Studio Nikki presents:
The Reason Why
Stage Play
Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 7pm
Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND – AGAIN!
It’s Marital Manipulation! It’s Lust! It’s Betrayal! It’s Hilarious! It’s Maddening! It’s THE REASON WHY! A conversation piece… long after the curtains close.
Mature content. Recommended for ages 18+
Tickets: $35-$55. Click here.
Laurel Mill Playhouse presents:
Disney’s Newsies Jr. and Kid’s Cabaret
Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Music Directed by Mimi Kuhn McGinniss
Produced by Maureen Rogers
Performances August 1 – 17, 2025
Performances Fri. at 8 PM; Sat. at 1 or 2 PM; Sat at 8 PM; Sun. at 2 PM.
Friday August 1 at 8pm
Saturday August 2 at 8pm
Sunday August 3 at 2pm
Friday August 8 at 8pm
Saturday August 9 at 8pm
Sunday August 10 at 2pm
Friday August 15 at 8pm
Saturday August 16 at 8pm
Sunday August 17 at 2pm
Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse
Laurel Mill Playhouse’s Annual Children’s show, ages 8 – 18.
Newsies JR. is a Disney musical based on the 1992 film and 2012 Broadway musical of the same name. It tells the story of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy who leads a strike against unfair pricing by newspaper publishers. Inspired by the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, the musical features a Tony Award-winning score and includes classic songs like “Carrying the Banner” and “Seize the Day”.
Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: $23, Children 18 and under, Seniors 65 and over, and active duty military: $18
For further information, please call 301-617-9906, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.
The Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
The Dining Room
by AR Gurney
directed by Stacy Kessler
Performance Dates: July 25 – August 17
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM
Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse
Constructed as a series of interrelated vignettes all taking place in the dining room of a well-to-do household, the play takes an in-depth look at the lives of a vanishing species: the upper-class WASP. The ensemble cast has actors changing roles, personalities, and ages as they portray a slice-of-life view from many different families. The varied scenes dovetail and coalesce into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor, and abundant humanity.
Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.
Upstage Artists presents:
The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical
By Wendy Woolf
Book and lyrics by Pat Lyderson
Directed By John Cusumano
Show Dates: July 25-27 and August 1-3, 2025
Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705
Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz wants nothing more than to become a comic book artist and create heroes and villains for the comic books he loves so much. As the janitor at Wonder Comics, he anxiously awaits the day that his boss, D.C. Wunderman, will see his drawings and give him the chance to have his superheroes come alive on the printed page. Stanley’s heroes come alive, all right — but not on the printed page! In an effort to revive his faltering company, Wunderman had ordered a set of magical pens guaranteed to bring to life any character drawn. When plans go awry and his staff of artists unwittingly create the dreaded super-villain Doctor Shock Clock, it is up to Stanley to save the day w ith his own superheroes — charismatic but egotistical Star Guy, speedy Triple Time, environmentally correct Blossom, and cranky little Wombat Woman! Stanley’s heroes battle Shock Clock and his henchmen, the Minutos, only to be saved in the end by the greatest superhero of them all — Eraser Man (aka Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz)!
Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.
MAD Improv Workshop
Taught by Erin Smith
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.
MAD will hold an Improvisation Workshop on Tuesday, July 15 from 5:30 to 6:30 in the Building 3 auditorium. The workshop will be taught by Erin Smith. Erin has been improvising with Washington Improv Theater since 2015. The workshop will include instruction, improv games, short-form and long-form improv scenes. The workshop is geared toward having fun and building skills, including communication tools and techniques that are as useful in real life as they are on stage. Improvisers of all experience levels are invited to participate. The workshop is open to MAD members and guest participants. If you don’t have a badge, email badges@madtheater.org by Thursday, July 10 to ensure you are added to the list. Sign up for the workshop here.
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