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Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest by Upstage Artists, Dec 3 & 4

Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest by Upstage Artists, Dec 3 & 4

Upstage Artists presents:
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Anna Fitzmaurice

Audition Dates: December 3 & 4, 2025

Performance Dates: March 6-8 and 13-15, 2026

Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

The classic comedy about two friends, each pretending to be a man named “Earnest” to win over women who insist they can only love someone with that name. Chaos and comedy ensue in this sharp, witty satire packed with lies, tangled plots, and mistaken identities.

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

Upstage Artists presents Kong’s Night Out, Oct 10-19

Upstage Artists presents Kong’s Night Out, Oct 10-19

Upstage Artists presents:
Kong’s Night Out
By Jack Neary
Directed By Rick Bergmann

Show Dates: October 10-12 and 17-19, 2025

Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

The tale of what happened in the hotel room next to the hotel room where Ann was whisked out of the bed and into the Manhattan night by King Kong because there’s always a backstorv. Myron Siegel is a low-end Broadway producer who desperately wants to be high end. The trouble is, he has, for his entire career, been sabotaged by his arch-rival, who is ultra-famous for making movies about scary jungle creatures. That producer’s father and Myron’s father were also rivals back in the day and the rivalry has lived on. As the play opens, Myron has just learned that the rival producer has booked a theatre directly across from the theatre where Myron’s potential bonanza Foxy Felicia is about to open. Nobody on the Rialto knows what he’s up to, but it’s big, really, really big! Myron gathers his entourage – his sassy mother, his gangster henchman, his Hungarian backer and his wide-eyed niece straight off the bus from Buffalo – and concocts a plan to find out what the mystery show is all about. He discovers the show is about a monkey, a very large monkey. As the story unfolds, the seven doors on the set fly open and slam shut constantly, there’s mistaken identity, pies in the face, deceit, underhandedness, and even a couple of romances along the way. You have all the ingredients of a crazy, fast-paced farce, where every moment is cleverly and meticulously coordinated with the events depicted in the 1933 movie.

Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.

Auditions for Kong’s Night Out by Upstage Artists, Aug 6-7

Auditions for Kong’s Night Out by Upstage Artists, Aug 6-7

Upstage Artists announces auditions for:
Kong’s Night Out
By Jack Neary
Directed By Rick Bergmann

Audition dates: August 6 & 7, 2025 at 7pm

Performances: October 10-12 and 17-19, 2025

Audition Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

The tale of what happened in the hotel room next to the hotel room where Ann was whisked out of the bed and into the Manhattan night by King Kong because there’s always a backstorv. Myron Siegel is a low-end Broadway producer who desperately wants to be high end. The trouble is, he has, for his entire career, been sabotaged by his arch-rival, who is ultra-famous for making movies about scary jungle creatures. That producer’s father and Myron’s father were also rivals back in the day and the rivalry has lived on. As the play opens, Myron has just learned that the rival producer has booked a theatre directly across from the theatre where Myron’s potential bonanza Foxy Felicia is about to open. Nobody on the Rialto knows what he’s up to, but it’s big, really, really big! Myron gathers his entourage – his sassy mother, his gangster henchman, his Hungarian backer and his wide-eyed niece straight off the bus from Buffalo – and concocts a plan to find out what the mystery show is all about. He discovers the show is about a monkey, a very large monkey. As the story unfolds, the seven doors on the set fly open and slam shut constantly, there’s mistaken identity, pies in the face, deceit, underhandedness, and even a couple of romances along the way. You have all the ingredients of a crazy, fast-paced farce, where every moment is cleverly and meticulously coordinated with the events depicted in the 1933 movie.

For more information and to fill in the form, click here.

Upstage Artists presents The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical, Jul 25-Aug 3

Upstage Artists presents The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical, Jul 25-Aug 3

Upstage Artists presents:
The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical
By Wendy Woolf
Book and lyrics by Pat Lyderson
Directed By John Cusumano

Show Dates: July 25-27 and August 1-3, 2025

Location: Upstage Artists, performing at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD, 20705

Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz wants nothing more than to become a comic book artist and create heroes and villains for the comic books he loves so much. As the janitor at Wonder Comics, he anxiously awaits the day that his boss, D.C. Wunderman, will see his drawings and give him the chance to have his superheroes come alive on the printed page. Stanley’s heroes come alive, all right — but not on the printed page! In an effort to revive his faltering company, Wunderman had ordered a set of magical pens guaranteed to bring to life any character drawn. When plans go awry and his staff of artists unwittingly create the dreaded super-villain Doctor Shock Clock, it is up to Stanley to save the day w ith his own superheroes — charismatic but egotistical Star Guy, speedy Triple Time, environmentally correct Blossom, and cranky little Wombat Woman! Stanley’s heroes battle Shock Clock and his henchmen, the Minutos, only to be saved in the end by the greatest superhero of them all — Eraser Man (aka Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz)!

Tickets: $11.50. For more information click here.

Auditions for The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical by Upstage Artists, May 17-18

Auditions for The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical by Upstage Artists, May 17-18

Upstage Artists announces auditions for:
The Adventures of a Comic Book Artist The Musical
By Wendy Woolf
Book and lyrics by Pat Lyderson
Directed By John Cusumano

This is our annual children’s show. All auditioners will be children.

Audition dates: May 17, 2025 at 10am, May 18, 2025 at 1pm

Performances: July 25-27 and August 1-3, 2025

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz wants nothing more than to become a comic book artist and create heroes and villains for the comic books he loves so much. As the janitor at Wonder Comics, he anxiously awaits the day that his boss, D.C. Wunderman, will see his drawings and give him the chance to have his superheroes come alive on the printed page. Stanley’s heroes come alive, all right — but not on the printed page! In an effort to revive his faltering company, Wunderman had ordered a set of magical pens guaranteed to bring to life any character drawn. When plans go awry and his staff of artists unwittingly create the dreaded super-villain Doctor Shock Clock, it is up to Stanley to save the day w ith his own superheroes — charismatic but egotistical Star Guy, speedy Triple Time, environmentally correct Blossom, and cranky little Wombat Woman! Stanley’s heroes battle Shock Clock and his henchmen, the Minutos, only to be saved in the end by the greatest superhero of them all — Eraser Man (aka Stanley Leonardo Sappovitz)!

For more information and to fill in the form, click here.