Tag Archives: Free Performance

2026 Shakespeare in the Parks: As You Like It, Jun 16-Jul 5

2026 Shakespeare in the Parks: various locations, Jun 16-Jul 5

The Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, Arts and Cultural Heritage Division Presents the Prince George’s Summer Shakespeare Festival.

Performances May 16 – July 8, 2026

2026 Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks presents As You Like It

Description: Join Shakespeare in the Parks for Shakespeare’s comedy: As You Like It

Get ready for another summer of Shakespeare in the Parks! The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Division proudly presents the 2026 Shakespeare in the Parks Tour, bringing a professional, FREE, and family-friendly theatrical experience to parks throughout Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. This beloved annual tradition invites audiences of all ages to enjoy the magic of live performance in the beauty of the outdoors.

This summer’s featured production is As You Like It, one of William Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies. Filled with mistaken identities, witty banter, music, romance, and playful adventure, the story follows Rosalind and her companions as they flee to the Forest of Arden, where love is tested, friendships are forged, and everyone discovers that life can be sweeter when we embrace joy, freedom, and being true to ourselves. Charming, humorous, and full of heart, As You Like It offers a whimsical celebration of love and laughter perfect for the whole family.

Note: For outdoor performances, please bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating and comfort. Picnic meals are encouraged, and this pet-friendly production welcomes your furry companions.

Bring your lawn chair and enjoy a FREE performance in your favorite park!

For more information, including rain dates, click here.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 7 pm Riversdale Historic Site and Museum 4811 Riverdale Rd, Riverdale, MD 20737 Performance
Thursday, June 18, 2026 7 pm Montpelier Arts Center 9652 Muirkirk Rd, Laurel, MD 20708 Performance Sign Langauge Interpreter
Saturday, June 20, 2026 7 pm Meadowside Nature Center 5100 Meadowside Ln, Rockville, MD 20855 Performance
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 7 pm Darnall’s Chance Historic Site and Museum 14800 Governor Oden Bowie Dr, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Performance
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 7 pm National Harbor Plaza Stage National Harbor Blvd, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Performance
Thursday, June 25, 2026 7 pm Harmony Hall Arts Center 10701 Livingston Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744 Performance Indoors
Saturday, June 27, 2026 7 pm Prince George’s Publick Playhouse 5445 Landover Road, Hyattsville, MD 20784 Performance Indoors; Sign Language Interpreter; Post-show Q&A with the Artistic Director and Cast
Sunday, June 28, 2026 3 pm Prince George’s Publick Playhouse 5445 Landover Road, Hyattsville, MD 20784 Performance Indoors/No tickets required
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 7 pm Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902 Performance Join us at 6:30 pm for live music by the Shakespeare in the Parks Band; Sign Language Interpreter
Sunday, July 5, 2026 7 pm Watkins Regional Park 331 Watkins Park Dr, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Performance Located in field in front of Watkins Nature Center

Enjoy free, entertaining, and accessible productions of the work of the greatest playwright of the English language at parks and arts centers throughout Prince George’s County! Each summer Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks tours a professional, family-friendly production of one of Shakespeare’s plays throughout the county, making great theatre available to everyone. For more information, call 301-446-3232; TTY 301-699-2544.

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Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Oct 25

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Oct 25

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents:
Experimental Performance Series #1
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 2pm and 7:30pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Experimental Performance Series presents a collection of self-produced works from undergraduate and graduate students in theatre and dance. This performance will feature three original works:

Caminhando e Canatando, by Beatriz Moreira Leite, is about a group of friends finding the power in community and art as an oppressive “big brother” like force attempts to restrict and censor their creative freedom.

bye I’m disconnecting and hard work doesn’t work: jumping through hoops, are two sections of a larger dance work by Jamie Chen in collaboration with dancers. The first, bye I’m disconnecting is about the unacceptable and the lingering of goodbyes. The second, hard work doesn’t work: jumping through hoops, investigates cultural narratives around work and value.

Lost in the World, choreographed by Lottie Owen, is a dance piece that moves through six sections, blending styles and emotions to explore themes of growth, nostalgia, and self-discovery. Through a wide range of music, it reflects the transition from childhood to adulthood, the pull between connection and isolation, and the search for meaning in an ever-changing world. Created as a culmination of Lottie’s college experience, the piece aims to resonate with fellow students by capturing the beauty and uncertainty of growing up.

Free, no tickets. Click here.

Sketchup at the Clarice, Sep 13

Sketchup at the Clarice, Sep 13

NextNOW Fest 2025
Sketchup
Wednesday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sketchup, UMD’s premier sketch comedy group, hosts a night of laughs and fun as they showcase both live and video sketches!

For more information, click here.

Free, no tickets required.

NextNOW Fest 2025 at the Clarice, Sep 10-16

NextNOW Fest 2025 at the Clarice, Sep 10-16

NextNOW Fest 2025
Arts for All
Terps After Dark

Wednesday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s annual NextNOW Fest is a multi-day arts festival featuring performances and other experiences by intriguing, inventive artists from around the country and the University of Maryland campus. A forward-looking gathering place where art transforms our future and connects us all, NextNOW Fest is where creativity and community converge.

A University of Maryland campus tradition, NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time. NextNOW Fest is also a partner of Terps After Dark, an initiative by the UMD Division of Student Affairs that supports late-night, on-campus student programming.The festival is open for all to attend, including the general public.

For more information and the complete schedule, click here.

Peter and the Wolf at the Clarice, Jun 22

Peter and the Wolf at the Clarice, Jun 22

NOI+F Family Concert:
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Stephanie Shonekan, narrator

Sunday, June 22, 2025 • 2PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The classic children’s work Peter and the Wolf has thrilled audiences for almost 90 years. Whether it’s your first journey into the forest or you’re bringing your whole family on the tale, this is a show for everyone! For this Sunday fairytale matinee. the National Orchestral Institute + Festival invites curious listeners to come close and witness each of Prokofiev’s timeless characters leap to instrumental life: Peter on the strings, cat as clarinet, the wobbly oboe of a duck and the growling menace of the wolf as french horns. Presented in The Clarice’s Grand Pavilion, with ample seating for grown-ups and space on the stairs for children, NOI+F’s rendition of Peter and the Wolf is sure to gift young ears with the joy of music for a lifetime. Kids and parents are invited to join us early for specially themed youth activities, including visual art workshops and mask making.

The 2PM presentation will include ASL interpretation.