Category Archives: Play

Sleeping Giant: A Haunting Vignette Show at the Clarice, Dec 5-6

Sleeping Giant: A Haunting Vignette Show at the Clarice, Dec 5-6

Clarice presents:
Maryland Ghostlight Company presents:
Sleeping Giant: A Haunting Vignette Show
by Steve Yockey

Fri, Dec. 5, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Sat, Dec. 6, 2025 | 2:00 pm
Sat, Dec. 6, 2025 | 7:30 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Maryland Ghostlight Co. is excited to announce “Sleeping Giant: A Haunting Vignette Show.” Written by Steve Yockey, Sleeping Giant is a haunting dark comedy set in the backdrop of a quiet small town. When an ancient beast is awakened, its residents must deal with strange occurrences — and the meaning of their own lives.

Maryland Ghostlight Company is a student-led theater club dedicated to straight plays. This will be the company’s fifth production.

Free, no tickets required. Click here.

Festival of Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 5

Festival of Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 5

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Jason Max Ferdinand, music director
Tactus, UMD Treble Choir, University Chorale, Voix de Chanson, FreundeMusik

Friday, December 5, 2025. 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

UMD Choral Activities rings in the holidays with its Festival of Lessons and Carols, a tradition now in its 24th year. Choirs, brass quintet and organ combine to perform carols, hymns and spoken word that epitomize hope and bring the joy of the season to life. This event takes place at the UMD Memorial Chapel.

Tickets: Regular $30, Seniors: $20, Student/Youth $10. Click here.

Amm(i)gone at the Clarice, Dec 4-6

Amm(i)gone at the Clarice, Dec 4-6

Clarice presents:
Amm(i)gone
By Sophocles
Translated and presented by Adil Mansoor

Thu, Dec. 4, 2025 | 7:00 pm
Fri, Dec. 5, 2025 | 7:00 pm
Sat, Dec. 6, 2025 | 7:00 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Adil Mansoor is a Virgo Pakistani-American theater queerdo. His mother is an Aquarian hijabi Quranic scholar. Since she discovered Adil’s queerness online, their once-close bond now needs rescue. In Amm(i)gone, a portmanteau of “ammi” (“mother” in Urdu) and the Greek heroine Antigone, Mansoor invites us on a journey of heartbreak and repair between mother and son as they embark on an examination and translation of Sophocles’ Antigone into Urdu. Passionately mining Greek tragedy, Islam and their own memories, they seek to recover their love across faith.

Post-Show Conversation: Don’t miss a post-show conversation and Q&A with the artists immediately following the Thu, Dec 4 & Fri, Dec 5 performances!

Tickets: $35, Students/Youth: $15. Click here.

The Lion King Jr. by Thomas Pullen K-8 at the Bowie CPA, Nov 20

The Lion King Jr. by Thomas Pullen K-8 at the Bowie CPA, Nov 20

Thomas G. Pullen Theatre Co. presents:
Disney’s The Lion King Jr.

Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Presented by the Thomas G. Pullen K-8 Performing Arts School

Tickets: $10 adults, $5 senior/student. Click here.

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas by MAD, Nov 14-Dec 7

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas by MAD, Nov 14-Dec 7

MAD’s 2025 Fall Show:
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by David Ives and Paul Blake
Directed by Eliot Malumuth
Produced by Aly Bayens
Music Directed by Susan Breon

Performances will be between November 14 and December 7, 2025.
November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 and December 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Evenings at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00pm

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater, performing at:
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
10755 Scaggsville Rd., Laurel, MD 20723

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a holiday romance based on the 1954 movie, featuring the songs “The Best Things Happen When You’re Dancing,” “Count Your Blessings,” “I Love a Piano,” and (of course!) “White Christmas.”

The show is double-cast; check https://madtheater.org/ for the performance schedule.

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