Category Archives: Play

NextNOW Fest at Clarice Smith, Sep 4 – 10

NextNOW Fest at Clarice Smith, Sep 4 – 10

NextNOW Fest at the Clarice Smith and across the University of Maryland

Wedensday, September 4 through Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Started in 2014, Clarice Presents’ annual NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. In addition to the core festival nights at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, we’re thrilled to continue partnerships with student-led groups, academic departments and university-based arts venues to hold festival events throughout campus.

NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time.

Our lineup and schedule will be released in mid-August! Register now to be the first to receive updates. Dates and times subject to change. Some activities are free.

Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Aug 24

Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Aug 24

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy

Saturday, August 24 2024 at 7pm & 9:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy Series, this month featuring special guests Tony Woods, Shang, and Turae Gordon! Plus, there will be live music by Sound of the City, featuring Precious Joubert and DJ Two Tone Jones, and food by Flavors!

Tickets: $35 to $45. Click here.

The Rude Mechanicals present School for Scandal at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 23 – Sep 1

The Rude Mechanicals present School for Scandal at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Aug 23 – Sep 7

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at The Greenbelt Arts Center present:
“The School for Scandal”
by Richard Sheridan
Directed by Alan Duda

August 23 – September 1, 2024
8PM Fri & Sat Aug 23, 24, 30, 31, Sep 6, 7
2PM Sun Aug 25, Sep 1

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

This 80s edition of The Rude Mechanicals comedy of manners features The School for Scandal morning TV show to catch up on the day’s gossip and never let the truth get in the way of a good story. You never know who today’s featured subject will be, so tune in live at the Greenbelt Arts Center to find out.

Ticket prices: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

Not Famous but Funny at the Bowie CPA, Aug 23

Not Famous but Funny at the Bowie CPA, Aug 23

The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts
Platinum for Laughs presents:
Not Famous But Funny Comedy Show

August 23, 2024 at 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

The “Not Famous But Funny” Comedy Show features an all-female cast of comedians. Get ready for a night of fun with comedy that is wholesomely hilarious, thought provoking, and relatable!

Tickets: $40 or $65. Click here.

Arsenic and Old Lace by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 16-Sep 8

Arsenic and Old Lace by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 16-Sep 8

Arsenic and Old Lace
Drama by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by: Randy Tusing

Performance Dates: August 16 – September 8, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

General Admission – $25.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $20.00.

Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.

Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.