Wait Until Dark by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 7-30

Wait Until Dark by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 7-30

Wait Until Dark
By Frederick Knott
Directed by Ilene Chalmers

October 7 – 30, 2022
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Now two are left: Susy, recently blinded and still learning how to live in a sighted world, and Roat, a psychopathic killer. Roat wants a heroin-stuffed doll he thinks Susy has. All Susy wants is to survive. Dim the lights, check the door’s chain lock, and brace yourself for a chilling play as polished as the steel of Roat’s blade.

General Admission – $22.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $17.00.

Buy tickets on-line.

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Clarice Smith, Oct 7-15

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at Clarice Smith, Oct 7-15

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Alvin Mayes and Scot Reese

October 7-15, 2022
Fri, Oct 7, 2022 . 7:30PM
Sun, Oct 9, 2022 . 3:00PM
Thu, Oct 13, 2022 . 7:30PM
Fri, Oct 14, 2022 . 7:30PM
Sat, Oct 15, 2022 . 2:00PM
Sat, Oct 15, 2022 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

Pulitzer Prize winning Lynn Nottage’s comedy By The Way, Meet Vera Stark creates a microcosm of race and culture in the Golden Age of Hollywood that resounds to this day. Vera Stark, maid to aging Hollywood star Gloria Mitchell, is given a stereotypical role in an antebellum film starring none other than Gloria! This deeply complex but stirring story tackles the paradox faced by Black actors due to the entertainment industry’s continued racial stereotyping.

“Critic’s Pick! It is such a good show! So clever, so playful, so keen to shapeshift and timeslip and whiz through half a dozen separate genres.” –The New York Times

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Tickets: Pay What You Wish. Click here.

Felon: An American Washi Tale at Prince George’s Community College, Oct 5

Felon: An American Washi Tale at Prince George’s Community College, Oct 5

Prince George’s Community College presents:
Felon: An American Washi Tale

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 3pm

Location: Prince George’s Community College, In Person.

Center for Performing Arts, 301 Largo Road Largo, MD 20774

A solo performance that begins with the pages of a book being slid into a cell, traverses stoves made of toilet paper, kites from a father, handwritten affidavits, legal complaints, handmade paper, certificates of pardon, an a 1,000 squares fashioned from the clothing of men serving life sentences.

Join us in welcoming back to PGCC distinguished alumni Reginald Dwayne Betts. Dwayne is the founder and director of the Freedom Reads, a first-of-its-kind organization that empowers people through literature to confront what prison does to the spirit. A poet and lawyer, he is the author of four books. A 2021 MacArthur Fellow, his latest collection of poetry, Felon, was awarded the American Book Award and an NAACP Image Award.

This is event is free but you must RSVP to attend. Use the link below to RSVP for the event.

Book signing will take place promptly after the performance. Books are currently for sale in the College Bookstore. Only registered guests can attend.

Tickets: free, registration required. here.

Stage Makeup Workshop at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 4-25

Stage Makeup Workshop at the Publick Playhouse, Oct 4-25

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse presents:
Stage Makeup Workshop

Tuesdays, Oct 4 -25, 2022, 7pm

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse.

Explore the art of stage makeup in this beginners workshop. Using a colorful palette and brush, learn how to transform your face into characters from your imagination. The sky’s the limit! Ages 13 & up.

$5/person/night. Click here.

Milolaa presents Ife at the Bowie CPA, Oct 2

Milolaa presents Ife at the Bowie CPA, Oct 2

Milolaa Productions Presents:
Ife (Love)

Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Olanma must make a choice: stay in Abom and mourn her dead husband or travel to Iyaniwura village, a land that holds great mysteries. The selfless sacrifice of her heart holds the power to alter her destiny forever. However, she must choose wisely.

Tickets: $30 in advance, $40 at the door. Click here.