Category Archives: Play

The Last Night of Ballyhoo by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 11-27

The Last Night of Ballyhoo by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 11-27

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
by Alfred Uhry
Directed by: Ilene Chalmers

October 11 – 27, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 13, 2019 2:00 PM
Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 19, 2019 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 20, 2019 2:00 PM
Friday, October 25, 2019 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 26, 2019 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 27, 2019 2:00 PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

It’s December of 1939. Gone With the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta’s elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Frietag family. The family gets pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of comedy, romance, and revelations along the way. Events take several unexpected turns as the characters face where they come from and are forced to deal with who they really are.

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

Buy tickets on-line.

The Visit at Clarice Smith, Sep 28-Oct 5

The Visit at Clarice Smith, Sep 28-Oct 5

The Visit
Written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Translated by Maurice Valency
Brian MacDevitt, director
Leigh Wilson Smiley, acting coach
Kendra Portier, choreographer

September 28 – October 5, 2019

Sat, Sep 28, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sun, Sep 29, 2019 . 2:00PM
Sun, Sep 29, 2019 . 7:30PM
Wed, Oct 2, 2019 . 7:30PM
Thu, Oct 3, 2019 . 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 4, 2019 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 5, 2019 . 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 5, 2019 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Kay Theatre, reserved seating.

Under what circumstances can a society skew their morality for comfort and personal gain? Set in the fictitious town of Güllen, experience the story of a woman’s revenge on a community that cast her out when she was pregnant and impoverished. This allegorical dark comedy features a village of citizens—set into motion as a mob of dancing birds, whose sweeping murmurations turn ferocious. The play arcs from absurdist to barbarous in order to question what happens when civil ethics, personal morality, patriarchal rule, justice and democracy go amok.

“A small masterpiece of misanthropy…a grotesque fable whose icy laughter and bizarre fantastical sideshows…reflect its Swiss author’s proximity to both the Holocaust and the accompanying absurdist revolution in theater…. A nightmare about democracy, Dürrenmatt’s play will always be pertinent.” — The New York Times

Tickets: Regular $25, Student/Youth $10. Click here.

Wolf Pack presents Jekyll and Hyde at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Sep 27-Oct 13

Wolf Pack presents Jekyll and Hyde at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Sep 27-Oct 13

Wolf Pack Theatre Company presents
Jekyll and Hyde

September 27 – October 13, 2019

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Ticket prices: $27 General Admission, $24 Seniors/Military, $14 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

The epic struggle between good and evil comes to life on stage in the musical phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde. Based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson and featuring a thrilling score of pop rock hits from multi-Grammy- and Tony-nominated Frank Wildhorn and double-Oscar- and Grammy-winning Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll & Hyde has mesmerized audiences the world over. An evocative tale of two men – one, a doctor, passionate and romantic; the other, a terrifying madman – and two women – one, beautiful and trusting; the other, beautiful and trusting only herself – both women in love with the same man and both unaware of his dark secret.

A portion of Jekyll and Hyde the Musical’s proceeds will be utilized for Community Crisis Services suicide prevention/intervention efforts.

Crying From the Streets at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Sep 27

Crying From the Streets at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Sep 27

The Milt Matthews Foundation presents:
Crying From The Streets – The Play

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

CRYING FROM THE STREETS is a true story about men and women living on the streets of Washington, D.C.

With a cast consisting of mostly homeless and formerly homeless people, watch their stories unfold from a life of drugs, alcohol, prostitution, and crime to becoming Praise Leaders, Ministers, Outreach Coordinators, Psalmists and more.

The Play is FREE to the Public. Bring your guest(s) and witness why many people were motivated and inspired to join the fight to end homelessness.

Tickets: Free or by donation. Click here.

Poetry Slam at Bowie State University, Sep 26

Poetry Slam at Bowie State University, Sep 26

Bowie State University Wellness Center presents:
Poetry Slam

September 26, 2019 at 5:00pm

Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics & Nursing, Beacon Room
14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie, MD, 20715, Bowie State University.

The Wellness Center will be hosting a Poetry Slam to kick-off the 30 Day “A BETTER U” health challenge.To participate, please stop by the Wellness Center by Sept 25th to sign up.

Tickets: Free

Rita Wutoh
Email: rwutoh@bowiestate.edu