Second Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 7:30pm
Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30pm
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30pm
Enjoy original short plays produced, written, and directed by BSU students.
Cost: $5.
Location: Black Box Theater, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University
Contact:
Bob Bartlett
bbartlett@bowiestate.edu
301-860-3769
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 7pm.
Solve A Murder on the third Wednesday of every month at the Murder Mystery Theater by Bowie Community Theatre.
Starring Role – for You! Be the investigator who solves this Murder Mystery!
Location: Wendy’s located at 16400 Harbour Way in Bowie, MD 20716.
Third Wednesday each month, starting at 7:00PM
Visit our Facebook page to find out this month’s current murder: https://www.facebook.com/BowieCommunityTheatre
FREE! Be a Captive Audience and Support YOUR Local Theatre! We hope you enjoy dinner at Wendy’s between 6pm-9pm on this night as 20% of all your food and drink purchases (as well as drive-through sales) are donated to Bowie Community Theatre.
BCT’s Murder Mystery Troupe will present the interactive Murder Mystery
The Curse of the Comet
It is September 17, 1945 . . .
The world is free from war for the first time in over a decade. The young men who had fought for their respective causes have returned home and claimed their places in history.
In a spot that had remained secluded from the conflict, a gathering occurred last night – one that proved both intriguing and tragic. For this morning, the body of archeologist Myron Mason was found draped over the thorn bushes of his twin brother’s Beverly Hills home.
Last night also, the comet Hopkay made its first appearance in the heavens in over 400 years. The celestial messenger was last seen in 1545, the year that the native Central American chief Hopkay met an untimely demise. His people, the Intecs, interred him in a tomb which they said must be sacrosanct for all time.
Yet, a little over 10 years ago, Myron Mason found that tomb and robbed it of its treasures. An inscription on the wall of the crypt proclaimed that whoever desecrated the spot would be cursed. When the comet reappeared, said the writing, the chief’s revenge would be carried out.
In a carnival mood, Mason and a few acquaintances awaited the event at his brother’s home. They laughed and talked into the night, peering through telescopes to catch the first glimpse of the comet. As it came into view, they joked of the supposed consequences. It was the curse of an uneducated, emotional people. Or was it?
Bowie Community Theatre (BCT) is holding auditions for Death in Them Thar Hills, an audience-participation dinner theatre murder mystery to be performed on March 21, 2015 from 6pm-10pm, at a local Prince George’s County location.
If you are interested in auditioning, please respond via email to secretary@bctheatre.com by February 13, 2015.
This murder mystery production is not one of our usual Wendy’s fundraising nights, so please be aware that costumes and makeup will be required and at least two rehearsals will be held.
BCT is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) corporation, and no monetary compensation will be offered. Dinner will be provided for all participants.
“I Hate Hamlet”
February 6 – 22, 2015
Play by Paul Rudnick
2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse
February 6 through February 22, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM
Sundays at 3 PM
Additional performance Thursday Feb. 19 at 8 PM
Description: A young and successful television actor relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there’s one problem: He hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore’s ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors, the towering, dissipated Barrymore whose Hamlet was the greatest of his time, and Andrew Rally, hot young television star, leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television, and yes, the apartment.
Black History Month: Paul Robeson, the Play
Friday, February 6, 2015, at 7:00pm
Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 2:00pm
Description: This play depicts the life and struggles of actor, singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
This play will be presented by the Reid Temple Restoration Center.
Location: Fine and Performing Arts Center, Main Stage, Bowie State University
Cost: $25 General, $5 BSU Students
Contact:
Bob Bartlett
bbartlett@bowiestate.edu
301-860-3769
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