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Flyin’ West by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Apr 10-25

Flyin’ West by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Apr 10-25

Flyin’ West
by Pearl Cleage

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Performances: April 10 to 25, 2015.
Friday, April 10, 2015 8PM
Saturday, April 11, 2015 8PM
Sunday, April 12, 2015 2PM
Friday, April 17, 2015 8PM
Saturday, April 18, 2015 2PM
Saturday, April 18, 2015 8PM
Sunday, April 19, 2015 2PM
Friday, April 24, 2015 8PM
Saturday, April 25, 2015 8PM

Description: Following the end of the Civil War, many former slaves, anxious to leave the South and the increasing disappointments and dangers of Reconstruction, took advantage of The Homestead Act and went West to build new lives for themselves and their families. Many of these homesteaders were black women who overcame tremendous odds to work their own land and make a place for themselves in an often harsh and forbidding environment. Set in 1898, FLYIN’ WEST is the story of some of these African-American female pioneers who settled, together, in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas. “Pearl Cleage’s FLYIN’ WEST…[is] a real crowd pleaser, and its characters have humor and vitality…Cleage [is] a natural-born storyteller…” —Washington Post.

Tickets: Adults – $20.00, Seniors/Students – $15.00. Buy tickets on-line. Group rates available.

Auditions for Kiss Me, Kate by 2nd Star at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 23, & 24

Auditions for Kiss Me, Kate by 2nd Star at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 23, & 24

AUDITION NOTICE!! “Kiss Me, Kate”
by 2nd Star Productions

Monday, February 23, 2015 at 7pm
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 7pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

Auditions for Kiss Me, Kate will be held at the Bowie Playhouse in Bowie, MD (16500 Whitemarsh Park Dr, Bowie, MD 20715) on Monday, February 23rd, and Tuesday, February 24th at 7 PM. Callbacks will be on Wednesday, February 25th. All roles are open! All ethnicities are encouraged to audition, and all ages 16 and over.

Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song that will showcase your voice in the style of the show. Accompanist will be provided. Bring a headshot and resume if you have one, as well as a list conflicts for March through the performance dates. Please dress appropriately for a dance/movement audition.

Rehearsals begin approximately March 9, and will be primarily Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm and Saturdays at 11:00 am until tech weeks when they will be daily. The show runs at the Bowie Playhouse May 29 – June 27, 2015 Fridays/Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 3pm.

Questions can be sent to 2ndstarbowie@gmail.com.

Produced by 2nd Star Productions/Jane Wingard
Directed by Roy Hammond
Music Direction by Joe Biddle
Choreography by Rikki Howie Lacewell

Synopsis: Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, Kiss Me, Kate recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs — including “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” “Wunderbar,” “Always True to You in My Fashion,” “Too Darn Hot,” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” — Kiss Me, Kate epitomizes the American musical comedy at its irresistible best.

Roles – All roles are open to all ethnic diversities.

For more information see: http://www.2ndstarproductions.com/2ndStarAudition.html

I Hate Hamlet by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 6-22

I Hate Hamlet by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 6-22

“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.

Auditions for Flyin’ West by Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Jan 19 & 20

Auditions for Flyin’ West by Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Jan 19 & 20, 2015

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Auditions for Flyin’ West
By: Pearl Cleage
Directed by: Estelle Miller

Audition dates:
Monday, January 19, 2015, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Performances of Flyin’ West run April 10-25, 2015.

Location: Bowie Playhouse, 16500 Whitemarsh Park Drive, Bowie, MD, 20715

Audition Process: Two-minute memorized monologue required. Cold readings from script will follow. For additional information, call director, Estelle Miller, at 410-757-4193 or email eimiller@cablespeed.com.

Available Roles: All African-American cast.
* 4 women (2 ages 30-40s, 1 age mid 20s, 1 age 60-70s)
* 2 men 30-40s. One male role is the son of an inter-racial relationship, and the actor playing this role must be able to pass for Caucasian.

Synopsis: Following the end of the Civil War, many former slaves, anxious to leave the South and the increasing disappointments and dangers of Reconstruction, took advantage of The Homestead Act and went West to build new lives for themselves and their families. Many of these homesteaders were black women who overcame tremendous odds to work their own land and make a place for themselves in an often harsh and forbidding environment. Set in 1898, FLYIN’ WEST is the story of some of these African-American female pioneers who settled, together, in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas. “Pearl Cleage’s FLYIN’ WEST…[is] a real crowd pleaser, and its characters have humor and vitality…Cleage [is] a natural-born storyteller…” —Washington Post.

For more information see: http://www.bctheatre.com/audition.html.

A Shot in the Dark by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Jan 9-25

A Shot in the Dark by Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Jan 9-25, 2015

A Shot in the Dark, by Marcel Achard
Directed by Keith Brown

Prince George’s Little Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Performances are three weekends, January 9 – January 25, 2015

Description: A good hearted, guileless child of nature is hauled before the magistrate on a charge of murder, having been found unconscious, nude, and clutching a gun, with her lover dead beside her. What is most shocking to the magistrate is the complete frankness with which she describes her life as a parlor maid and her affairs with both the dead chauffeur and her aristocratic employer. She is so ingenious that the magistrate, at the risk of his juridical neck, decides that she could not have committed the murder. “A bubbling, saucy comedy… A light, tasty soufflé” ~ N.Y. Times.