The Bowie Community Theatre presents three shows each season at the Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, in Bowie Maryland, 20715. The Bowie Playhouse also hosts 2nd Star Productions.
Contact information:
Website: http://www.bctheatre.com/
Mailing address: Bowie Community Theatre, P.O. Box 604, Bowie, MD 20718.
Phone: 301.805.0219
Email: board@bctheatre.com
Upcoming shows:
Web of Murder by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Oct 31-Nov 23
The Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Web of Murder
by Jonathan Troy
directed by Randy Tusing
Performance Dates: October 31 – November 23, 2025
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM
Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse
Web of Murder is a gripping murder mystery who-dunnit filled with dark family secrets, blackmail, greed, and revenge. Set in a brooding mansion high atop a remote cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the play centers on the wealthy heiress Minerva Osterman, who has convened her potential heirs for an advance reading of her will. Confined to a wheelchair for many years, the domineering Minerva has turned her desolate mansion into a virtual prison – not only for herself, but also for her quiet and long-suffering daughter Stephanie and her gentle and sympathetic housekeeper Nora, as they daren’t disobey lest they be disinherited. She is cared for by her personal physician, Dr. Adler, who also resides in the mansion. Fearing that her death may be imminent, Minerva has summoned all her possible heirs to watch their reactions as the will is read. She knows that it will please some and disappoint others – unless they take the sinister steps necessary to protect their interests. She asks her two nieces, Mary and Belle, to come alone, but they arrive with their respective fiancés, whom Minerva grudgingly allows to stay. Before revealing the contents of her will, however, she has the mysterious Dr. Adler put her into a hypnotic trance, during which she picks up a deck of cards and turns over the three of clubs – the card of death. Her prediction is that someone in the room will die before the weekend is over – a prediction that comes true when she herself dies. After that, more bodies turn up, and fear and suspicion grow among those remaining. The will mysteriously disappears before it was ever read. In the end, after agonizing twists and turns a murderer is unmasked – in a chilling, exciting climax that is held off until the final perilous moments of the play.
Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.
Tags: Bowie Community Theatre, Bowie Maryland, Bowie Playhouse, Web of Murder, Jonathan Troy, Randy Tusing
Women Playing Hamlet by the Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse, Mar 6-29
The Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Women Playing Hamlet
by William Missouri Downs
Performance Dates: March 6 – 29, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM
Location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse
Struggling TV soap actress Jessica is offered a role she’s not sure she wants – Hamlet. As she copes with the insane idea (and the occasional threatening text from Sir Patrick Stewart), she encounters a wide-ranging ensemble of challenging characters – including an abusive acting coach, a bratty hacker niece, a cougar mom, a worldwise bartender, a sexist creep professor and a Shakespearean gravedigger – all played by women. Jessica’s journey to find herself in the role is a humorous and insightful exploration of gender, identity, and the challenges of acting.
Tickets: $25/Adults, $20/Seniors/Students, click here.
Tags: Bowie Community Theatre, Bowie Maryland, Bowie Playhouse, Women Playing Hamlet, William Missouri Downs
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