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:


Bangin’ in Bowie at the Bowie CPA, Apr 27

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 guest Capone! Plus, there will be live music by Sound of the City, featuring Precious Joubert and DJ Two Tone Jones!

Tickets: $35 to $45. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Bangin in Bowie, Joe Clair, Capone, Sound of the City, Precious Joubert, DJ Two Tone Jones


Life Interrupted at the Bowie CPA, May 4 & 5

Connecting Lives Productions Presents:
Life Interrupted Stage Play
by Elder Chanté Thompson

Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 4pm
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 4pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Life Interrupted is a 2023 drama stage play written, directed, and produced by Elder Chanté Thompson. During Mental Health Awareness Month, we will shed light on mental health challenges and overcoming those obstacles. Meet seven patients who learn how to heal spiritually while dealing with their mental health obstacles.

This play’s story is told from inside a mental health institution by mental health patients who describe their pain and struggle. One suffers from PTSD, another is bipolar, another has schizophrenia, another has an eating disorder, another has dissociative disorder, and another has depression. In a world where mental health challenges are on the rise, meet this phenomenal cast as they deliver an exceptional dramatic performance and help our community understand, work through, and recover from this nationwide crisis.

The play stars Kaneya Morgan, Marcus Davis, Lorrie Davis, Nick Gamble, Chanale Taylor, Nadia Palacios, Kevin (CJ) Harrison, Cornelius Wyatt, Edward Crews, Robin Willingham, Octavia Latrice, Howard Lee, Maurice Lee, Anissa Stewart, Freddie Simmons, Rachel Johnson, and Khloe’ Holbert.

Tickets: $35 to $45. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Life Interrupted, Connecting Lives Productions, Elder Chante Thompson


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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, Apr 27

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 guest Capone! Plus, there will be live music by Sound of the City, featuring Precious Joubert and DJ Two Tone Jones!

Tickets: $35 to $45. Click here.

Tags: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, Bowie Maryland, Bangin in Bowie, Joe Clair, Capone, Sound of the City, Precious Joubert, DJ Two Tone Jones


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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