Greenbelt Arts Center
http://www.greenbeltartscenter.org/, 123 Centerway, Greenbelt MD 20770, 301-441-8770.
The Greenbelt Arts Center, known as GAC, is a community theater in Greenbelt that produces 4 to 6 shows per year and hosts an additional 6 guest shows per year. They also have a few musical concerts. Tickets can be purchased through their website.
Upcoming Events:
The Mountaineer at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-17
The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
The Mountaineer, a musical
by Diana Raynes
directed by Eric Honour
January 9 – 17, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
After submitting one of the world’s highest mountains, a lone climber tries to survive the journey back down. As exhaustion and oxygen deprivation set in, she imagines her usual climbing companions joining her in songs to keep her mind focused, and she grapples with the impacts of her choice to climb. Guiding her decisions and doubts are the stories of the real-life mountaineers who came before. Come experience a new musical about life and death at the highest places on Earth.
Tickets: $27 General Admission, $25 Seniors/Military, $15 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
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Romeo and Juliet a comedy at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 30-Feb 7
The Rude Mechanicals in residence at Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Romeo and Juliet, a comedy
by Lope de Vega
directed by Liana Olear
January 30 – February 7, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
Contemporary with Shakespeare’s famous work and based on the same older story, Lope de Vega’s hilarious twist on the star-crossed lovers offers plenty of laughs to anyone who might have ever wished Romeo and Juliet a happier ending.
Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
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Wifey Unknown at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Feb 13-21
The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Wifey Unknown
written and directed by Abhisek Bhattacharya
February 13 – 21, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
“Wifey Unknown” revolves around love, estrangement, and redemption. Under the thin veil of humor, it shows the story of a lonely, disabled wife, Rita, roaming like a wraith in the vast mansion her husband, Yardley, built for her. It tells how Rita slowly fades away from the busy life of Yardley without Yardley even consciously realizing what is happening. Then there is Alice, Yardley’s old friend and Rita’s supposed primary care physician, who appears in the beautiful vacation rental with lousy phone and internet connections when Rita suddenly starts “sleep acting.” Alice and Yardley try to determine what is happening to Rita and, in the process, discover much more about themselves than anticipated. As Yardley encounters events Rita and he went through together, he realizes that love needs to be nurtured, shown, and maintained- not just professed. “Wifey Unknown” tells about how a business tycoon dreaming of connecting the whole world loses and re-establishes a connection with his wife.
Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
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A View From the Bridge at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 6-21
The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
A View From the Bridge
by Arthur Miller
directed by Stephen Cox
March 6 – 21, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
The tragedy of a good, simple man ( a Brooklyn longshoreman) whose subconscious sexual attraction to the seventeen year old niece that he has raised as a daughter, collides with her attraction to one of his wife’s illegal immigrant cousins whom he has taken into his home out of his own generosity and love of his wife. Extremely moving tragedy with scattered humorous moments displaying both the air of 1950’s Brooklyn and a timeless, universal sense of the human condition. Contains subthemes relevant to current topics of controvery: such as the treatment of illegal aliens and anyone who seems “different” from the norm. Script published by Dramatists Play Service.
Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
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Sweat at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Apr 10-25
The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Sweat
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Bob Kleinberg
April 10 – 25, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
Taking place in two time periods – Spring through Fall of 2000 and Fall of 2008 – the story revolves around a bar where a small group of factory workers in a small town in Pennsylvania spend time together discussing their lives, sharing secrets and laughs and of course, drinks. In response to the owners of a manufacturing factory deciding to pressure the workforce into concessions on wages and benefits, the workforce has decided to strike. Consequently, the owners have decided to bring in “scabs” to break the strike, thus setting the stage for conflicts involving economic strain and race relations, working-class disillusionment and personal shame, regret, and the difficulty in forgiving others, all playing out through the group of friends who meet regularly at the bar.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us. Yet along with the rage, despair and violence, there’s humor and abundant humanity. It is a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t know how to resist, and provides a cautionary tale to all of us in the changing political, social and economic climate.
Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
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Salome at the Greenbelt Arts Center, May 8-15
The Rude Mechanicals in residence at Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
Salome
by Oscar Wilde
May 8 – 15, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
Tickets: $24 General Admission, $22 Seniors/Military, $12 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
Tags: Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt Maryland, The Rude Mechanicals, Salome, Oscar Wilde
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jun 5-20
The Greenbelt Arts Center presents:
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
music and lyrics by Jeff Blim
written by Matt & Nick Lang
directed by AJ Fontaine
June 5 – 20, 2026
Location: Greenbelt Arts Center
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is a comedy musical that follows Paul, an average guy who “doesn’t like musicals,” as the citizens of his town are gradually overcome by an alien hive mind that makes them sing and dance as if they are in a musical.
Tickets: $27 General Admission, $25 Seniors/Military, $15 Student/Youth. Buy tickets here.
Tags: Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt Maryland, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, AJ Fontaine
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