Category Archives: Play

Jack’s Adventure in Space at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 19

Jack’s Adventure in Space at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 19

Midweek Matinee: Education on Stage
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 10:15 am & 12 noon

Jack’s Adventure in Space

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: Join Jack, a young student who puts his imagination to work to take him on an out-of-this-world adventure through our solar system! Learn about all the fantastic and awesome planets that circle our sun in this Bright Star Theatre play.

Recommended for grades K-6. Curriculum Connections: Science, Mathematics, Technology.

Tickets: $8/person, $6/groups of 20 or more

Chesapeake Chorale presents Side by Side with Sondheim, Mar 16-17

Chesapeake Chorale presents Side by Side with Sondheim, Mar 16-17

The Chesapeake Chorale presents “Side by Side with Sondheim”

Saturday, March 16th at 7:30 pm & Sunday, March 17th at 3 pm

Location: Christian Community Presbyterian Church 3120 Belair Drive, Bowie MD 20715.

Description:
The Chorale presents an evening of music by one of the masters of American musical theater. Stephen Sondheim began his career as a protégé of Oscar Hammerstein II and as a lyricist for Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story, Candide), but soon struck out on his own with a breathtaking series of Broadway shows: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Follies, Company, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George. Join us for an enchanting evening of music from this true American genius, with featured selections from his musicals by the Chorale and in solos by members of the Chorale. But you better get your tickets early, because “Another Hundred People Just Got Off of the Train”! And as you head into the performance, keep a look out for beans…“They May Be Magic.”

​Online advance ticket sales will be available for pick up at will call on the selected performance date(s). The purchaser’s photo ID or PayPal receipt will be needed to pick up tickets. (Online sale tickets are not mailed.)

Tickets: Adults $18, Senior/Military $12, Student $5. Get tickets here.

Calendar Girls at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 15-Apr 7

Calendar Girls at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 15-Apr 7

Calendar Girls
by Tim Firth
Directed by Michael Hartsfield
Produced by Maureen Rogers

Friday March 15, 2019 through Sunday April 7, 2019
Matinee performances on March 31 and April 7 at 2:00 P.M.

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

When Annie’s husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an “alternative” calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women’s charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame.

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.. Performances run weekends from Friday March 15, 2019 through Sunday April 7, 2019 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission. Admission for students (12 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over) is $15. Tickets can be purchased by clicking the link below. For further information, please call 301-617-9906 and press 2, or contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

Buy tickets here.

Buffalo Soldier at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 12

Buffalo Soldier at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 12

Midweek Matinee: Education on Stage
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 10:15 am & 12 noon

Buffalo Soldier

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Description: Based on the true story of our nation’s longest surviving buffalo soldier and veteran of the Spanish-American War, this dramatic and amazing play with music from Virginia Rep tells the heroic story of the brave soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalries, who served our country well with little of the recognition they deserved.

Recommended for grades 3-8. Curriculum Connections: US History, Music, Language Arts, Character Development.

Tickets: $8/person, $6/groups of 20 or more

Disgraced at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 8-30

Disgraced at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 8-30

Disgraced
by Ayad Akhtar
directed by Bob Kleinberg

March 8 – 30, 2019

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Disgraced, by Ayad Akhtar, is the taut drama of Amir Kapoor, an up and coming Muslim American lawyer who has rejected his religious background as overly rigid. Yet, at the insistence of his nephew and Islamic-inspired artist wife Emily, he chooses to attend the trial of an Imam who is charged with financially supporting the Hamas. At a dinner party that includes Amir’s coworker Jory, who is African American, and her husband, Isaac, Emily’s agent, who is Jewish, truths spill out that put Amir’s life in a new perspective. The show presents competing themes of assimilation versus exclusion, religious beliefs versus culture and tolerance versus prejudice.

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