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Auditions for Winter Musical TBA at 2nd Star, Sep 22 & 24

Auditions for Winter Musical To Be Announced at 2nd Star, Sep 22 & 24

2nd Star Productions announces:
Winter Musical Auditions (Title TBA)
Director/Movement: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Producers: Sonja Dinkins and Nate Jackson
Assistant Director: Jason Fowler
Music Director: LeVar Betts

Audition Date: Tuesday & Thursday, September 22 & 24, 2026 AT 7 PM

Performance Dates: February 12 – March 6, 2027

Audition Location:All Saints Lutheran Church, 16510 Mt Oak Rd, Bowie MD 20716

Performance Location: 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

2nd Star Productions is seeking 25 talented performers for an upcoming award-winning contemporary musical. This inspiring ensemble production celebrates community, resilience, hope, and the extraordinary ways people come together during moments of challenge.

Please note: We are not yet able to publicly announce this show title due to licensing restrictions. Additional information permitted by licensing will be shared directly with auditionees. For questions or concerns, please email casting@2ndstarproductions.org.

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

Pippin by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 18-Oct 3

Pippin by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 18-Oct 3

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Pippin
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Directed by Rooster Sultan
Produced by Teri Cooney & Diane Schwartz
Choreography by Lisa Pellittiere
Music Directed by LeVar Betts & Eliyahu Kheel

September 18 – October 3, 2026
Fri, September 18, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sat, September 19, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sun, September 20 at 2:00 pm
Fri, September 25, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sat, September 26, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sun, September 27 at 2:00 pm
Thu, October 1, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Fri, October 2, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sat, October 3 at 2:00 pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man’s journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, this updated circus-inspired version of Pippin continues to captivate and appeal to the young at heart throughout the world.

Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day.

Special Offer: All tickets $19 for Thursday, October 1 at 7:30pm (No code needed!)
ASL-interpreted performance available Saturday, September 26 at 7:30pm

Tickets for shows at Bowie Playhouse are $30.00 for General Admission, $27.00 for seniors (60 and over), military and full time students, and $19 for Children 11 and under. Buy tickets here.

Dreamgirls by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, May 31-Jun 29

Dreamgirls by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, May 31-Jun 29

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Dreamgirls
Book & Lyrics by Tom Eyen
Music by Henry Krieger
Director/Choreographer: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Music Director: LeVar Betts
Producer: Cheramie J. Jackson

May 31 – June 29, 2024
Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

A sweeping and inspirational journey through 20th century American pop music, Dreamgirls chronicles one Motown group’s rise from obscurity to superstardom.

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 Dreamgirls with 2nd Star Productions, Feb 12-13

Auditions for Dreamgirls with 2nd Star Productions, Feb 12-13

2nd Star Productions announces auditions for:
Dreamgirls
Book & Lyrics by Tom Eyen
Music by Henry Krieger
Director/Choreographer: Rikki Howie Lacewell
Music Director: LeVar Betts
Producer: Cheramie J. Jackson

Auditions:
Monday, February 12, 2024 at 7pm
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 7pm
Callbacks on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 11am by invitation only

Performances: May 31 – June 29, 2024
Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

A sweeping and inspirational journey through 20th century American pop music, Dreamgirls chronicles one Motown group’s rise from obscurity to superstardom.

For further information, and to signup for a timed slot, click here.

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.