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Romeo and Juliet a comedy at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 30-Feb 7

Romeo and Juliet a comedy at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 30-Feb 7

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Romeo and Juliet, a comedy
by Lope de Vega
directed by Liana Olear

January 30 – February 7, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM
Sunday, February 1st at 2PM – mask required*
Wednesday, February 4th at 8PM is Pay What You Will

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Contemporary with Shakespeare’s famous work and based on the same older story, Lope de Vega’s hilarious twist on the star-crossed lovers offers plenty of laughs to anyone who might have ever wished Romeo and Juliet a happier ending.

Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

The Mountaineer at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-17

The Mountaineer at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-17

The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
The Mountaineer, a musical
by Diana Raynes
directed by Eric Honour

January 9 – 17, 2026

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

After submitting one of the world’s highest mountains, a lone climber tries to survive the journey back down. As exhaustion and oxygen deprivation set in, she imagines her usual climbing companions joining her in songs to keep her mind focused, and she grapples with the impacts of her choice to climb. Guiding her decisions and doubts are the stories of the real-life mountaineers who came before. Come experience a new musical about life and death at the highest places on Earth.

Tickets: $27 General Admission, $25 Seniors/Military, $15 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

Happiness Happening at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Dec 13-14

Happiness Happening at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Dec 13-14

The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Happiness Happening
Musical Group
Musical Director: Peter Reppert

December 13 – 14, 2025

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

The Happiness Happening is a multimedia experience featuring original instrumental music for sextet written by Pete Reppert, followed by a full set of funk-and-roll-hip-hop-soul by Mauvin Graye and the Graye Line Band.

A happening is more than just a concert – it can include audience participation and the element of chance. The audience are collaborators and no two happenings are ever the same.

Attendees will be encouraged to explore the meaning of happiness.

Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.

Auditions for Sweat at Greenbelt Arts Center, Dec 8 & 9

Auditions for Sweat at Greenbelt Arts Center, Dec 8 & 9

The Greenbelt Arts Center announces auditions for:
Sweat
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Bob Kleinberg

Audition dates: December 8 & 9, 2025

Performance Dates: April 10 – 25, 2026

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Taking place in two time periods – Spring through Fall of 2000 and Fall of 2008 – the story revolves around a bar where a small group of factory workers in a small town in Pennsylvania spend time together discussing their lives, sharing secrets and laughs and of course, drinks. In response to the owners of a manufacturing factory deciding to pressure the workforce into concessions on wages and benefits, the workforce has decided to strike. Consequently, the owners have decided to bring in “scabs” to break the strike, thus setting the stage for conflicts involving economic strain and race relations, working-class disillusionment and personal shame, regret, and the difficulty in forgiving others, all playing out through the group of friends who meet regularly at the bar.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us. Yet along with the rage, despair and violence, there’s humor and abundant humanity. It is a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t know how to resist, and provides a cautionary tale to all of us in the changing political, social and economic climate.

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