony.

Recommended for grades 3-5

Curriculum Connections: History, Social Studies

Tickets: $8/person; $6/person in groups of 20 or more. This performance is supported by a grant from the GEICO philanthropic foundation; free tickets are available for qualifying Title 1 schools.

Angel Street at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 2-24

Angel Street at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 2-24

Angel Street
By Patrick Hamilton
Directed by Pauline Griller-Mitchell

March 2 – 24, 2018
March 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 8PM
Sunday matinees: March 11 & 18 at 2PM

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Angel Street (better known in the USA as Gaslight) takes place in 1880 in an old Victorian house in Pimlico, London. Mr Manningham is slowly trying to drive his wife, Mrs Manningham, insane (her mother died of insanity) by playing demonic tricks on her. Why? Because, very briefly, many years ago a murder took place in the house and the murderer was looking for some precious rubies which have never been found. One evening when Mr. Manningham is out a visitor calls – it is Inspector Rough who during the course of the evening convinces Mrs. Manningham that her husband is a maniacal killer. He enlists the aid of Elizabeth, the Manningham’s housekeeper. The other character is Nancy, a young flirtatious parlor maid who sets her cap on Mr. Manningham.

Ticket prices: $22 General Admission, $20 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult). Buy tickets here.