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Arsenic and Old Lace by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 16-Sep 8

Arsenic and Old Lace by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Aug 16-Sep 8

Arsenic and Old Lace
Drama by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by: Randy Tusing

Performance Dates: August 16 – September 8, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

General Admission – $25.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $20.00.

Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.

Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.

Shadow Hour by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Apr 5-28

Shadow Hour by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Apr 5-28

Shadow Hour
by Ralph Tropf
directed by: Nicole Mullens-Teasley

April 5 – 28, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

General Admission – $25.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $20.00.

Shadow Hour is an exciting courtroom drama for the stage. A jury is given the task of assigning guilt or innocence to a United States Senator accused of sexual assault. As the jury debates the testimony, flashbacks to the trial show how the members of the panel interpret the evidence through their own bias. Flashbacks to the actual events of the “crime” show how the witnesses themselves also add bias to the evidence. The truth is lost in shadows.

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Auditions for Shadow Hour at Bowie Community Theatre, Jan 22-23

Auditions for Shadow Hour at Bowie Community Theatre, Jan 22-23

Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for:
Shadow Hour
by Ralph Tropf

Auditions: January 22 & 23, 2024, 7pm to 9pm each night
Callbacks on January 24, 7pm

Performances: April 5 – 28, 2024

Audition location: Grace Lutheran Church, 2503 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD, 20715
Performance location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Synopsis:
This is a courtroom drama for eight women and four men. A young woman has accused a United States senator of sexual assault. The jury finds itself sharply divided. As they debate the evidence, flashbacks to the courtroom show how each juror has interpreted the testimony differently. Flashbacks to the events as they happened show that the witnesses in the trial interpret what happened differently. The truth, it seems, is lost in shadows. Shadow Hour is a contemporary story that gives each cast member the opportunity to play two parts. Many roles are ideal for older actresses.

From director Nicole Mullens-Teasley:
Shadow Hour delves into challenging and morally ambiguous situations, particularly related to the legal proceedings and the characters’ personal experiences. The title may reflect the murky and shadowy nature of truth, justice, and human behavior, as well as the moral dilemmas faced by the characters. The use of “shadow hour” in the title could also suggest a time of reckoning, introspection, and the unveiling of hidden truths, mirroring the dramatic tension and revelations within the narrative. The challenge with this kind of situation is the perspective and subjectivity of the recall of events and accuracy of what happened. The goal is for the audience to feel the discomfort and relatability of the topics in a modern sense with a positive lens on communication, problem-solving, and seeing perspectives we might be naturally biased to miss. It’s very easy to interpret things wrong. The hope is that when people leave the theater, they leave it talking about how they understood each character and their position so we can work together more effectively today.

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The Old Settler by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Nov 10-Dec 10

The Old Settler by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Nov 10-Dec 10

The Old Settler
by John Henry Redwoods
directed by Lorraine Brooks

November 10 – December 10, 2023, excluding November 24-26
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

General Admission – $25.00, Seniors (62+) & Students – $20.00.

In World War II Harlem, New York, a fifty-five-year-old spinster (or as they were called in those days—an Old Settler), Elizabeth Borny, takes in a young male roomer, Husband Witherspoon, to help her with the rent. Husband has come to Harlem from South Carolina to search for his girlfriend, Lou Bessie Preston. Also living with Elizabeth is her sister, Quilly McGrath, fifty-three. There is an ominous cloud of tension that hangs over Elizabeth and Quilly’s relationship. This tension is further exacerbated when Elizabeth and Husband take to liking each other. Quilly, who doesn’t like Husband living with them in the first place, surely doesn’t approve of their “carrying on,” especially since Elizabeth is old enough to be Husband’s mother. It is this “carrying on” that exposes a thirty-year-old wound which, until now, only had a bandage—now the wound can heal for the sisters.

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Auditions for The Old Settler by the Bowie Community Theatre, Aug 18 & 19

Auditions for The Old Settler by the Bowie Community Theatre, Aug 18 & 19

Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for:
The Old Settler
by John Henry Redwoods
directed by Lorraine Brooks

Audition Dates/Times:
August 18, 2023 – 7 PM – 9 PM
August 19, 2023 – 1 PM – 3 PM
Callback (if needed) – August 31. 2023 – 7 PM

Audition location: Grace Lutheran Church, 2503 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD

Performance location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Performances: November 10 – December 10, 2023, excluding November 24-26
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

In World War II Harlem, New York, a fifty-five-year-old spinster (or as they were called in those days—an Old Settler), Elizabeth Borny, takes in a young male roomer, Husband Witherspoon, to help her with the rent. Husband has come to Harlem from South Carolina to search for his girlfriend, Lou Bessie Preston. Also living with Elizabeth is her sister, Quilly McGrath, fifty-three. There is an ominous cloud of tension that hangs over Elizabeth and Quilly’s relationship. This tension is further exacerbated when Elizabeth and Husband take to liking each other. Quilly, who doesn’t like Husband living with them in the first place, surely doesn’t approve of their “carrying on,” especially since Elizabeth is old enough to be Husband’s mother. It is this “carrying on” that exposes a thirty-year-old wound which, until now, only had a bandage—now the wound can heal for the sisters.

For more information, including roles to be cast, click here.