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Crowns by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 10-25

Crowns by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 10-25

Crowns
by Regina Taylor
Director & Choreographer: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Music Director: LeVar Betts
Producer: Cheramie Jackson

February 10 – 25, 2023
Fridays through Sundays. *Closing Saturday performance is a matinee.

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young Black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion. The conclusion finds the standoffish young woman, whose cultural identity as a young black Brooklyn woman has been so at odds with the more traditional and older Southern blacks, embracing hats and their cultural significance as a part of her own fiercely independent identity.

Tickets for shows at Bowie Playhouse are $25.00 for General Admission, $22.00 for seniors (60 and over), military and full time students, and $15 for Children 11 and under. Buy tickets here.

Auditions for Crowns by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 11 & 13

Auditions for Crowns by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 11 & 13

2nd Star Productions announces auditions for:
Crowns
by Regina Taylor
Director & Choreographer: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Music Director: LeVar Betts
Producer: Cheramie Jackson

Auditions: October 11 & 13, 2022 at 7pm at the Bowie Playhouse.

Performances: November 18 – December 17, 2022
Performances: February 10 – 25, 2023, Fridays through Sundays. *Closing Saturday performance is a matinee.

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young Black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion. The conclusion finds the standoffish young woman, whose cultural identity as a young black Brooklyn woman has been so at odds with the more traditional and older Southern blacks, embracing hats and their cultural significance as a part of her own fiercely independent identity.

For more information including audition preparation, parts to be cast, audition forms and sides, see: https://www.2ndstarproductions.org/auditions/

Auditions for 12 Angry Men by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 7 & 9

Auditions for 12 Angry Men by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 7 & 9

AUDITION NOTICE!! 12 Angry Men
by 2nd Star Productions

Auditions for will be held at All Saints Lutheran Church in Bowie, MD (16510 Mt Oak Rd, Bowie, MD 20716) on Tuesday, October 7th and Thursday, October 9th at 7 PM. Please bring a headshot, resume, and a list conflicts for the remainder of October through December 20. Monologues are welcome, but there will also be cold readings from the script. Note that all roles in the show are male. Questions can be sent to 2ndstarbowie@gmail.com.

Rehearsals will be primarily Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 pm and Saturdays at 11 am until mid-November when they may be nightly. The show runs December 5 through December 20, Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees, with some Thursday shows. Performances will be at the Charis Center for the Arts at 13010 8th St, Bowie, MD 20720.

Directed by Jane Wingard
Produced by Cheramie Jackson
Assistant directed by Steve Andrews.

Roles – Please note that we are non-traditionally casting parts, and all roles are open to all races and ethnic diversities. Also, the role descriptions are only of an indication of the character. The actor and director will be given license to deviate from them.

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

A Soldier’s Play by 2nd Star Productions at the Charis Center, Feb 21 – Mar 9

A Soldier’s Play by 2nd Star Productions at the Charis Center, Feb 21 – Mar 9

2nd Star Productions Presents
“A Soldier’s Play” by Charles Fuller
Directed by Jane Wingard; Produced by Cheramie Jackson

Charis Center for the Arts
13010 8th Street
Bowie, MD 20720

Performances will be February 21, 22, 23, 28 and March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at the Charis Center for the Arts

Parental advisory: adult themes.

A black sergeant cries out in the night, “They still hate you,” then is shot twice and falls dead. Set in 1944 at Fort Neal, a segregated army camp in Louisiana, Charles Fuller’s forceful drama – which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 – tracks the investigation of this murder. “A Soldier’s Play” is more than a detective story: it is a tough, incisive exploration of racial tensions and ambiguities among blacks, and between blacks and whites that gives no easy answers, and assigns no simple blame.

All tickets for “A Soldier’s Play” are $15.00

For reservations, call the box office at (410) 757-5700 or (301) 832-4819, or purchase tickets online at this link.

Auditions for A Soldier’s Play by 2nd Star Productions at the Charis Center, Nov 18 & 20

Auditions for A Soldier’s Play by 2nd Star Productions at the Charis Center, Nov 18 & 20

2nd Star Productions Announces Auditions for
“A Soldier’s Play” by Charles Fuller
Directed by Jane Wingard; Produced by Cheramie Jackson

Monday, Nov. 18th and Wednesday, Nov. 20th at 7 p.m.

Charis Center for the Arts
13010 8th Street
Bowie, MD 20720

Cold reading from the script and prepared monologue. Rehearsals will be Monday and Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings beginning December 9th at the same location.

Roles Needed: 12 Male Soldiers (9 African American; 3 Caucasian)

Please prepare in advance to provide all conflicts from Monday, December 9th 2013 through Sunday, March 9th 2014 (including your Christmas/New Years week plans).

Performances will be February 21, 22, 23, 28 and March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at the Charis Center for the Arts

More information: http://www.2ndstarproductions.com/2ndStarAudition.html