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Sign up for Summer Camps 2023


Prince George’s County classes:

Click here and enter keyword “theatre” and “theater”.

Junior Academy of the Performing Arts Summer Camp, biweekly, June 26 – August 4, 2023
Theater Camp, Mixed Ages, biweekly, June 26 – August 18, 2023
Theater Skills Workshop, age 9-15, Wednesdays, June 7 – July 5, 2023

City of Greenbelt Recreation Department

Click here for the 2023 Summer Camp Brochure. Camps include combinations or choice of virtual and/or in-person participation. Registration begins April 11 (residents) or April 18 (non-residents.)

Creative Kids Camp, half or full day, Ages 6-12, biweekly, June 20 – August 11, 2023. Performances will be Hidden Lands.
Camp Encore, Ages 13-17, Shakin’ Up Shakespeare, June 20 – July 7, 2023. Performance July 7 at 2pm

There are a variety of before and after camp activities including dance, circus skills, and mask-making.

Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Click here for Bowie CPA’s summer theater camps:
Broadway Bound, ages 8-12, July 17-28, 2023
Puppets, ages 6-12, July 31-Aug 4, 2023
Audition Prep, ages 13-18, July 31-Aug 4, 2023

Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier

Click here for Joe’s Movement Emporium Summer Camp Program
Camps are weekly, June through August, 2023

Laurel Mill Playhouse

Click here for Laurel Mill Playhouse’s summer theater camp, Disney Descendants The Musical, June 5 through August 20, 2023

Maryland Opera Studio presents Proving Up at Clarice Smith, Feb 18

Maryland Opera Studio presents Proving Up at Clarice Smith, Feb 18

Maryland Opera Studio presents
Proving Up
Craig Kier, music director
Missy Mazzoli, composer
Royce Vavrek, librettist

Saturday, February 18, 2023 . 8:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Based on a 2013 short story by Karen Russell, Proving Up, is a surreal and haunting commentary on the American dream as experienced by the Zegners, a fictional family of 1860s homesteaders. This narrative feels newly relevant at this fraught moment in the nation’s history, when people are examining and reevaluating the achievability of the American Dream. The Zegners are a family that does everything “right” and are still undermined by forces beyond their control. These characters have parallels in our contemporary world: a mother who tries to maintain control through domestic order, a father who turns to the bottle under the pressures of supporting a family, children forced to take on responsibilities beyond their years and a lone, deranged man who resorts to violence and destruction. Pushed to the edge by poverty and ultimately undermined by fate, the Zegners’ fixation on “proving up” never wanes.
 
About the Maryland Opera Studio:
 
Under the direction of Craig Kier, the Maryland Opera Studio is dedicated to the future of opera. Preparing the next generation of great singers and offering performances ranging from classic repertoire to provocative new works, it is building contemporary audiences for opera and advancing the art form to sustain those audiences.
 
Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Click here.

Cancelled

Cancelled

As of March 16, 2020, all amateur theater productions in Prince George’s County are cancelled or postponed as our community struggles with the coronavirus.

Stay home. Stay safe.

When this is all over there will be more shows to go to.

Until then, please consider donating to the theater of your choice any money you were planning to spend on tickets. Our small, non-profit and volunteer theaters won’t last long without any money coming in.