Category Archives: Play

Motown and Mo at Charles Flowers High School, Mar 24-Apr 8

Motown and Mo at Charles Flowers High School, Mar 24-Apr 8

Charles Flowers High School Jaguar Players presents:
Motown and Mo
The Musical
March 24 to April 8, 2017

Director and Producer: Shanelle D. Ingram
Music Director: Christopher Nichols
Choreographer: Angelisa Gillyard

Friday, March 24, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Friday, March 31, 2017
Saturday, April 2, 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Start time: 7:00pm.

Location: Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale.

“Motown and Mo – The Musical” is an original musical revue written, directed, and produced by Ms. Shanelle Ingram featuring the songs of various artists from the Motown Era and beyond.

Tickets: $10. Preferred seating: $15.

For tickets or more information call 301-636-8000, ext 81180 or email: dramaboosters1@gmail.com

Baba Jamal Koram: The Story Man at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 23

Baba Jamal Koram: The Story Man at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 23

Tiny Tots Thursday
Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 9:30 am & 11:15 am
Baba Jamal Koram: The Story Man

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Baba Jamal Koram: The Story Man. Master storyteller Baba Jamal Koram shares the history, humor, music, and lore of African and African-American cultures. Blending traditional and contemporary storytelling techniques with drumming, movement, call and response, and playful wit, his stories encourage children to care for our earth and its animals and believe in the good in everyone. From beginning to end, audiences are inspired by these tales and have fun following Baba Jamal’s lead. Recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award, Baba Jamal has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival, Kennedy Center, Smithsonian museums, National Black Storytelling Festival, regional festivals, and schools nationwide.

Recommended for Grades Pre-K – 2

Tickets: $5/person

Gus Goes Green: A STEM Adventure at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 21

Gus Goes Green: A STEM Adventure at the Publick Playhouse, Mar 21

Midweek Matinee
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 10:15 am & 12 noon
Gus Goes Green: A STEM Adventure

Location: Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Wacky Professor Parsnip takes audiences on an adventure through science while teaching young people how to make good choices with diet, exercise and the environment. Exciting science experiments from the lab of Professor Parsnip reinforce healthy habits and good character traits. Interactive and fun, this production features a lots of fun and interesting science experiments.

Recommended for Grades Pre-K – 5. Curriculum Connections: Literature, Mathematics, Reading

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

7th Annual Theatre Festival at Laurel High School, Mar 18

7th Annual Theatre Festival at Laurel High School, Mar 18

7th Annual Theatre Festival
Location: Laurel High School.

Selected Elementary, Middle and High School theatre students will be in workshops all day and selected groups will showcase their work in a culminating production at 6:00 p.m.

Admission is $5.00. (Children under 5 are free)

For more information contact:
Patricia Payne
301-808-8256
patpayne@pgcps.org

The Man Who Came to Dinner at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 17-19

The Man Who Came to Dinner at Bishop McNamara High School, Mar 17-19

Bishop McNamara High School presents
The Man Who Came to Dinner
By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

March 17 – 19, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017 at 7:30pm
Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 2:00pm

Location: Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville.

2017 Spring Play: The Man Who Came To Dinner

The BMHS Theatre program will be performing the play The Man Who Came To Dinner. The play is a classic American comedy written by the team of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. The famous radio personality Sheridan Whiteside, visits the home of the Stanley Family, in a small Ohio town in 1940. He slips on a patch of ice on their doorstep, breaking his hip. He must remain there over the Christmas Holidays. Chaos ensues as Whiteside is visited by celebrities, receives exotic gifts, runs up the phone bill, meddles in relationships, and destroys domestic tranquility. Don’t miss this enjoyable evening or afternoon of laughter with the ensemble cast of thirty-one talented Bishop McNamara students!

Performances will be on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 pm. An additional performance will be held on Sunday, March 19 at 2:00 pm. All performances will be in the Fine Arts Theatre.

Online ticket sales will begin on Monday, February 27, and will close on Friday, March 17 at 12 pm. All tickets are $10. To purchase tickets, click here.

For more information click here.