1001 Black Inventions at the Bowie Center for Performing Arts, Aug 9-18

1001 Black Inventions – The Musical

Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Shows: Friday & Saturday, August 9, 10, 16 & 17 @ 7pm and Sunday, August 11 & 18 @ 2pm.

Tickets: $15 Student, $35 Adult; see below for special offers. Buy tickets here.

Description: $15 Student (Prince George’s County Public School students with a valid student ID or report card admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult and a canned food donation.) $35 Adult (Prince George’s County Public Schools staff free with valid ID and canned food donation.) $50 Partner (As a partner you will be joining QuietFire in finding, hiring and producing new and upcoming Talent. Your investment will be used as seed money to fund such projects as 1001 Black Inventions “the Musical.” In addition, you will receive: Free admission to all shows; VIP ID; Free admission to cast party; Announcements to all upcoming events; Automatic hire of all artists recommended by you; Official Recognition in show programs) “1001 Inventions” is a play that features the lives of brilliant men and women, then takes you into the Twilight Zone, a typical American family attempting to survive in a world without inventions created by Africans and African Americans. Audiences laugh themselves into the realization that Black ingenuity is an integral part of their everyday lives.

“The program was extremely entertaining, touching, and educational for adults of all ages and cultures. So well supported that we would like to have you back.”
Nalda Callender, Program Coordinator – National Congress of Black Women Foundation, Vancouver Canada

1001 Inventions – “Laced with humor and peppered with music… the historical figures show students they can be anything regardless of the restrictions placed on them.” Jocelyn Stewart – Los Angeles Times

Auditions for Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s 2013-2014 Season, Aug 12-14

Auditions for Annapolis Shakespeare Company 2013-2014 Season, By Appointment, August 12-14

The Annapolis Shakespeare Company is accepting submissions for all roles for the upcoming season. Auditions will be held by appointment August 12-14, 2013.

Plays:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, December 6-22, 2013
Hamlet, March 28-April 13, 2014
Two Gentlemen of Verona, June 27-July 13, 2014
The Tempest, August 1-17, 2014

Send headshot and resume to casting@AnnapolisShakespeare.org. You will be contacted to schedule an audition.

Non-Equity Actors:
Experienced actors auditioning for principal roles should prepare two contrasting monologues (at least one should be in verse). Please bring a copy of your headshot/resume (stapled together) to your audition appointment.
All roles paid.

More information: http://www.annapolisshakespeare.org/ASC/Auditions.html

The Mousetrap by Parlor Room Theater at Bishop McNamara HS, July 25 – Aug 4

Parlor Room Theater presents

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

Bishop McNamara High School Fine Arts Theater

Thursday, July 25 at 7:30
Friday, July 26 at 7:30
Saturday, July 27 at 7:30
Sunday, July 28 at 2:00
Thursday, August 1 at 7:30
Friday, August 2 at 7:30
Saturday, August 3 at 7:30
Sunday, August 4 at 7:30

Tickets are $10. Buy Tickets.

Much Ado About Nothing by Annapolis Shakespeare Company at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 2-18

Much Ado About Nothing

By William Shakespeare

Presented by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company

At the Bowie Playhouse

Thursdays, August 8, 15 at 8:00pm.
Fridays, August 2, 9, 16 at 8:00pm.
Saturdays, August 3, 10, 17 at 2:00pm and at 8:00pm.
Sundays, August 4, 11, 18 at 2:00pm and at 7:30pm.

Tickets: $21 to $24 for adults, $18 to $20 for students and seniors.

Buy Tickets.

 

Greenbelt Youth Circus at the Greenbelt Community Center, August 9-11

Greenbelt Youth Circus presents Legends

Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt MD 20770
301-397-2208

Tickets are almost sold out — get yours soon!

Friday, August 9 at 7pm
Saturday, August 10 at 3pm and 7pm
Sunday, August 11 at 3pm

The greatest show in Prince George’s County! Now in its 3rd year, the Greenbelt Youth Circus is directed by Greg May, former Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey clown, now of Center Ring Circus School. The multi-talented children of PG County put on a fantastic show with fabric trapeze, stilts, juggling, tight-rope walking, unicycles and clowning.

Tickets sell out quickly for this popular show. Call: 301-397-2208.