Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 15200 Annapolis Rd, Bowie, MD 20715
The Center is immediately adjacent to Bowie High School and shares a parking lot with the Public Library.

Phone: (301) 805-6880

Website: http://www.bowiecenter.org/index.html

The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts is jointly owned and operated by Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the City of Bowie and the Bowie Regional Arts Vision Association (BRAVA). There are a wide variety of performances including music, dance and theater. This site lists the theatrical performances.

Upcoming shows:


Tangled Vows at the Bowie CPA, Apr 11

Inspire 23 presents:
Tangled Vows

Saturday, April 11, 2026, 7:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Join us on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 7:00 PM at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts Center for an unforgettable evening filled with love, laughter, and emotional twists. Tangled Vows takes you inside the lives of three couples navigating the complexities of love, marriage, and loyalty. As they face the pressures of their relationships, they turn to couples’ counseling to strengthen their bonds. But as hidden feelings and long-buried secrets are revealed, each couple must confront the consequences of what’s been left unsaid.

With emotional twists and plenty of laughs, Tangled Vows will have you reflecting on the true meaning of love, honesty, and commitment. Don’t miss this unforgettable theatrical experience!

Tickets: $45. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Inspire 23, Tangled Vows


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Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Aug 30

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy

Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 7pm & 9:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy Series, each month featuring special guests, live music, and food!

Tickets: $35 to $50. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Bangin in Bowie, Joe Clair


A Christmas Carol at the Bowie CPA, Dec 6-21

The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts presents:
A Christmas Carol
Adapted from the book by Charles Dickens
Directed by Christopher Dwyer

December 6 – 15, 2024
Saturday, December 6 at 3pm and 7pm
Sunday, December 14 at 1pm and 4pm
Sunday, December 21 at 4pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

For families and patrons of all ages!

Celebrate the holidays at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts with our original production of Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adapted and directed by Christopher Dwyer.

Step back in time to Victorian London for one of the world’s most beloved stories, told with music, magic, humor, and heart in this acclaimed adaptation at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts. Follow London’s most notorious miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, as he journeys through time with a host of spirits to re-discover his own humanity — and the spirit of the holidays.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christopher Dwyer


Friends Who Smash presents Views From Forever at the Bowie CPA, Oct 30

Friends Who Smash presents
Views From Forever
starring Alfred and Sherrell Duncan

Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 3:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets: $40-$50. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Friends Who Smash, Views From Forever, Alfred Duncan, Sherrell Duncan


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Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Sep 28

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 7pm & 9:30pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Joe Clair and Friends presents the Bangin’ in Bowie Comedy Series, this month featuring special guests Damon Williams, Marshall Brandon, and John Phillips! Plus, there will be live music by Sound of the City, featuring Precious Joubert and DJ Two…

Tickets: $35 to $45. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Bangin in Bowie, Joe Clair, Damon Williams, Marshall Brandon, John Phillips, Sound of the City, Precious Joubert, DJ Two


I Will Always Love You at the Bowie CPA, Nov 15

Creative Entertainment presents:
Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You
starring Talein

Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Creative Entertainment presents Whitney Houston I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, a musical journey and tribute to the greatest female voice of all time, starring Talein!

Tickets: $40-$55. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Creative Entertainment, Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You, Talein


Ballet Theater of Maryland presents The Nutcracker at the Bowie CPA, Nov 25-26

The Game Changer: Stage Play
Margaret P. Bean, Playwright, Producer & Director

Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 2:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Spend your holiday weekend at the Center as our partners, The Ballet Theater of Maryland, returns with The Nutcracker. For ticket info please visit http://balletmaryland.org/Performances/TheNutcracker/BowieCenterforthePerformingArts/tabid/113/Default.aspx

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, The Nutcracker, Ballet Theater of Maryland, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


The National Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker at the Bowie CPA, Dec 5-8

The Nutcracker

Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 10:30am
Friday, December 6, 2019 at 10:30am
Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 7:00pm
Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 3:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

The National Ballet, Inc., Maryland’s oldest professional ballet company continues its tradition of winter holiday performances with the holiday favorite The Nutcracker. All performances are open to the public and run from December 5-8 2019 at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts. Weekday morning performances are geared toward arts in education with special discounts for school groups. All performances are open to the public.

Audiences of all ages will enjoy the magic wonderland of sweets in a Christmas dream of Tchaikovsky’s traditional Nutcracker. Many local children who are students of the National Ballet Institute for the Arts and others have been given the opportunity to begin realizing their dreams of dancing in a professional production as they appear as toy soldiers, candy canes, and bon-bons. The children dance along side an international cast of professional dancers from as far away as Japan and China.

Tickets: $25 to $35. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, The Nutcracker, The National Ballet Company, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


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