Tag Archives: Bowie Maryland

Twentieth Century by PG Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 30 – Sept 15

Twentieth Century

By Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Based on a play by Charles Bruce Milholland in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig

Directed by Keith Brown
Produced by Malia Murray
Presented by Prince George’s Little Theatre

At the Bowie Playhouse

Performances:
Friday 8/30/13 at 8 pm
Saturday 8/31/13 at 8 pm
Sunday 9/1/13 at 2 pm
Friday 9/6/13 at 8 pm
Saturday 9/7/13 at 8 pm
Sunday 9/8/13 at 2 pm
Friday 9/13/13 at 8 pm
Saturday 9/14/13 at 8 pm
Sunday 9/15/13 at 2 pm

Buy Tickets On-line: Adult $20, Senior $15, Student (18 and under): $15. There is a $2 service fee for online ticket sales.

Description: Large than life theater producer Oscar Jaffe finds that the movie star whom he promoted for Broadway stardom years earlier is on board the same train as he is. He tries to lure her away from Hollywood (and her new love interest) to save his floundering career. Other passengers on the train provide multiple comic subplots for a screwball comedy set in the 1930s.

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

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.

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I Loathe a Parade in Bowie, July 17

Bowie Community Theatre’s Murder Mystery Theatre

July 17, 2013 – I Loathe a Parade by Jack Pachuta performed at Wendy’s in Bowie, 16400 Harbour Way, Bowie, MD 20716

Solve the Murder and win a prize!

Performance starts at 7:00PM

Ticket Price – FREE

BCT hopes that you eat dinner at Wendy’s that night as 20% of all your food and drink purchases will be donated to BCT.

The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, July 12-27

Tale of the Allergist’s Wife

A Bowie Community Theatre production at the Bowie Playhouse, July 12 – 27, 2013.

By Charles Busch. Directed by John Nunemaker.

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife By Charles Busch

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Performances

Week 1: July 12 and 13, 2013 at 8 pm, July 14 at 2 pm
Week 2: July 19 and 20 at 8 pm, July 21 at 2 pm
Week 3: July 26 at 8 pm, July 27 at 2pm and 8pm

Ticket Prices

Adults – $20.00
Seniors/Students – $15.00

Group Rates(10 or more people)
Adults – $15.00
Seniors/Students – $10.00

Season tickets: 3 shows for $45.00 (adults) or $30 (seniors/students).

Buy your tickets now for this show, or get Season Tickets for all the 2013-2014 Bowie Community Theatre shows.

Synopsis

Marjorie Taub is your stereotypical Upper West Side society wife. Married to a successful doctor, her life is a non-stop whirl within the arts world: meeting artists at the Whitney, high profile openings at the Met, and performances at BAM. Marjorie’s seen and done it all, but a mid-life crisis is just waiting to happen. When an old childhood friend suddenly reappears in Manhattan, Marjorie is shaken out of her safe and staid world and into experiences she never expected. Read more.

Parental advisory: The show contains adult language and subject matter.