2024 Shakespeare in the Parks: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jun 23-Jul 14

2024 Shakespeare in the Parks: various locations, Jun 23-Jul 14

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

Performances Sunday, June 23 – Sunday, July 14, 2024

2024 Prince George’s Shakespeare in the Parks presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Description: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Division will be producing Shakespeare in the Parks for 2024. This summer we are thrilled to present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, directed by newly appointed Artistic Director Randy Snight. Love is in the air, but it’s tangled in a romantic web involving four young Athenians. Venture into the mystical woods where fairies stir up a potion that turns the lovers’ world upside down. Get ready for an unforgettable experience of whimsy, wonder, and weddings as the enchanting tale of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” comes to life on stage in this 90-minute production. Bring your lawn chair, a picnic, and enjoy the Bard under the stars.

Note: The Publick Playhouse is an indoor venue and therefore seating is limited. Doors will open one hour prior to the performance; seating is first come, first served.

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

Sunday, June 23, 2024, 7:30 PM, Fairwood Community Park, 12390 Fairwood Pkwy, Bowie, MD 20720

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 7:30 PM, Ridgeley Rosenwald School, 8507 Central Ave, Capitol Heights, MD 20743

Thursday, June, 27, 2024, 7:30 PM, Greenbelt Park, 6565 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Friday, June 28, 2024, 7:30 PM, National Harbor, Plaza Stage, 165 Waterfront St, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

Saturday, June 29, 2024, 7:30 PM, Fort Washington Park, 13551 Fort Washington Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744

Wednesday, July 3, 2024, 7:30 PM, Riverdale House Museum, 4811 Riverdale Rd, Riverdale, MD 20737

Friday, July 5, 2024, 7:30 PM, Watkins Regional Park, 301 Watkins Park Dr. Kettering, MD 20774

Saturday, July 6, 2024, 7:30 PM, Meadowside Nature Center, 5100 Meadowside Ln, Rockville, MD 20855

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 7:00 PM, Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton MD 20902

Friday, July 12, 2024, 7:30 PM, Montpelier Mansion Grounds, 9650 Muirkirk Rd, Laurel, MD 20708, Sign Language Interpreter

Saturday, July 13, 2024, 7:30 PM, David C. Driskell Community Park, 3911 Hamilton St, Hyattsville, MD 20781

Sunday, July 14, 2024, 3:00 PM, Prince George’s Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, MD 20784, Sign Language Interpreter

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.

Auditions, Affairs and Aliens at MAD, Jun 14 & 15

Auditions, Affairs and Aliens at MAD, Jun 14 & 15

MAD present the 2024 Spring Drama Workshop:
Auditions, Affairs and Aliens
directed by Randy Barth

June 14 & 15, 2024
at the Goddard Visitor’s Center

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater.

MAD presents Auditions, Affairs, and Aliens. The result of MAD’s Spring Workshops will be two nights of music and drama on June 14 and 15, 7:30, at the Goddard Visitor Center. One of the club’s main purposes is to foster and develop new talent in the performing arts. These workshops focus on this in particular, giving singers, actors, directors, and playwrights a unique venue to work on their crafts. Come and join us for this presentation entitled “Auditions, Affairs, and Aliens.” Since the Visitor Center is outside the main gate, no badges are necessary. Buy tickets in advance ($9 adults, or $5 children, students and interns) at https://madtheater.org/tickets, or at the door ($15 or $10). You can navigate to the Visitor Center using 9432 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt.

For tickets click here.

Fiveplay at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 31-Jun 15

Fiveplay at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 31-Jun 15

The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Fiveplay
by local playwright Erica Smith
directed by Rocky Nunzio

May 31 – June 15, 2024

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

An affectionate look at polyamory and the modern family. Emerson’s dating Sawyer, who’s married to Monty, who’s dating Ray, who’s also dating Avery, who’s married to Emerson. And their friend Keegan lives with them too. This is a show about a family — Venn House, six people who chose one another. Sure, sometimes poly people’s problems are about relationships. Sometimes they’re about jobs, or money, or haunted antiques. And sometimes family is even more complicated than it seems.

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

The Rude Abides at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 10-18

The Rude Abides at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 10-18

The Rude Mechanicals in Residence at The Greenbelt Arts Center present:
The Rude Abides (A One-Acts Festival)
May 10 – 18, 2024

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

From putting their innovative spin on classical works to showcasing creations of local playwrights, the Rudes’ selection of short plays is sure to surprise and delight.

The Insect, by Claudia Bach, directed by Joshua Engel
A Twist of Rotten Silk, or Coriolanus and Aufidius at Antium, by William Shakespeare and Nahum Tate, directed by Jaki Demarest
Friar Laurence’s Apothecary, by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Liana Olear
Shakespoems, by William Shakespeare, directed and conducted by Sean Eustis

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

A Man of No Importance at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 12-May 4

A Man of No Importance at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 12-May 4

The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
A Man of No Importance
music by Stephen Flaherty
lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
book by Terrence McNally
based on the 1994 Albert Finney film
directed by Julia Arbutus

April 12 – May 4, 2024

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

This musical is really about a man finding himself and his place in the world far later in life than maybe he had planned to. I really want this production to be a celebration of that journey to self-acceptance and self-actualization — no matter what time of our lives we’re at, we deserve to feel like we belong.

Ticket prices: $27 General Admission, $24 Seniors/Military, $14 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.