Category Archives: Play

Araminta: An American Shero: The Real Harriet Tubman Story at the Bowie CPA, Feb 18

Araminta: An American Shero: The Real Harriet Tubman Story at the Bowie CPA, Feb 18

Araminta: An American Shero: The Real Harriet Tubman Story

February 18, 2024
Sunday, February 18 at 2:00pm
Sunday, February 18 at 7:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Set in the 1800s in Dorchester County, Maryland, this exciting, drama-filled play follows the life of Harriet Tubman in her formative years of life. It portrays how community was a central component of survival for her as a child and the need to keep community intact.

Born into enslavement, Araminta as a child knew there must be a better life outside of enslavement and set out to ensure life as a slave was no more for her and her community. She keeps returning to steal slaves to keep the support of community intact. Araminta: An American Shero, a story of a community’s love, respect, relationships and tenderness, honors the perseverance of Harriet Tubman.

Tickets: $30 – $50 plus fees. Click here.

Funny Southern Girls Comedy at the Bowie CPA, Feb 16

Funny Southern Girls Comedy at the Bowie CPA, Feb 16

Platinum for Laughs & SouthernGal Productions Presents:
Funny Southern Gals Comedy

Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Join Platinum for Laughs and SouthernGal Productions for clean, comedic entertainment at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts! The show is hosted by Marilyn “Platinum” Franklin and features Felicia “FeFe” Frazier, Wendy “Quiet Storm” Lee, Christina “Ella the Spella” Wilson, and Theresa “TERECKA” Melton. They’re not famous, but they’re funny!

Tickets: $30 to $65. Click here.

1920s Murder Mystery Party at Tucker Road Community Center, Feb 16

1920s Murder Mystery Party at Tucker Road Community Center, Feb 16

M-NCPPC presents:
1920s Murder Mystery Party

Friday, February 16, 2024, at 6pm

Location: Tucker Road Community Center, Location: 1771 Tucker Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744

You are cordially invited to attend a murder mystery party… Murder At The Grand Gatsby Speakeasy. Join us as we spend the evening enjoying incredible food and drink while we deduce who the killer is. The roaring twenties murder mystery party is set at the height of prohibition in a 1920s speakeasy with loads of blackmail, deceit, intertwining relationships, and murder. Outfits are optional, but encouraged.

Tickets: $25. Click here.

Softly Softly The Myth of the Strong Black Woman at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 15

Softly Softly The Myth of the Strong Black Woman at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 15

Joe’s Movement Emporium presents:
Softly Softly The Myth of the Strong Black Woman
Created by Maria Fenton

Thursday February 15, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

Softly, Softly Expressions is a powerful conglomerate of artistic mediums:film, ballet production, art exhibition, readings, and fashion collection centering Black women’s humanity. It illuminates Black women’s costly, treacherous & seemingly mythic composure as they navigate life. Created by multi-hyphenate artist and Howard University professor, Maria Fenton, it touches on race, gender, suicide prevention, domestic violence, mental health, politics, and more. Softly, Softly is a both a battle cry and love story about the grace, reality, & magic of Black women and their often invisible embattled journey.

Tickets $10. Click here.

Female RE-Enactors of Distinction (FREED) at the Greenbelt Community Center, Feb 14

Female RE-Enactors of Distinction (FREED) at the Greenbelt Community Center, Feb 14

City of Greenbelt Black History Month presentation:
Female RE-Enactors of Distinction (FREED)

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 11am

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