Category Archives: Play

NextNOW Fest 2025 at the Clarice, Sep 10-16

NextNOW Fest 2025 at the Clarice, Sep 10-16

NextNOW Fest 2025
Arts for All
Terps After Dark

Wednesday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s annual NextNOW Fest is a multi-day arts festival featuring performances and other experiences by intriguing, inventive artists from around the country and the University of Maryland campus. A forward-looking gathering place where art transforms our future and connects us all, NextNOW Fest is where creativity and community converge.

A University of Maryland campus tradition, NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time. NextNOW Fest is also a partner of Terps After Dark, an initiative by the UMD Division of Student Affairs that supports late-night, on-campus student programming.The festival is open for all to attend, including the general public.

For more information and the complete schedule, click here.

Legally Blonde the Musical by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 5-Oct 4

Legally Blonde the Musical by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 5 – Oct 4

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Legally Blonde the Musical
Directed by Summer Moore
Produced by Otega Okurume

September 5 – October 4, 2025
Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm; closing Saturday, October 4 at 2pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Tickets for shows at Bowie Playhouse are $29.00 for General Admission, $26.00 for seniors (60 and over), military and full time students, and $18 for Children 11 and under. Buy tickets here.

Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Aug 30

Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Aug 30

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy

Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 7pm & 9:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy Series, each month featuring special guests, live music, and food!

Tickets: $35 to $50. Click here.

Crow Comedy Festival at the Bowie CPA, Aug 29

Crow Comedy Festival at the Bowie CPA, Aug 29

Pelah Entertainment presents:
Crow Comedy Festival
produced by Cee…Y!

Friday, August 29, 2025, at 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Join Pelah Entertainment for Crow Comedy Festival at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, August 29, 2025.

Tickets: $50. Click here.

King Lear at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 22-Sep 6

King Lear at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 22-Sep 6

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
directed by Claudia Bach

August 22 – September 6, 2025

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

In the mid-twentieth century, King Lear and his family are in a close but crumbling family structure. What seemed stable, grounded in family expectations, slowly collapses around them, along with their abilities, perceptions of the world, and even their identities. This American gothic tale will take these characters from privilege to tragedy through their failure to see each other clearly until it is too late.

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